Alpha-13 Ember

"I fight for my vode an, my home, for Jango, for the people I care about, and for the Republic!

-Alpha-13 Ember

A13 Ember was an Alpha-class ARC commander of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars, the Galaxy-wide war between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems.

Ember was in command of the Third Legion, an elite unit of troopers in the Grand Army of the Republic whom he and his squad, Gamma unit, trained, and led into battle in the Outer Rim.

Alpha-13 "Ember" served under the command of Jedi Generals Kaja Tallan and Adhektara Valena. He was a free-thinking, motivated, honorable and aggressive soldier, and would not let up against his enemies. Though he was fiercely loyal to the Republic and his men, Ember would become enstranged with the Republic as his part in the war grew increasingly dark and bloody. He proved capable of questioning his superiors when he believed they were not improving the situation, and sometimes committed outright disobedience when his conscience demanded it, eventually leading to his failure to commit the infamous order, Order 66.

Early Life
In 32 BBY, Alpha-13 Ember was born on Kamino as one of the first 20 Alpha Arc troopers, though more would come later, all of them hidden from the rest of the clone troopers.
 * "There is no room for failure. We are training to become the best soldiers in the entire Galaxy. If we fail, then we die, no chances. This is the life of all Arc troopers."
 * -Alpha-13-
 * -Gamma Squad--

When Ember was around 6 years old, Ember was placed in Gamma Squad along with his bunk mates, Alpha-14 Buckler, Alpha-15 Niner, Alpha-16 Blade, Alpha-17A Boltshot and Alpha-18 Torrent and began his youth cadet training into becoming a soldier. Alpha-14 would be the "by-the-book" type of cadet and soldier later on, while Alpha-15 would be more of a calculating person especially concerning the enemy. Alpha-16 Blade was always the top-notch joker and always looked on the bright side of things. Alpha-17A was always the underdog of the team; however, his determination to be like unit Alpha-13 in terms of everything made him bring up his abilties to a higher notch.

The intense physical and mental training that the six of them would undertake would be led by Mandalorian warrior and bounty hunter, Jango Fett. This training would eventually make them all the best soldiers in the entire Galaxy: soldiers that could survive the most dangerous missions, battles and adverse situations.

Jango would send them through intense modules where they would storm buildings with twisting corridors armed with security ordnance, training sergeants or droids that were trained to kill them. Besides that, there were inumerable flights of steps that they had to climb up and even leap up at times. At times, some Arc trooper cadets had to be sent to the medical center because of the wounds that unlucky members sustained during the heavy combat training

Ember worked hard to become a good cadet and a good soldier and please Jango Fett and the rest of the Cuy'val Dar, the hired Mandalorian training sergeants that helped Jango to teach the Alpha ARC troopers.

Besides believing the clones to be nothing but products, the Kaminoans encouraged Jango and the Cuy'val Dar to teach the young cadets in a disciplined and no-nonsense methods that the Mandalorian warriors taught the younger generation in their culture.

Jango and the Cuy'val Dar agreed and on many occasions during training, would often leave Ember and his fellow arc trooper cadets in the dust when they were exhausted and punish them for showing of weakness.

However, Ember's resilience and determination to produce the finest results no matter how many times he was struck or even bloodied by his training instructors was not unnoticed by Jango, and young Ember became a model for younger Alpha Arc troopers including Buckler, Niner, Boltshot, Blade and Torrent. During several combat modules, Ember was the reason that all of them made it out alive. There was no belief in failure among the clones. If they failed, they died. It was a sobering prospect; however, they would learn to become used to their life.

Ember and Gamma Squad would form great comradeship with other squads led by troopers like Alpha-01 Blackout, Alpha-32 Storm and Alpha-52 Kane. However, Ember would never have a great relationship with Alpha-04 Vaze, who never liked Ember that much, believing that he was being a show-off to get Jango's attention and approval.

Jango was also aware of this, but preferred to watch Alpha-13 grow up by protecting himself instead of getting involved. Ember was the quieter one and rarely ever enjoyed getting into fights with his brothers, ones that he hated or not. However, Vaze never stopped messing with Ember to the point where Ember had to fight back and often as not, beat Vaze in fist-fights.

Before long, Alpha-13 would make the point that he was not to be messed with and Vaze desisted in his efforts to annoy Ember and the two cadets ignored each other from then on, though they would work together on missions during the clone wars due to orders.

Jango would also come to respect his student, Ember, not only because of his commitment during the training regiments, modules and drills, but also for his determination, an unswerving determination that kept him going, even when he had expended all of his strength. Ember was also once told by Jango that he would become a great soldier one day. Ember would never forget his teacher's words until the day he died.

Ember's fellow brothers would eventually catch up to Ember's speed and determination during training, and so would the other Alpha Arc troopers; however, despite that, the only cadet that Jango would ever love almost like a Son, was Ember. When Ember and his fellow cadets became 20 in clone years, they took their final test in their designated Phase I arc trooper gear and came out with the highest time record, even surpassing Alpha-01 Blackout and Alpha-04 Vaze, who were known to be the by-the-book Alpha Arc troopers.

Afterwards, they would go into stasis and would not wake again until the time when their home planet was attacked by the Separatists.

Ember would never see his instructor, Jango, again, since the Mandalorian warrior and bounty hunter was slain on Geonosis by Jedi knight Mace Windu, but he would never forget the teachings that he recieved from Fett.

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Clone Captain Trav and Jedi Master Shaak Ti-

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

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

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

Insertion

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

-Alpha-13 Ember before leaving his home-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Departure
"Our first mission has arrived faster than I thought. The adrenaline has begun."

-Alpha-13 Ember

A couple days after Ember and his fellow Alpha Arc Troopers finished training their new army of troopers under their command at Alpha Base, in the morning, Ember and his fellow arc troopers were called to the command center by Jedi General Tallan. According to Jedi General Tallan, they were assigned with a mission of critical nature: Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Republic had assigned them to send down a company of troopers to the planet of Mustafar to destroy a Techno Union facility and secure a top secret turbo laser core, which would further the Grand Army of the Republic’s war machine.

Besides Ember and a company, according to General Tallan, Jedi General Zane Crimson and Alpha-52 Kane were already on their way to Mustafar to start recon operations and would later support the Third Legion's attack on the enemy base.

Ember agreed to the new mission, but was very hesitant on bringing in embarked troops to strike a Separatist base, which according to the holoprojector, was very small and hard to hit hard without raising the alarm of the enemy troops. In his opinion, they needed to send airborne troops as well as more air support.

General Tallan respected Ember and his team’s opinion, but told him that they had the importance of securing the base had to be done in a safe and fast way, though many troopers would be killed.

Ember and his fellow Arc troopers agreed to General Tallan’s plans, acknowledging their duty and the importance of the task at hand over the number of troopers lost.

At Ember’s own decision, he decided to leave Alpha-17A Boltshot and Alpha-16 Blade back at Alpha Base to watch over the rest of the Third Legion while Ember, Buckler, Niner and Torrent would follow Jedi General Tallan to Mustafar. On that note, Commander Valena since she was going to be taking the Jedi Trials at the temple presently.

By that evening, Ember had assembled one company of clones: around 140 clone troopers with around 12 All terrain Tactical enforcers and several squadrons of V-19’s.

All of the rookie clones, including Sergeants Racer and Snap, to Ember, were very nervous. Noticing that, he did not waste time to bring their spirits up, advising them to stick together and use their training and ingenuity to survive.

After leaving Alpha Base via gunship, Ember, General Tallan and the rest of the clones landed on the Indomitable in Coruscant space, where Clone Captain Swivler welcomed them. They jumped into hyperspace and would later arrive in Mustafar Space.

According to Ember and his team, the prospect of no Separatist resistance was foreboding and seemed dangerous. Soon after that, Kane contacted them and ordered them to report to their position on Mustafar immediately.

Landing and Battle Plan
"We have to strike the enemy base quickly without destroying the base. We have to go in without creating too much alarm to the Separatists. I want rocket packs and cable guns at the ready boys."

-Clone Sergeant Mag of the 13th Elite Legion-

After landing on Mustafar in the Republic held-sector, south of the Techno-Union Facility which was located on a thin and treacherous rocky island surrounded by a river of lava, Ember, General Tallan and the rest of the commanders met with Jedi Master Zane Crimson and Alpha-52 Kane at the center of the base where they were planning the battle.

When they reached the Separatist facility, Kane reported that there were at least two enemy droid battalions on the exterior of the base as well as 4 AAT tanks, plus 6 fighter squadrons, including Magnaguard fighters. There was still no clarity if there were more than 2 battalions of droids in the interior of the base though.

Ember and his men cursed when they heard the report, and so were the jedi, though they concealed their reactions behind stoic fortitude.

General Crimson was rather unhappy with Kane for his lack of information.

However, Jedi Master Tallan told Crimson that it did not matter. In war, they would never know every piece of information about the enemy. Tallan congratulated Kane on his successful mission and told Kane to tell his troopers that he appreciated their bravery in getting the reconnaissance done.

Kane acknowledged General Tallan’s complement before turning back to General Crimson who told them that after they arrived in Mustafar Space, they had plowed through a relatively small enemy fleet, raising raised eyebrows from the crowd of troopers arranged nearby.

Many of the members of the 13th new the droids well, and so did the Jedi. Niner himself raised the possibility that the Seps could be preparing a trap for them and asked Generals Tallan and Crimson, respectfully, what they should do.

However, before any of the jedi spoke, Ember spoke up saying that they had no choice but to accommodate the clankers’ wishes and spring the trap. They had their mission at stake.

Jedi Generals Tallan and Crimson agreed with Ember and then they began to formulate a plan of battle:

General Crimson would divide his troops into four platoons: Kane would lead one and assemble it on the eastern shore. Meanwhile, Crimson would lead another and have it assembled in the center of the southern shore. On the far left of the shore, another platoon would be placed to attack the left flank of the enemy’s position, while one squad under the command of Alpha Arc Troopers Torrent and Dew.

Crimson and Kane’s platoons would attack the enemy in a full frontal assault by jetpack, covered by artillery fire and air support.

After the 13th were fully committed, General Tallan and Ember would advance on the enemy position by gunship.



A Talk among Friends
"Keep your blaster steady, Ember, my Brother."

-Alpha-52 Kane to Alpha-13 Ember-

Shortly after leaving the council of war, Ember and Kane walked side by side with their squads nearby to their separate stations, while the rest of the clones rushed about.

During their walk, the two recounted what had befallen them, since their last meeting on Kamino.

According to Kane, his position was different from Ember's. Jedi General Crimson was not much of an understanding or forgiving General as Ember's General, Tallan was.

Ember was shocked to hear an account from Kane wherre a battalion of the 13th elite Legion under Kane's command were ambushed by tank divisions and hyena bombers. According to Kane, some of his men were so badly wounded that they had to be shot to save them from their misery. According to Kane, he requested General Crimson that they needed to fall back. However, General Crimson refused to, apparently determined in winning the battle.

Ember felt extremely sorry for Kane and regretted the advice he gave Kane on the jedi.

Kane told him to not worry about it. Before long, the Jedi Generals would get used to them all.

A Desperate Assault
"We will all need each other in the future, especially if the General continues this intense lack of respect for us."

-Alpha-52 Kane on his fellow men-

Shortly after reaching his platoon of troopers, all of them with jetpacks on their backs, Kane ordered Sergeant Mag to prep their jetpacks immediately for attack. Kane whipped out a pair of macrobinoculars from his pack and scanned the enemy base, supressing his displeasure with General Crimson's battle plan. According to the enemy defense lines, it would be a close chance for them to land on the other shore, let alone breaking through the enemy troops.

Before long, the attack began. Cannon fire from All terrain Tactical Enforcers streamed across the sky and smashed into the enemy lines. V-19 Torrent fighters took off and streaked for the enemy base where magnaguard fighters and vulture droids were waiting. With that signal, Kane and team jumped inot the sky and headed for the enemy base, intending to come out of the fog above the lava-infested river and hit the enemy unawares.

Once in range of the enemy ranks, Kane and his men opened fire on the droids, killing more than they lost. Once they landed on the shore, Kane and his platoon rushed the droids and went into ranged and melee combat. However, though they were more powerful warriors, the droids had the advantage of higher ground and were sending artillery down on top of them.

Kane's fear of his men falling caused him to order his men to fall back and regroup. As they retreated, General Crimson at the other side of the battlefield contacted Kane and ordered him to hold his ground, telling him that Ember and General Tallan were already on the way.

Reinforcements
"Blasted fool thing to do!"

-Alpha-13 Ember on the battle occuring in the distance-

Before long, General Tallan ordered Ember and his officers to board gunships to reinforce General Crimson and Kane.

While Clone Sergeant Shrike would go with General Tallan, Ember, Buckler, Niner and Racer woulld go to assist Kane, and Snap would lead a force to assist the left flank of their army.

Landing on the other shore was just as difficult as Kane's task, apparently. The enemey sent many ships to intercept them; however, gunship pilots like Eagletalon were extremely well trained and managed to dodge the enemy fighters and shoot them down before they took them down.

Once landed, Ember and his men were reduced to reflexes and ran in to assist the meager troops under Kane's command. Running to the front of the lines of troopers of Eagle Dawn Company, General Tallan shouted to Ember to follow him, to which Ember obliged.

Light-headed and dizzy but exhilerated, Ember went into combat with his squad for the first time since Kamino and managed to kill dozens of droids as well as several nasty crab droids that were deployed against him and his men.

Before long, though the droids struggled furiously to hold them off, the consolidated clone forces with the Jedi generals at the head demolished them.

Securing the Area and Entering the Enemy Base
"Gather up and secure the area, Commander. The sooner we secure a firm grip on the sector, the soon we can enter this base and get off this rock."

-Jedi General Tallan to Alpha-13 Ember- When the battle ended, Ember hardly believed it; however, he did notice the men and blasted droid parts that lay nearby.

According to Sergeant Racer, there were around 25 wounded of their entire company. He didn't mention the deaths.

Ember knew though that he, Kane and the rest of the troopers could not dwell on the deaths of the men and soon helped the rest of his troopers in cleaning up their shore, ordering some of his men to take the wounded back to their camp, while the rest of the troops. Ember knew that General Tallan was not without sadness though. He just wanted to keep them on schedule and help them get through their predicament and the fastest speed possible. Ember knew that losing their brothers was difficult for the younger rookies though. He let them alone in their helmet HUD's while they talked in silence.

For the next three hours, Ember and his fellow commanding clone officers helped the jedi to clear the exterior of the base of droids, as well as sending over tanks to reinforce the perimeter and prevent any clankers or Seppies from escaping. Ember's frenzy with his work greatly drew the respect of the jedi. However, he did not do it to gain respect, but to protect his men, a factor that the jedi obviously noted.

After the work was done, Ember, Kane, their separate squads and two platoons of clones followed the Jedi Generals into the enemy base through the exhaust port. Once they were in, they crawled through the ventilation shaft for a while before they dropped out near the command center in the heart of the base.

Capturing the Separatist Command
"Take them alive. The Republic can profit with their information the Separatist cause."

-Alpha-13 Ember-

Not long after they entered the base, the clones stormed into the command center where Separatist commanders Varla Monar and Rune Haako were. Taken unawares, they were taken alive, though their droid guards were annihilated.

The Jedi offered the Neimodians a chance to give them the information on the location of the power core freely. However, the cursed Separatists refused. The Jedi, calm as always, reached into the Seps' minds with the force and eventually learned that the power core was being transported deep into a small lab deep down under the base.

The jedi also learn that enemy reinforcements were on the way and immediately ordered Ember to send a message to their forces nearby. Torrent and Dew acknowledged Ember's warning and prepared the troops for a counterattack

Meanwhile, while Ember, Niner, Buckler, Kane, Shadow, Water and his squad, and 15 other troopers of Eagle Dawn Company would journey down into the depths of Mustafar to extract the power core, Billows would lead Kane's men to the top of the base to operate Separatist artillery to hold off the enemy. Finally, Racer and his squad would escort RUne Haako and Varla Monar back to the Republic position.

Entering the Depths
"I hate this place. It gives me the creeps."

"Cut the chatter, Perse."

-Sergeant Water and Trooper Perse-

After capturing the Separatist command, led by Jedi Generals Tallan and Zane Crimson, Ember, Niner, Buckler, Kane, Shadow and the rest of the clone troopers descended into the depths of the Separatist base to extract the power core.

It was very grueling work: As suspected by the entire group, there would be droids crawling all over the place. The troopers had to fight behind the jedi for every stretch of rock and corridor and stick together at every turn.

Despite the resistance laid against them, Ember, Kane and their fellow Arc troopers were born for adverse missions, and with the Jedi close by, none of the droids were able to hinder them for long.

Counterattack
"Hold your position to the last. Ember and the rest of them are on their own in that kriffing base. We have to worry about ourselves right now."

-Alpha-18 Torrent to his troopers-

However, while things were going well for Ember, Kane and the Jedi, things were not for Torrent and Dew at the Republic held-sectors on Mustafar. Shortly after Ember and the others had entered the depths of the Techno Union facility, the Separatists had launched a counterassault consisting of four squadrons of droid fighters, and 3 battalions of droids. Torrent and Dew took down as many of the enemy fighters and landing vessels as they could, reducing the amount of enemy troops able to land.

Torrent and Dew immediately reported to Generals Tallan and Crimson on the situation; however, before a minute had passed, the transmission stopped, telling Torrent, Dew and General Tallan that the enemy was jamming all communications on and off the planet to prevent their escape or ability to manuever their forces.

Finding the Core

"I wish Torrent was here. We could use his technical skills."

"We have to do without. Come on, Sir. Let's do this."

-Alpha-17A Boltshot and Sergeant Water-

After the transmitter ended, General Tallan ordered Ember and the rest of the troopers to get moving at double quick, ordering Ember to assign technicians to hotwire the security shields and get them a way into the compound.

Ember ordered Water and Boltshot to get to it; however, just then, two squads of commando droids approached from both ends of the corridor, trapping them completely.

Generals Tallan and Crimson ignited their lightsabers and shouting, engaged the clankers with most of the clones behind them. Ember ran after General Tallan to engage the commando droids, not before ordering Boltshot and Water to get to their assignment.

Water and Boltshot immediately complied and began hotwiring the controls to turn off the rayshields. It would take some time, time when Boltshot would curse the fact that Torrent was not there; however, after a couple minutes the ray shields shut down, and Boltshot and Water entered the compound.

They ran to the panel next to the container which housed the power core in a rather large cylindrical tube. While Water raised his DC-15A blaster and stood guard, Boltshot got to the computer and began tapping at the controls like mad.

At the end of the corridor, shouts rang out and the sounds of blaster fire and lightsabers were imminent.

More droids began to arrive into the compound itself. Water dived behind a crate nearby and threw a grenade at the lot of them, though more marched on. Water shouted to Boltshot to hurry and began blasting at the super battle droids that were advancing on them.

FInally Boltshot tapped a key and the container opened. Boltshot grabbed the power core container and placed it carefully in his pack. Running past Water, Boltshot threw a flash bang grenade at the incoming group of droids, flipped into the air and with an acrobatic move pressed the button to turn the rayshield back on, just in time for Water to dive next to him. Behind the rayshield, the flash bang grenade exploded and when the dust cleared, none of the droids were left.

Helping Water up, Boltshot told him that he did well before they ran after Ember and the rest of the group who were at the end of the corridor.

Jammed Signals
"Command can't contact us. Their signals must be jammed. Without their backup and intel we are left vulnerable and also can't coordinate our exit strategy. According to what Torrent said before his transmission was interrupted, a sensor jammer console has been placed floors above us by the clanker. Find it and blow the criffing thing to Coruscant. It's our only way of escape."

-Alpha-13 Ember-

When they reached the others, General Tallan inquired about the power core. Boltshot whipped the tube out of his pack and handed it to his general with a formal salute.

General Tallan saluted back and congratulated him and Water on their success.

Boltshot replied that they were born for this sort of thing.

Ember broke in then, telling them of their situation: They had no way to contact Torrent and Dew for reinforcements, and they were probably busy themselves.

General Tallan told them that they better destroy the sensor jammer that Torrent had told them about. However, after that they would have to find a new way to get out before the Republic bombers destroyed the entire facility and them with it. Ember agreed.

After leaving the floor where the power core was stowed, the entire group ran in silence to the nearest lift, slaying the droids guarding it. Shortly afterwards, the Jedi and troopers reached the level where the jamming signal console was.

When the lift doors opened, General Tallan, Ember, Buckler and Niner stormed out to strike one group of droids while General Crimson, Kane, Shadow and the other troopers engaged the other group.

While the regular troopers opened fire, the arc troopers drew vibroblades and slammed them into the clankers. Two clones fell during the contest, but before long all of the droids had been eliminated.

General Tallan went to the console and soon deactivated the jamming device.

With comlinks back in order, General ordered them all to standby. Immediately contacting Torrent, General Tallan told Torrent to order all Y-wing bombers to attack the facility, as well as sending a gunship to pick them up.

Torrent obliged, telling General Tallan that they had just finished desposing of the droid reinforcements and 2 squadrons were available to assist.

After recieving the rendevous coordinates, Generals Tallan and Crimson told Ember and Kane to run for the evacuation point.

Fireworks
"We blew them up. Blew up the droids, blew up the factory, nearly blew up the entire planet."

-Alpha-18 Torrent-

It would not be long until the Jedi, Ember and Kane ran onto a back door landing platform, leaving a pile of dead droids in their wake. Soon after, a LAAT/i gunship landed and once they were all aboard, it took off.

As Ember looked back at the facility that they had worked so hard to enter and extract the power core, missiles from Y-wing bombers slammed into the facility and the base began to sink into the lava bit by bit.

Ember felt relieved as he watched the destruction of the techno union facility. The mission had been completed: The Techno Union facility had been destroyed and they had the power core. To Ember, the many good men who died had died strong helping to achieve the goal that they and the jedi all wanted: Peace to the galaxy. Ember remembered all of the troopers that died that day: Snap, Fiery, Gek, Perse and Faze. They all died honorably and that was what mattered.

After landing on the Republic-held shore, Ember and his fellow men said goodbye to Kane and General Crimson, providing a formal honor guard as the troopers of the 13th Elite legion boarded LAAT/i's and took off.

Shortly after, Ember and the remainder of his troopers, around 75 of them, loaded up into gunships and took off as well. Ember knew then that he and his brothers were in good hands. With brave brothers to take care of and lead, and generals who trusted them and would also watch over them in their years of duty, nothing would ever truly go amiss.

First Separatist Invasion on Ryloth (21.8 BBY)
"What I remember about the battle of Ryloth was that it was hot, chaotic and bloody... I've never seen that many of my boys die before my eyes in combat. I should be happy that I got my shebs out of there, but I am not... since even I could not have not got out of that inferno without my buddies. I guess that's what having a squad truly means."

-Alpha-13 Ember-

Right after the battle of Mustafar had come to a conclusion, it came to the attention of Rep intel that Techno-Union leader Wat Tambor and CIS battalion commander Sadeet Cradossk had led a massive Separatist assault on the planet of Ryloth, defeating the small clone garrison positioned there under the command of Clone Commander Blams, and quickly taking control of the southern hemisphere. According to Null ARC troopers A'den and Jaing, the CIS had set up command at the starport city, Kala'uun, and the main droid garrison at Kala'din. According to the Nulls, the civvies had been set to work gathering valuable resources for the greedy Emir.

Due to the Grand Army being stretched thin in the war, the only available force available to move out and reach Ryloth in time was the third legion. Ember and his brothers immediately left Mustafar and shipped out for Ryloth, immediately rendevousing with the rest of their troops at Bothuwai before continuing on to Ryloth.

Ember, Buckler, Boltshot, Niner, Blade and Torrent all knew that they would be going into a maelstrom of hell, but they would not be prepared to experience the horror of the campaign, which not even the training of such a tough and experienced Mando'ade as Jango Fett, could have prepared them for.

Into the Torrent.
Before long, Ember's fleet came out hyperspace to meet a met a Separatist fleet blockading the planet of Ryloth: two CIS capital ships, one Trade Federation battleship, and eight Banking Clan frigates.

Generals Tallan and Valena ordered their ships to spread out and prepare for battle. While assault ship Eliminator,  commanded by Admiral Mercy Kuolor, and the other two acclamator assault ships took up the left flank, the Indomitable, commanded by clone captain Swivler, and a second Venator attack cruiser took the right. Meanwhile, three consular-class cruisers led a bold attack on the Separatist blockade, several squadrons of Y-wings and V-19 Torrents close behind, the lot of them commanded by Alpha-18 Torrent.

Meanwhile, Admiral Mercy Kuolor of assault ship Eliminator and Clone captain Swivler of the Indomitable ordered all ships to close in behind their fighter raid and begin pelting the Sep ships with laser fire.



With the bulk of the Separatist ships occupied with the fighter attack, assault ship Eliminator moved in and unleashed its secret weapon. Within moments, the enemy fleet was in shambles, courtesy of the Eliminator's powerful, prototype concussion missiles.

The CIS high-tailed it out of their soon after with their flagship, the Dark Vengeance, commanded by Separatist admiral Mrash leading the retreat.

Acclamator_FT.jpg Into the Maw
In short order, after the space battle was over, General Tallan commanded all ships to prepare to land troops on the surface. They examined the position surrounding the cities of Kala'din and Kala'uun, and they did not look good. Several battalions of droids blocked every entry point leading to the cities. A forest lay on the western border of Kala'din, but droids were also posted nearby. General Tallan noted the numbers of the enemy and asked Ember what he could suggest as an experienced Alpha ARC trooper.

Ember replied that they would have to set up shop in a defensible location and strike the droids from there. Generals Tallan and Valena agreed with him and they all came to an accord that land was a canyon several klicks south of Kala'din. The only drawback was that several ravines led into the canyon, so the droids could send backup quickly.

Tallan immediately followed up by providing their basic objective: While Tallan's force of 5500 men, covered by Y-wing bombers strike the enemy head on to provide a diversion, Valena, Boltshot and Torrent would lead a smaller force of 4500 men to land near the forest. From there, they could dispatch the sentinels and any reinforcements that the Seps would send before merging with the main core of the 3rd.

After they had set up a defensible position, they could begin preparations for their assault on Kala'din.

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

A Line in the Sand.
After landing in the canyon, Ember, Buckler, Niner and Blade sprinted into the inferno of the first large-scale campaign that they had experienced, which is saying a lot.

Thousands of battle droids poured out of the ravines, followed by AAT's and spider droids, at least 3,000 clankers with armored support. Ember, and his squad ran in to engage them, following General Tallan and the rest of the pressing battalions of the third legion, with two battalions of 500 men in front with eight AT-TE's in the rear and 8 others walkers guarding the flanks. 500 more troopers soon also dropped in via tow cables.

Everything was chaos. As Ember ran too and fro gunning down droid after droid, his brothers beside him, and General Tallan in front, batting aside blaster bolts with his double saber of blue fire, he watched men he had trained fall everywhere. Inside, he felt enraged, but on the outside, adrenaline rushed through his bones and he sighted up and continued fighting, backed by Gamma squad and the might of the 3rd. He used his anger to bolster his nerves.

In a second, Racer and his squad were fighting nearby, and in another, Water was shouting orders to Perse, Brash and Breach to hold their lines. Ember did not hear or see this, but concentrated only on destroying every battle droid that crossed his path. He also saw, in the corner of his eye, squadrons of Y-wing bombers streak above, firing torpedoes at the approaching AAT's, and then swoop into higher altitudes, chased by vulture droids. On the higher elevations on both sides of the canyon, troopers opened fire on the droids from above.

An AT-TE exploded and crashed to the ground. It would have crushed Ember, had not Buckler and Niner slammed him out of the way. Shaking his head and cursing himself for getting distracted, he slammed his rifle into a super battle droid before sending a burst of laser fire into it. He raced back into the fray, followed by his men. Soon, though, most of the droids had fallen. But the battle was not over: From the ravine, more droids poured out, at least 1000, followed by 4 multi-droid transports.

Ember looked at the General, who nodded back at him. Ember's armor was covered in droid grease and dust. He was sure that one of his fingers was broken, and he was sure that his shoulder was oozing blood, but he gripped his Deece and rushed forward to engage the droids with the rest of the army. Ember signalled to the fighters covering them, and after a few minutes, they streaked out of the clouds to fire on the transports, and blasted them into smithereens.

Shortly afterward, Valena and her strike force arrived, and the droids began its retreat back to Kala'din.



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ending of the Battle
"In any war there are sacrifices, but the day will never come when the clone army loses in the field of battle. We will march to victory and continue in spite of what the Enemy deploys to resist us."

-Captain Alpha-04 Vaze-.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



Undercover on Muunilist. 21 BBY.
"The Banking Clan has hidden huge factories on Muunilinst, building huge droid armies and massive warships. We must act quickly!"

-Obi-Wan Kenobi-

The Battle of Muunilinst was a major campaign that took place four months after the Battle of Geonosis. There, the Republic halted the funding and production of CIS battle droid production.

During the engagement, Ember was sent to Muunilinst before the main attack, led by jedi generals Obi-Wan Kenobi and Skywalker, and Alpha ARC Captain Fordo was due to begin.

Ember and his small strike team of ARC troopers donned civilian clothing and melded into the civvy population. With rapid movement, Gamma Squad and other members of the Third Legion infiltrated the jurisdiction buildings, and secured plans of the entire cities, weak points where the Republic army could enter, as well as strategic positions. After that was done, they hijacked a Separatist shuttle before leaving the planet, on their way to another misison.

Civil War on Balith (21 BBY)
"There's a large-scale civil war on Balith. They've requested our assistance. Anakin, you will leave immediately to command the Third Legion."

-Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi-

Shortly after the successful mission on Muunilist, three battalions of the Third Legion was sent out under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker to end a large-scale civil war on the planet Balith. Shortly after Ember, and his troops arrived under the command of a legendary jedi like Anakin Skywalker, the rebellion soon ended, although the rebels had put up quite a fight, and many troopers were wounded.

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

"Yes, General Fisto."

-Jedi General Kit Fisto and his Naval Captain, Antda Hiade-

More than a month after the campaign on Ryloth, Ember and Generals Tallan and Valena recieved word from Jedi General Kit Fisto, who had recieved a distress signal from a fleet near the Agamar system. Before the convoy of Republic vessels was destroyed, the clones on the juggernauts had reported to Fisto that General Grievous and a large Separatist armada had jumped them and were on the way to Dantooine with around 65,000 droids.

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

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

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

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

-Alpha-18 Torrent and Alpha-16 Blade-

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Alpha-13 Ember to the Third Legion and the 13th Elite-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Alpha-16 Blade to Alpha-13 Ember-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ember thanked her.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vara Lor. 21 BBY.
"I cannot express my regret through words... I am ashamed of what I have done... and what the Republic has done. What's the point of following duty when it is inmoral? I don't understand... This war is getting murkier and murkier."

-Alpha-13 Ember.-



Invasion of Duro (21 BBY)
"The loss of Master Kaja Tallan was a very unexpected loss. We will never forget his service to the Jedi Order and to the galaxy itself. May he rest in piece."

-Jedi Master Mace Windu at Kaja Tallan's memorial service.-

For the battle of Duros, General Tallan and Commander Ember were ordered by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to take a detachment of the Third Legion to reinforce Republic troops on the planet of Duros.

They arrived in time to help bolster the Republic's and the Duros defenses; however, the numerous droid forces as well as the constant orbital bombardment eventually forced the Republic to begin a strategic withdrawal from Duros.

The Third Legion was instrumental in holding back the droid troops, though many lives were lost in the operation. Admiral Zurros, admiral of the Indomitable commited his fleet to holding back the Separatists and allowing the majority of Republic troops and vessels to retreat back to Coruscant.

However, during the final escape, the Indomitable was caught by Grievous's heavy destroyers.

Though they loathed leaving him behind, Ember, Valena and the remnants of much of their battalion abandoned ship while Kaja Tallan and two of his squads of the 3rd Legion engaged Grievous aboard ''Indomitable. ''

When Grievous boarded, A dozen super battle droids advanced ahead of him. Captain Shrike and his lads held off the SBD's and dwar spider droids, only to be beset by a squad of commando droids. Though Shrike and his comrades killed them all, Shrike was the only survior of the firefight.

He and Tallan met Grievous and his magnaguard bodyguards in open combat on the bridge of the Indomitable, though Shrike soon fell, bringing one magnaguard with him.

Tallan was surrounded by Grievous and his bodyguards, and though he was brought down by the electrostaffs, Tallan sent them flying with a well placed force repulse and sprung at Grievous with his double saber raised. They dueled from room to room on the Bridge before Grievous got him in a lightsaber lock. While their sabers were crossed, one of Grievous's remaining guards shocked him, and while he was convulsing on the ground, Grievous shot him to death with his E-5 blaster rifle.

Though the Indomitable was destroyed, most of the Republic fleet had fell back in an orderly fashion.

Ember, Buckler, Niner, Torrent and Boltshot reported back to Coruscant with Jedi General Valena assuming command of the 3rd. The death of her master was very hard on her, and though she would eventually get over her loss, Ember was instrumental in helping recover.

General Windu honored Ember for his bravery, though the ARC trooper was not proud about what happened, and awared him the Medal of Bravery for courage and honor in active duty.

Operation Null Extraction (19 BBY)
"This looks like the job for us, Sir."

-Alpha-92 Dev to Jedi General Kit Fisto-

Shortly after the skirmish on Nerial IV, Alpha-13 Ember, Alpha-14 Buckler and Alpha-17A Boltshot were assigned on a mission with fellow ARC trooper, Alpha-92 Dev, to attack and neutralize a Separatist listening post on planet Orto Plutonia.

Halfway through the mission; however, while en-route to the planet on assault ship Vindicator, news came to jedi generals Fisto and Lelsus who spearheaded the assault, that the Separatist forces on the planet had captured the Talz natives. Ember, Buckler, Boltshot, Dev, and his lieutenant, Blaze were duelly informed of the issue and were given a secondary objective: rescue the Talz prisoners and free them.

After reaching Orto Plutonia, a lone LAAT/i dropped Ember and Dev's little strike team several klicks from the Seppie listening post. Ember and Dev immediately took charge during landfall, and split up on separate jobs: While Boltshot and Blaze set up camp and as many sensor beacons as they could, Ember, Buckler and Dev would do a recce on the enemy position and find out how to go in.

Meanhwhile, General Fisto and his second in command, Commander Ket, organized an assault on General Grievous's fortress in another area of the planet. According to intel, Grievous had just stopped by to check on how the Seps' espionage movements were going.

While Fisto began the attack on the Seps with an entire platoon, Ember, Buckler and Dev scouted out the Sep listening post. They found that their entry would not be easy, for they were facing a large number of droids as well as wets - organics. Ember and Dev bolstered their spirits; however, and immediately began preparations for the assault.

When the attack came, everyone went into action and reflexes: While Ember, Buckler and Dev assaulted the main doors, Boltshot and Buckler scaled the back wall and took out the sentinels there. Ember and his boys detonated the doors with thermal tape and detonators and soon went in, guns blazing. The Sep defenders resisted but were soon all gunned down.

While Blaze stood guard, Ember and Dev went to check the prisons. However, they found that they were too late, since all of the Talz were dead. They were confronted by more guards, whom they slew. Ember and Dev met Buckler outside the Sep HQ, and then the three of them burst in, stunning the Sep Commander, Captain Morguss's lieutenants, before Ember confronted Morguss, who remembered him well. They fought blaster to blaster before Ember disarmed him and shot him full in the face with stun blast.

The mission ended quickly with General Grada Lelsus meeting them outside. She congratulated them on their success before they began the exfil back to Republic assault ship Vindicator.

Battle of Aargonar (19 BBY)
"You never lost brothers before..."

"Have you ever wondered why, Ner Vod?"

-Alpha-13 Ember and Alpha-04 Vaze-

Assault
<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">You will help Captain Tryhrn end the siege on the surface. Generals Crimson, Aralina, Shadow and I will destroy all Separaratist ships blockading the planet."

<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">"Alright, Valena. I'll handle the battle on the surface. Take good care of yourself."

<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">"I will, Ember. Don't worry about me."

<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">-Jedi General Valena and Alpha-13 Ember-

Point Pyre Under Siege
<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">"Niner! Take three battalions and get back to Point Pyre immediately! Its under siege and knowing humans, Captain Tryhrn will not hold it for long. Buckler, Boltshot and I will deal with this."

<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">"Sir, Yes Sir!"

<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">-Alpha-13 Ember and Alpha-15 Niner-

Aftermath
<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">"What is the point of all this... I mean we serve the Republic to save the people who are suffering and bring ORder back to the Galaxy. However, we can't stop ourselves from losing the people we care about..."

<p style="border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">-Alpha-13 Ember on Alpha-15's demise-

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

-Adhektara Valena-

The War Hits Home (19 BBY)
"Zey to all Special Ops personnel, Inner Rim. Code Five, Code Five. Repeat, Code Five, Code Five. Any way you can, people. Keep comlink overrides open. May the Force be with you."

-Jedi Master Arligan Zey raising all special operations troops to scramble back home- After the battle of Felucia, the troopers of the Third legion returned to the GAR base on Ord Mantell for refit and new orders, which stunned Ember as much as his brothers. They were given a break: one week; one entire week of nothing to do but train, patrol the base and spend mindlessly long times in the mess hall, the refreshers' and their bunks.

However, just after the second day of their arrival at Ord Mantell, troubling news arrived from Coruscant: the heart of the Republic was under siege.

Ember, Buckler and Boltshot immediately took their personal ship, the Jaigtalon, as well as entire platoon of troopers, and went ahead to Coruscant while the main force began boarding their support ships under General Valena's direction.

When Ember and his troopers jumped out of hyperspace, they came into a storm of battle. Fighters dogfighted, and enemy and friendly cruisers traded fire back and forth wherever they looked. Bypassing the space battle, Ember and his men were let in through Coruscant's security shields, through a torrent of vulture fighters pursued them into the atmosphere of Triple Zero. However, the crew manned the laser cannons and destroyed the hostile fighters without much delay.

Ember and Boltshot immediately commed the Jedi temple, and recieved direct orders from General Arligan Zey to defend the main plaza on Coruscant, which was under attack by several companies of droids and armored support. Commander Ember immediately obliged and ordered the pilots to fly for the plaza immediately.

When they approached the plaza, Ember noticed three droid transports and several AAT tanks accompanying around 300 droids, which were assaulting a squad of white jobs.

As soon as the ship hatch opened, Ember, Buckler, Boltshot and the platoon under their command bailed out of the Jaigtalon, which went on autopilot, swinging around to open fire on the enemy tanks with its turbolaser cannons.

Ember and his men rushed forward to meet the droids, dodging blaster bolts and tank cannon fire, though some fell under the constant barrage. Ember swung his DC-15 into a droid's head before sending a burst of laser fire into four others. Next to him, the rest of his men with blue trimmed armor shouted as they burst apart every droid in their way.

Boltshot pointed his hand at an AAT and fired a missile straight into its weak spot. The tank crashed, crushing an entire platoon of clankers.

However, as soon as Ember and his men dismantled the droids, Ember saw from several klicks away, even more droids on the way. He cursed and then ordered the men under his command to stand fast. Meanwhile, Buckler called Zey for backup, as well as asking if reinforcements were on the way.

Zey ordered Buckler to stand by, for reinforcements would be coming. Valena's ETA would be in one standard hour, while others were also coming from off world. However, most of the Grand Army on Coruscant was spread too thin to move anywhere else. Ember and Buckler acknowledged the command and continued to hold off the Separatists and continued the endless battle through the day and night. However, during the battle, though reinforcements arrived, and the droids were pushed back in the end, the news became sinister... The Chancellor had been abducted by Grievous himself.

Ember and his brothers wanted to go after Grievous; however, Windu told them off, telling them that Generals Kenobi and Skywalker were on the way.

The Final Push
"The end of the war... I never felt it would come. I don't know what will happen. All I know is that I fight to win... I fight for my brothers, and I fight for something more.... Do you want to know what that is, Valena?... Freedom." "Ember.. I know how you feel... Let's do this together."

-Alpha-13 Ember and Adhektara Valena.-

After the engagement on Coruscant, all elite GAR commanders rendevoused at the jedi temple concerning the Republic's next move against the Confederacy of Independant Systems, including Commanders Ember, Storm, Vaze, and Kane. Dooku had been killed during the battle, but the head clanker, General Grievous, was still out there.

During the council, General Mundi announced that they had begun searching the inner and mid rims for any sign of the slippery general. The Null ARC's and the rest of GAR intel had begun their search into the Outer Rim. Out of a sense of duty, Vaze volunteered to help out with the search, and would be assigned to Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi's strike force later, during the attack on Utapau.

The rest of the Grand Army had more of a difficult objective: To subdue other critical Separatist home worlds. While Kane and Storm were assigned as a surpressing force to take over Skako, Jedi General Valena and Commander Ember were given the sole duty of capturing the CIS senate's seat of power: Raxus. The Third legion was given orders to capture the system at all costs.

General Valena immediately got the legion underway.

Meanwhile, Ember bade farewell to Storm and Kane. Before they parted for their separate missions, Ember told them that Kane was right. One day... they would be free men. As soon as the war was over, it would be time for them to dissapear. Storm was reluctant on the decision, but Kane agreed with Ember immediately, and as did Dew, Shadow and Boltshot.

Insertion
"Well this is it, Men. Do your best. Stay on mission. The end of the war is near. For the Republic!" -Commander Alpha-13 Ember to the troopers of the Third Legion.-

After boarding assault ships and jumping into hyperspace, the fleet of the third legion: Around 20 ships strong, including the Liberty engaged the Separatist blockade, and broke through with low casualties.

When they entered the atmosphere of Raxus, they came into a hailstorm of enemy fighters.

Clone ARC-170 squadrons, V-wing bombers and Y-wing bombers raced to meet them, covering the flotilla of gunships - carrying troops, materiel and tanks - to land on Separatist landing platforms.

The engagement began in full swing: Valena darted forward to the front of the group to engage the countless droids, Ember at her side with an entire platoon behind him. From nearby gunships, which hovered in the air, troopers lept down to join the battle under the command of Boltshot, Jett and Sens. On other platforms, battle also raged, combat which was more personal to the clones than ever before. It was so powerful that even the Separatists' lust to defend their homes and beliefs quailed in comparison. Before long, all of the landing pads been taken.

Rendevous
March on the Seat of Power

Men of Conscience
"I hesitated when I recieved Order 66... After years and years of blood and sorrow alongisde my General, Adhektara Valena, I find it impossible that she would ever turn against the Republic, or try and put us in danger. She had been there for us from the beginning, especially for me... Without her, I would have died countless times. She has cared for me and my brothers more than any other jedi has in their order. Moreover, to Valena, duty has always been more important to her than anything: duty to us, and duty to the Republic."

-Alpha-13 Ember-

Personality
"No man gets left behind! No one!

-Alpha-13 Ember-

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Since he was put through an intense regimen of training on Kamino, Ember was born to be one of the best soldiers the Galaxy has ever known. He could even resist mind tricks from force users. However, he was not arrogant but rather selfless and compassionate. He did everything for others and did not hesitate to place himself in danger to prove this. Overall, his training saw him through all of his victories. Often on mercy missions, he would help the civilians beyond the call of duty.

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

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

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

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ember believed in experience and unity, virtues that his teacher, Jango Fett, taught him. Therefore, he trained his troops heavily for months, so that they would have enough experience and camaraderie before heading out into combat. Ember loved his brothers, and would never leave one of them behind if he could help it. His undying loyalty to them would become a virtue as well as a fatal flaw. Though the battles throughout the galaxy took many of his brothers, Ember always followed the rules of engagement, and kept true to his code of loyalty and honor. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">

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

Ember was very controversial to many of the Jedi Order. To some, he was one of their most dependable, loyal soldiers who would not hesitate to disobey orders in order to save them.

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

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

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

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

Grada Lelsus.
Ember always respected the jedi, including the younglings. Therefore, when Ember met young Grada Lelsus, General Tallan's second padawan, he immediately took her under his wing when duties allowed and would teach her about the difficulties of war and how to survive in it.

At first Grada would be very shy near Ember; however, before long, she would get rather used to him and the two would become very close.

When Grada Lelsus mysteriously fell on Coruscant at the hands of a group of Separatist thugs, a fact that did not sit well with Ember, the arc commander rashly wanted to go and avenge her death, so much to the point that when he was fighting with the leaders of a Separatist spy group of Coruscant, Ember was blinded by his rage and was incapacitated.

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

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

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

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

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

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Gear and Armanent.
==== <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Republic ARC Trooper (Training Gear)  ==== ==== <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Republic ARC Trooper (Phase I.5)  ==== <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As an ARC Trooper, Ember wore experimental Phase II Armor for the duration of the Clone Wars along with command pauldrons and kamas. Ember had various other suits of armor, depending on the terrain, including cold assault armor. He also had a periscope rangefinder attachment on the right side of his helmet, which was also equipped with HUD radar sensors, datapads. The Foremost of all the HUD systems had an internal communication system where Ember could just go on his own secure circuit and speak to his men.

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

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

==== <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Republic ARC Trooper (Phase II)   ====

Rebel Fighter
===<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ships  ===

Notable Troopers under the Command of Alpha-13 Ember
39. Commander Alpha-111 Viper (603rd Armored Assault Corps) 40. Commander Alpha-52 Kane (13th Elite Legion) 41. Commander Alpha-08 Flash (Nexu Legion)
 * 1) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha-14 Buckler
 * 2) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha-15 Niner
 * 3) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha-16 Blade
 * 4) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha-17A Boltshot
 * 5) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alpha-18 Torrent
 * 6) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Captain Racer ( <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CC-5469)
 * 7) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Captain Snap (CC-6747)
 * 8) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Captain Shrike (CC-1845)
 * 9) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lieutenant Bant ( <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CL-3298)
 * 10) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lieutenant Water <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(CL-4425) <span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
 * 11) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Arc Trooper Sharkie (CC-6795)
 * 12) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lieutenant Cracker (CL-5322)
 * 13) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lieutenant Mal (CL-5545)
 * 14) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lieutenant Salam (CL-1233)
 * 15) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sergeant Aquamal ( <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">CT-946) <span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
 * 16) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sergeant Fiery (CT-1212)
 * 17) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sergeant Tops (CT-2354)
 * 18) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sergeant Crack (CT-917)
 * 19) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sergeant Falkon (CT-918)
 * 20) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Jett (CT-9159)
 * 21) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Sens (CT-9160)
 * 22) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Surge (CT-3218)
 * 23) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Cobra (CT-4747)
 * 24) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Blitz (CT-1201)
 * 25) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Nitro (CT-395)
 * 26) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Delta (CT-3333)
 * 27) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Brash (CT-238)
 * 28) <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trooper Breach (CT-239)
 * 29) Trooper Rune (CT-3934)
 * 30) Trooper Wister (CT-1202)
 * 31) Trooper Nom (CT-9019)
 * 32) Trooper Faze (CT-5219)
 * 33) Trooper Devis (CT-3599)
 * 34) Trooper Bolt (CT-7155)
 * 35) Trooper Zip (CT-4321)
 * 36) Trooper Gek (CT-1206)
 * 37) Trooper Quad (CT-41312)
 * 38) Commander Alpha-32 Storm (35th Assault Corps)
 * Alpha-33 Jek
 * Alpha-34 Caleb
 * Captain Denn
 * Captain Crusher
 * Lieutenant Gweld
 * Alpha-112 Trec
 * Alpha-113 Dash
 * Commander Monitor
 * Captain Dax
 * Alpha-53 Shadow
 * Alpha-54 Billows
 * Alpha-55 Rak
 * Alpha-56 Trigger
 * Alpha-57 Dew
 * Sergeant Mag

Pasttimes
"Does it ever end for you, Ember? Do you ever do other things besides fighting?"

"In a war, there is no time to relax, Kid. We have to keep to the task at hand."

-Grada Lelsus and Alpha-13 Ember on Vara Lor-

During the Clone Wars, Ember rarely ever left the front line. When he did, he either spent it patrolling the Jedi temple and Coruscant with his squad mates or Jedi generals like Valena. During the Clone Wars and after, Ember would never return to his old home on Kamino, though he had always wished to see his birthplace again.

When he was on leave, Ember would either spend several hours in a cantina on Coruscant and get drunk or attend a public event. During the day, Ember enjoyed training in martial arts, his various weapons, going to the gym as well as later learning from the Jedi on how to use his newly acquired vibrosword with cortosis attached to it with efficiency.

On various occasions, the Jedi would often invite Ember to the temple for training in fighting, either against Mace Windu, Valena or other jedi. Kaja was often busy meditating or on covert missions across the Galaxy.

Ember grew to think of the jedi temple as his home just as much as Kamino once was. He would form great relationships not only with his personal jedi commanders but also ones with Master Kit Fisto, Yoda, lightsaber trainer Cin Drallig, Anakin Skywalker, and also a feasible trust between himself and Mace Windu, though the man had killed Jango in the past.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Quotes
"Jatnese be te jatnese." - "The best of the best"

- Jango Fett on Gamma Squad.-

"Wets have Mir'osik."

-Ember referring to the human soldiers that he is serving with.-

"Ne shab'rud'ni, Ner Vod..."

"Don't walk away from me, Hut'uun. I have to come to end this once and for--"

-Alpha-13 Ember and Alpha-04 Vaze before Ember slams Vaze into the wall.-

"Su'cuy gar!"

"Yes, Ner Vod. I always survive."

-Ordo and Alpha-13 Ember-

Appearances
Alpha Arc Troopers Series (In Construction...)
 * Book 1: Insertion.


 * Book 2: Heroes of the Republic.


 * Book 3: Tower Peak


 * Book 4: Soldiers of Consience.


 * Book 5: New Beginnings
 * Book 6: 

Clone Wars Adventures (Video Game)