Alpha-13 Ember

"You are irreplaceable, Ember. I have never met a soldier like you, a soldier with such compassion, dedication, commitment, loyalty and honor. You're spirit is unflagging. Youve never thought of rewards and yet you earn them."

"Thank you, Sir... Thank you very much. Not many people have told me that before."

"I am not surprised."

-Jedi General Valena and 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 Blue Talon Legion and later the 5th Elite Sector Army. His Jedi Generals were Kaja Tallan and the Togruta, Adhektara Valena. Ember was a motivated, strong, determined and honest soldier, though he had an emotional side to him as well, especially concerning the choice of duty or those he cared about. This hampered his ability to follow orders in his life, eventually causing him to disobey Order 66 and save his Jedi Generals from his men, even killing a lot of them before escaping.

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

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

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 in the team; however, his determination to be like 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 lead 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.

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 their 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.

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

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

{C {C}Insertion {C {C}"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 Blue Talon 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 Blue Talon 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.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Jedi Generals Tallan and Crimson agreed with Ember and then they began to formulate a plan of battle:

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">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.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Crimson and Kane’s platoons would attack the enemy in a full frontal assault by jetpack, covered by artillery fire and air support.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">After the 13th were fully committed, General Tallan and Ember would advance on the enemy position by gunship.

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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- {C {C {C {C {C}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)
A couple months later, it came to the Republic's attention that senator Orn Free Taa of the planet, Ryloth had been kidnapped and that the planet had turned entirely silent and there was no sign of civilians as well.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Alpha-04 Vaze-

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ending of the Battle
"In any war there are sacrifices, but the day will never come when the clone army loses in the field of battle. 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 the Blue Talon Legion to capture key Separatist bases in the southern hemispheres, with the aid of the 13th Elite Legion while Generals Secura and Skywalker engaged the Separatists in the northern hemisphere.

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

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

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

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

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

Leaving Coruscant
"The Chancellor has ordered us on a mission. Generals Tallan, Valena and Tallan's new padawan, Grada Lelsus are going on ahead in a shuttle to Vara Lor to negotiate with the Vara Lorans there to convince them to remain in the Republic. Buckler, Niner, Blade, Boltshot, Torrent and I will follow behind with a heavilly armed Republic cruiser just in case trouble brews."

-Alpha-13 Ember-

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

However, there was no rest for the weary, and not long after he returned to active duty, he was assigned a new mission.

Recently while the rest of the Grand Army was busy fighting the Confederacy of Independant Systems in the Outer Rim, many planets in the Republic had been left on their own and had become cold with the Galactic Republic as a whole and its role in the war. The planet of Vara Lor, the home of the Vara Lorans, yellow-eyed humans who were great soldiers, traders and craftsmen.

Both the Republic and the Separatists wanted to trade with the Vara Lorans to gain access to their advanced ships and weapons; however, the leaders of the Vara Lorans felt that this was going to far and set up an Embargo act, permanently ending trade with the Republic and anyone else in the Galaxy.

Obviously unhappy by this, Chancellor Palpatine and the Galactic Senate asked the Jedi Council to intervene. Master Yoda obliged and asked Kaja Tallan, Valena and Tallan's padawan, Grada Lelsus to deal with this.

Landing on the Surface
"We'll handle the negotiations, Commander. Remain far from Vara Lor Ember. If we call, jump into hyperspace immediately."

"Understood, Sir."

-Kaja Tallan to Alpha-13 Ember-

Shortly after leaving Coruscant and jumping into hyperspace, Jedi Knights Tallan, Valena and Padawan Lelsus dropped into Vara Lor orbit. Dozens of cruisers blockaded the planet, mostly war vessels though. This made the Jedi a little uneasy. However, they responded to the Vara Lorans who contacted them, and were soon allowed to pass through the blockade to land on the Capital of Vara Lor.



After landing on platform B of the city, Kaja Tallan, Grada Lelsus and Valena rented speeders and took off for the city. On the way, they passed many civilians and tall buildings. There were many ships coming into land as well as taking off. By the look of it, there were a lot of Hutt ships as well, no doubt slavers or bounty hunters. If the jedi had more time, they could have put a stop to it, but they were on a mission right now and had to go to the city center where the Ruling Council building was located.

What did disturb the Jedi was the number of soldiers around. It was not unlike the Vara Lorans to be on high guard all the time, especially since they were a militaristic race, but they all looked rather edgy. Squads of Vara Loran soldiers were located at every block of the city and even in some terraces of the skyscrapers with huge rifles in their grasp.

The sun was high and the climate was very hot. The sky mantained a greenish yellowish tinge reminding Kaja of Behpour in the Naboo system, which he had visited a long time ago.

Before long, the jedi arrived at the governor's tower where almost 2,000 Vara Loran soldiers were. Military cruisers were also grounded nearby as well as other ships of guests of note. The Vara Lorans were suspicious and sent the jedi through customs before allowing them to pass into the tower.

Governors
"It is known that Governor Drakor Sarilles has always been a rather calm and fair man. However, his older brother, Skyron, the governor of the South, is not so....I can sense evil clouding his mind and judgement."

-Kaja Tallan on Skyron Sarilles-



When the jedi and clones entered the meeting chambers, they found themselves in a huge room with men seated in pews in an arc around a circular area in the middle of the room. At the head of the pews was seated a man with long black hair and another man with a gruffer appearance standing nearby. Guards stood at almost every corner and six more were standing at attention behind the governors of Vara Lor, who Kaja Tallan assumed to be.

The ceiling was a tall and luminous dome with windows.

The men seated in the pews quieted down and one of the men at the end of the hall stood up from their seats. Drakor Sarilles, the governor of the northern sector of Vara Lor asked the jedi and clones to walk forward; they did so.

After a short examination, Drakor Sarilles asked the jedi why they had come to Vara Lor. However, before Kaja or Valena could open their mouths to explain, Drakor's older brother, apparently, Skyron Sarilles announced in a leering voice that the Jedi had come to try and convince them to stay in the Republic.

Everyone there laughed and some of them even whispered to each other, pointing at the jedi in a very disrespectful manner.

Skyron Sarilles walked forward and looked Kaja Tallan in the eye and asked him if it was so.

Kaja looked back into Skyron's eyes and gave him a look which meant: "You don't wanna do this." Kaja's fierce facial features coupled with his look forced Skyron to curse and turn away to where Drakor was sitting.

Drakor asked why they, the Vara Lorans should consider beginning trade with the Republic again, after the Republic had never done anything to Vara Lor.

Kaja Tallan replied by saying that the Senate takes time in decisions, but there would always be help in the end.

Skyron laughed and replied by saying that the Senate was corrupt. No wonder that many systems chose to leave the Republic and form the Confederacy of Independant Systems.

Kaja had no reply to that but waited for the two governors to decide.

<p style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none">The two governors talked for a bit longer in hushed voices before both of them stood up and told the Jedi in a very bold manner that they did not care what the Chancellor thought back in "lovely, quiet" Coruscant. The Republic was corrupt and they would not remain in their fold. They would not reconsider their plans to end trade with the Republic.

<p style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none">Governor Skyron ordered the guards to escort the Chancellor's "ambassadors" out.

<p style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none">The nape of Kaja's neck bristled, and he reached for his lightsaber. The guards nearby raised their blaster, while troopers Brash and Breach went into defensive stances. However, before Kaja could ignite it, Grada and Valena put their hands on his shoulder and muttered into his ear.

<p style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none">Kaja's eyes softened as he looked at Grada and then, breathing hard, he turned around and headed for the door with the clones, Grada and Valena in tow. <p style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none">Complications "We can't force them to do what we want, Chancellor! The Republic is a Democracy! Their beliefs are based on lies. We have to appeal to them diplomatically."

"With your respect, your Excellency, I second that. We can't just force beings to do what we want. It's immoral."

-Kaja Tallan and Alpha-13 Ember to Chancellor Palpatine

After leaving the governor's tower, Kaja, Valena, Grada and the clones took their speeders back to Platform B, and from there, they contacted Alpha-13 Ember as well as the jedi council and Palpatine back on Coruscant. Shortly after discussing what had happened in that brief time, Yoda looked extremely worried, and so did Palpatine.

According to Mas Ammeda, the Chancellor's assistant, they had to launch an all-out attack on Vara Lor and retake it. The Chancellor silenced him with a look and told Yoda that Ammeda was right. They would have to bring that issue up in the Senate as well as assemble the Grand Army into battle stations.

Master Yoda agreed though he did not like attacking the people who had not yet done harm and to his, Kaja's and Valena's surprise, so did Ember. According to him, they could not open fire on the Vara Lorans until they had been attacked first. Thus far, that had not happened. There was not even any evidence that Governors Drakor and Skyron had even casted their lot with the CIS yet.

The Chancellor accepted the jedi's "wise council" though he still said that they should start a special session of Congress to debate the matter. Masters Yoda and Tallan did not object to it either.

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-

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

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

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

Ember, Generals Tallan and Valena immediately obliged to rush to General Windu's aid on Dantooine, mustering 3 Venator attack cruisers and 3 Acclamator star destroyers filled with the entire legion, which had been placed nearby assuming that Vara Lor may revolt. While they were gone, the Senate would decide what was to be done about Vara Lor.

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

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

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

-Alpha-18 Torrent and Alpha-16 Blade-

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Alpha-16 Blade to Alpha-13 Ember-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ember thanked her.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Warning on the Indomitable
"Come and face us, Republic trash. We are waiting for you and we will kill you all..." laughs

-Drakor Sarilles to Jedi General Kaja Tallan shortly after the Battle of Dantooine-

Shortly after the battle of Dantooine and the clones and jedi had loaded up onto the star destroyers, and were preparing to jump into hyperspace to go back to Coruscant, they contacted Master Yoda and Chancellor Palpatine on the situation. Many other jedi were there as well, including Mace Windu, Obi-Wan, Anakin and Luminara Unduli.

Mace Windu told Master Yoda of their victory on Dantooine and General Grievous's escape.

Master Yoda congratulated Master Windu on the success of the battle though he was unhappy on the escape of General Grievous.

However, when they were preparing to end their transmission, a hologram of a helmeted man popped up on the holoprojector.

The figure spoke then, telling the jedi that he was pleased to meet them again. It was Drakor Sarilles of Vara Lor. Next to him were Skyron Sarilles and four Vara Loran soldiers armed with vibropikes. Drakor and Skyron taunted the jedi, telling them that they had joined the Separatists and to come and face them. If they did not, they would launch an attack on the Republic itself. His hologram message ended soon after.

Chancellor Palpatine immediately requested that the jedi send task forces immediately to stop the Vara Lorans.

Master Windu and Yoda looked at each other before turning to Kaja Tallan and telling him that this was his task.

Kaja Tallan's face looked inscrutable, and then he stepped forward and bowed to Masters Windu and Yoda and inclining his head to Chancellor Palpatine, telling them that he would lead the new 5th Sector Army with Ember, Valena, Crimson, Aralina, and the rest of the Arc commanders. Masters Windu and Yoda agreed and so did Chancellor Palpatine.

After Master Yoda wished General Kaja well wishes, and then their message went down.

General Tallan ordered Ember to contact the rest of the cruiser commanders of the ships nearby and tell them to assemble as many troops as possible for the attack on Vara Lor.

Ember obliged and immediately ordered Buckler to contact Generals Crimson, Aralina, Storm, Viper and clone Admiral Trid to assemble all ships and prepare for the jump into hyperspace for Vara Lor.

By the end of the muster, around 75 ships were mustered with around 90,000 troopers of the 5th Sector Army.

Entering the System
"When we returned to Vara Lor, our scanners detected large numbers of troopers as well as ships and droids. It seems that while we were gone, the Separatists took advantage of our absence and sent down troops to convince the Vara Lorans to join them. I suppose this was inevitable...All troops prepare for immediate landing."

-Jedi General Kaja Tallan to Alpha-13 Ember, Alpha-32 Storm, Alpha-111 Viper, Alpha-52 Kane and Alpha-08 Flash-

Shortly after the jump into hyperspace, several rotations, the 5th Sector Army arrived in Vara Lor space, finding a huge fleet of Separatist warships as well as Turian light cruisers barring their path to the planet.

Instead of attacking first, Kaja Tallan, Ember, Valena and Grada thought that it was wise to contact the Jedi council and the Chancell on Coruscant before ordering the rest of the commanders to engage.

A battle plan was made where all 60 ships would commit their attack to the center of the enemy blockade with Clone Admiral Trid's fleet of 25 star destroyers in support. The fighter bomber attack would be commanded by Master Aralina and Alpha-18 Torrent. While Aralina would take around five squadrons of Y-wing bombers and five squadrons of V-19 Torrent fighters to keep the enemy fighters and heavy ships occupied, Alpha-18 Torrent and the clone fighter pilots in ARC-170 fighters and Z-95 headhunters would flank the enemy's defenses and hit them from the side and the rear.

After the blockade had been eliminated, they would proceed with their assault on Vara Lor by landing the troops all over the planet. General Tallan, Grada Lelsus, Valena, Aralina, Flash, Storm and Ember would attack the South and capture Governor Skyron Sarilles.

Meanwhile General Crimson, Alpha-52 Kane and Alpha-111 Viper would lead their troops to secure the northern sector with air support from Clone Admiral Trid of the Dauntless and Captain Swivler of the ''Indomitable. ''

Assaulting A Formidable Fleet
"Sir! We need reinforcements! There are too many of them! We're going down! We!..."

-Unidentified Clone pilot to Jedi General Kaja Tallan on the Indomitable-

When the attack began, all the pilots jumped into their fighters/bombers and took off from the hangar. Aralina and Alpha-18 Torrent led their squadrons straight into the enemy blockade, which was teeming with Banking Clan frigates, vulture droids, tri-fighters and Vara Loran cruisers.

The star destroyers and Separatist frigates traded fire while Aralina and Torrent led their teams in ship to ship combat, elimininating as many enemy ships as they could. Many fighters were lost on both sides, with more clones lost due to the number of enemy fighters in the blockade; however, in the end, Torrent and Aralina would break through the blockade and the landing of ships would soon begin.

The Battle of Dryaren Valley
"7 gunships down, Sir. Scanners say that we've got Vara Lorans and clankers coming in the thousands. "

"Prepare to meet them. We will advance on their position as soon as we are all ready. Expect trouble. These Vara Lorans are fierce warriors."

"This will be one heck of a fight..."

-Alpha-13 Ember, Kaja Tallan, and Alpha-32 Storm-

{C}After the gunships were sent down to the surface of Vara Lor and the two separate attack forces separated to launch assaults on their separate sectors, they were immediately attacked by Vara Loran anti-aircraft cannons and several gunships were destroyed, though the Y-wing bombers soon swooped in and exterminated them with proton torpedoes.

Most of the LAAT/I gunships landed on an icy hill leading down to Krailles valley where several legions of Vara Lorans were located with obvious signs of clankers in their ranks. The enemy troops were approximately ten clicks away from them and were rapidly approaching.

Generals Tallan, Aralina, Valena and Commander Lelsus drew their lightsabers and walked to the front of the lines of clone troopers who had disembarked from the gunships and were readying their equipment for battle. AT-TE tanks rumbled slowly forward, their cannons craning in to aim on the enemy position.

Ember, Storm, Flash and their squads jogged to their sides with their squads behind them. Generals Tallan, Valena and Aralina inclined his head to all of them and then told Ember to assemble their troopers into echelon battle formation and advance on the enemy. The All Terrain Tactical Enforcers would open fire on the enemy position with as much fire as possible. {C}In the distance, the Vara Lorans let out a war cry, raised their blasters and ran hand-held energy shields in a tortoise formation and ran forward organized into eight battalions with eight more battalions of militia in support.

Generals Tallan and Aralina raised their lightsabers and waved to Ember, Storm and Flash to assemble the troops into formation for a counterassault.

Shouting, Storm ordered all AT-TE walkers to open fire on the enemy lines. The plasma bolts flew straight into the enemy lines, smashing through several energy shields and killing their owners.

Shouting, Ember, Storm, Flash and the rest of the troopers charged forward behind the jedi generals in echelon battle formation with the AT-TE's cranking forward behind.

The battle began heavy with the legions of Vara Lorans bearing energy shields smashing into the clone troopers. No mercy would be provided from either side. Many clones opened fire on the Vara Lorans; however, the energy shields deflected most of the laser bolts.

The jedi burst through the front line of Vara Lorans with the force and then cleared aside the shield-bearers. Chaos followed after that. The second and third ranks of Vara Lorans crumbled under the clone troopers barrage.

As Storm led his troopers and Boltshot, Buckler, Niner and Torrent followed behind Generals Tallan, Valena and Grada Lelsus, Ember found himself alone among the sea of combatants. Cursing, he engaged four Vara Lorans attacking him, killing three with his DC-15A and strangling the fourth. As he moved to continue running, two Vara Lorans tackled him and punched the breathe out of him.

From nearby, Racer opened up with everything he had and made short work of the Vara Lorans who had pinned Ember down.

Ember extended the vibroblade attached to his gauntlet and gored it into the Vara Loran who still had his hand at Ember's throat. The Vara Loran relinquished his grip and Ember pushed the lifeless body aside. Wiping the blood out of his eyes and face, Ember got up with the help of Sergeant Bant. Nodding to the squad of troopers, Ember shortened his vibroblade back into its socket before drawing out his sidearms and continuing the attack with Racer, Bant, Sens and Jett covering his back.

Troopers of the Blue Talon Legion, the 35th Elite Corps and Nexu Legion rushed past them to engage the enemy that was decreasing in number.

Ember and the troopers rushed to Generals Tallan, Valena and Commander Lelsus; however, the press of battle swept Ember, Racer, Bant, Jett and Sens away from the group.

While his troopers spread out to engage more Vara Lorans nearby, Ember tapped his transmitter and ordered Captains Crusher, Del, Caleb and Jek to commit their flanking manuever immediately, before he slammed his side arm into a helmetted Vara Loran wielding a vibroaxe and an electro-shield rushing him. The Vara Loran blocked it with his shield, sending Ember's right side arm flying out of sight.

Ember shouted as he dodged a cut from the Vara Loran before twisting the shield out of the Vara Loran's grasp and knocking the man out. Picking up his remaining DC-17 pistol, Ember blocked laser fire coming from another group of Vara Lorans and then sent a stream of laser fire into the uncouscious Vara Loran. Rolling forward, Ember aimed his wristbelt launcher at the entire group and fired a warhead, exterminating them all within seconds. Twirling around, Ember smashed a Vara Loran's helmet off and then killed him with his pistol as well.

Ember panted and watched as the Vara Lorans were beginning to be pushed back by the clone and jedi advance. AT-TE tanks vaporized entire platoons of Vara Lorans, leaving the survivors running for cover from both the clones and jedi, but also from attacks from above. However, these men to Ember's perception, did not seem to wish to fall back or surrender. They were bravely defiant and continued to defend themselves even as they were all pushed into adefensive ring. Ember admired their bravery and somewhat regretted having to kill them all. Ember could not think of this though, and continued killing and killing and killing, though he began to loathe it.

Before Ember knew it, it was night and the battle was over. Every single Vara Loran, around 24,000 of them had been massacred and were lying at their feet. Clone casualties were also formidable in number from the number of clones lying on the bloody ground as well. It was for the first time, unusually quiet.

Ember ran over to Generals Tallan, Lelsus, Valena and Aralina and asked them what their next objective was. As Ember noticed, Aralina was lying against a boulder and bore a nasty cut that ran from her waist to her belly. Ember wished to ask if she was alright; however, for one, Ember did not want to offend her, and for another, it appeared that the jedi had the matter well in hand.

General Tallan placed his double sided lightsaber at his side and then told Ember to assemble a camp on the hill behind them.

Ember acknowledged the order, and then asked Generals Tallan and Valena what their casualties were. Commander Storm who was there announced efficiently that they had around 340 men wounded and 2770 dead. The enemy had maximum casualties with no one alive, including the Governor, Skyron Sarilles. Ember cursed at the thought of so many of his brothers dead; however, he just nodded and saluting, he walked off to where Buckler, Niner, Boltshot and Torrent were, and told them to begin the clearing of the area and setting up of a camp on higher ground.

A New Objective
"War is dangerous, Kid. You will get used to it."

-Alpha-13 Ember to Padawan Grada Lelsus-

Shortly after setting up a camp near the woods, Ember, re-fitted with blaster rifle and both side arms, wandered through the camp and ventured into a clearing on the northern boundary. There, he found Valena sitting on a rock, hugging her legs as she talked to Grada Lelsus who sat nearby.

Ember walked into the clearing.

Valena looked at Ember, and then nodded to him.

Ember sat down next to her and joined their conversation.

Grada was telling Valena how she felt after killing the Vara Lorans, and Valena was comforting her.

Ember felt uncomfortable and did not speak for several seconds, and then he told Grada that war was nasty. You lose as many people as you killed. Grada asked him and Valena why they must take lives if they were peacekeepers.

Ember paused and bit his lip as Valena answered her question. He did not understand the jedi code much but he did know that the jedi were more merciful than he and his brothers were. His job was to follow his duty, stay loyal to his superiors and protect his men.

His comlink blipped then, jarring Ember from his momentary thoughts. He tapped it and General Tallan told him, Valena and Grada to report to the center of the camp immediately for their new orders.

Ember got up from where he sat and snapped to attention as he waited for Generals Valena and Lelsus to pass, before he followed them, passing troopers Wister and Fiery on border patrol duty nearby.

The three of them walked to the center of the camp, passing even more troopers on sentry duty.

When they reached the center of the camp, they found Commanders Flash, Buckler, Storm, and Generals Aralina and Tallan crowded around a holoprojector showing holograms of Generals Crimson and Windu. Ember and Valena joined the group silently while Grada walked in to stand next to her master.

Ember crossed his arms as he listened to General Crimson talk about the ongoing battle against the Vara Lorans in the North. According to Crimson, the Vara Lorans had placed more troops against them there, including around 60,000 Vara Loran professional soldiers as well as local militia. The Vara Lorans had also recieved reinforcements from the CIS commanded by General Grievous. To make matters worse, the northern Vara Lorans were recieving continuous waves of air reinforcements from a massive shipyard in the south. The shipyard was protected by a series of outposts.

According to General Windu, their new objective was to eliminate the shipyard and then use the massive Vara Loran cruisers grounded there to fly to the aid of Crimson and Viper in the north. Commander Trid would send reinforcements to take over the rest of the South while their Corps was busy.

Ember inclined his head to what General Windu said.

General Tallan looked at Ember curiously and asked him why he was so quiet.

Ember told General Tallan respectively that he had nothing to add. He was all for that plan and they should begin their advance immediately. General Windu agreed, though he warned them to be mindfull, since the Vara Lorans had weapons that they had never seen before, and then left with short "May the Force be With You". General Crimson inclined his head and then left soon after as well.

General Tallan ordered Ember, Storm and Flash to assemble the troops and prepare them to move out in one hour. Gunships would arrive to pick them up and drop them off deep behind enemy lines to get to their objectives as fast as they could.

Gunship Down
"Looks like we have to continue on on foot. Take only what you need, Boys. Remain alert at all times for enemy contact."-Alpha-13 Ember to troopers- A while after taking off from their old landing zone, the gunships of the Blue Talon Legion with around 4500 troopers were shot down fiveteen clicks south of the Vara Loran shipyard. Several outposts were nearby. Since they did not want to be a target in the center of enemy territory, Ember and General Tallan ordered the remainder of their troops to execute surgical attacks on the outposts nearby. Though the Vara Lorans were resourceful, in the end, Ember and the Jedi outsmarted the local forces of militia who had low stores of supplies and weapons to sustain a long siege. Before long, air support would move in to settle the matter, destroying the bases and transporting the Vara Loran prisoners back to the central Republic base in the South. General Tallan, Ember, Grada Lelsus, Valena and the rest of the troops would be picked up and sent on their way to achieve their mission.

Shipyards of Doom
Congregating Before the Assault

"No matter what, we have to destroy the enemy base by tonight, or General Grievous will destroy the entire Republic garrison in the north."

-Alpha-52 Storm to Storm Battalion-

Shortly after departing the last outpost, Ember, Storm, Flash, Aralina, Kaja Tallan, Valena and the rest of the troopers formed a base of operations east of the shipyards with all of the AT-TE tanks on defensive positions.

Meanwhile, Ember, Storm, Flash and the rest of the Jedi Generals met on the lead AT-TE tank to discuss their plan of action for assaulting the Shipyards, which was built like a circular castle with attack vessel bays. According to intel, there were hundreds of battle cruisers and fighters placed in the fighter bays as well as ships in construction.

The best way to attack the enemy without being destroyed in the action was to go in slowly. The best thing to do then would be to strike the enemy from afar and soften up their defenses before sending in the troops.

Therefore, General Tallan and Ember immediately called the Republic cruisers blockading Vara Lor to send ships down to help. Admirals Trid and Swivler complied and sent down at least a dozen squadrons of Y-wing bombers and Z-95 Headhunters.

Meanwhile, Storm agreed to assemble his corps to prepare the tanks and open fire on the enemy base with all the firepower that they could muster. Their artillery was megaer: Only about 30 AT-TE's; however, it was all they got and the Republic fleet could not afford to send them ground troops, since all the troopers that were needed were deployed in the North.

Bombardment

"Blast them!"

-Alpha-32 Storm of the 35th Assault Corps ordering all cannons to fire on the Vara Lorans-

Air Support



Air-Dropping In

"Here we go! Everyone ready your cable guns. We're going in for a rough fight!"

"Roger that, Sir."

-Alpha-14 Buckler and Alpha-18 Torrent-



Separation

"Water! I'm sorry! We can't get to you! You, Brash, Breach and the rest of your squad will have to get out of their on your own. The Generals, Storm, Flash and I are are assaulting the main shipyard."

"Copy that, Sir!"

-Alpha-13 Ember to Lieutenant Water-

In Need of Reinforcements
"Generals Crimson and Aralina need backup in the north. Are we ready to send reinforcements?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Right then. Let's go."

-Alpha-13 Ember to Lieutenants Water and Racer concerning Grievous's attack on clone troopers in the North-

Lives Threatened
"Those children had such hate, such anger...This proves how much the people here hate our meer presence, not only because we are here to force them to surrender by order of the Supreme Chancellor, but also because of our fabled lack of mercy. This claim is false that we are merciless is false, though in times of war, men can be twisted and twisted men are men who are no longer sain."

-Alpha-13 Ember-



Departure
"I hope I will never see this planet again. This was a slaughter pen."

-Alpha-13 Ember

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

"Yes, Sir."

-Master Windu and A-13 Ember.

Shortly after returning to Coruscant, Ember was called my Jedi general Mace Windu to report to the Jedi Temple for a critical mission immediately.

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

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

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

Valena asked Master Yoda what was the matter.

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

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

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

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

Valena immediately volunteered to help and Ember seconded her.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Alpha-13 Ember to Alpha-14 Buckler-

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Alpha-13 Ember to Nyrat Agira-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alone and Un-aided.

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

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

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

-Valena and Alpha-13 Ember-

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

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

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

-Alpha-13 Ember-

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shouting, Ember waved Torrent over.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Alpha-13 Ember-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

-Alpha-13 Ember and Adhektara Valena-



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

"You can count on it, Sir."

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

The Dream
"What have I done!?...No!!!!!!!!"

-Alpha-13 Ember shouting as his dream ends-

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

-Alpha-13 Ember-

Skirmish on Orto Plutonia (19 BBY)
"Take heart, Commander. The war will end soon. I can feel it in the Force."

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

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

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

<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;">-A-13 Ember to Eagle Dawn squadron-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Sir, we are always ready for this eventuality"

"But we can avoid it".

-Ember and Captain Racer-

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

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

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

-Boltshot to Blue Talon Legion-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ending the Siege of Excarga (19 BBY)
You will help Captain Tryhrn end the siege on the surface. My Master and I will destroy all Separaratist ships blockading the planet."

"Alright, Valena. I'll handle the battle on the surface. Take good care of yourself."

"I will, Ember. Don't worry about me."

-Jedi General Valena and Alpha-13 Ember-

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

-Alpha-13 Ember-

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A Talk on the Future. (19 BBY)
<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Not long after the escape of Cradossk, mear days in fact, Ember was summoned from his barracks by Chancellor Palpatine for a secret meeting. Ember had never trusted the Chancellor, however, he knew that he had no choice and accepted the invitation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Personality
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tab-stops: 177.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">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.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Notable Troopers 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

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


 * Alpha Arc Troopers- Book 2: Heroes of the Republic.


 * Alpha Arc Troopers- Book 3: The Costs of War.


 * Alpha Arc Troopers-Book 4: Rogue Dawn.


 * Alpha Arc Troopers- Book 5:

Clone Wars Adventures (Video Game)