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[warsamongthestars]

BAD BATCH (CHARACTERS) + ECHO HEADCANONS-- WITH STORIED BITS!

Because I was inspired by tags, why not a round of BB HCs?

Not TBB, just BBs. The characters, and I'm coming out the Clone Wars primarily, with only bits taken from TBB. ( Like a good fanfic, Let's steal back the small good things )

I know, I analyze--so let's see how far I can stretch it, yeah?

Today we are HCing...

99 AND THE 99 PROJECT

THE BAD BATCH'S MUTATIONS (Thus their abilities)

DOMINO SQUAD

( I would label it as Mature (Because I have a general idea of labelling), but Tumblr decided to be fucking hilarious about it--so I'm going ask you to be Mature. There's nothing explicit here, its about as snarky as a Discworld novel. So Guess that means its Teens and Up, PG-13, or whatever. )

99 INSPIRED THE 99's PROJECT

"Old man 99!? THE JANITOR FROM KAMINO!?"

Whether 99 was an alphagen or a first-gen, the idea here is based on small TCWs comments. Stuff about "Growth" tubes.

Its probably in the capitalist-eugenics aliens' (kaminonians) interest to skip the uncomfortable bits in natural human growth. After all the uncomfortable bits of human growth aren't Profitable.

So, have an age to load a clone into a growth tube, and just, rapidly grow them until they're the stage you want (to be profitable). This means skipping teenage years. It means skipping the small childhood years.

So, given that 99 is mature and capable, he was likely loaded into a growth tube about where his "teen years" would start... and it went horribly wrong. Aging him by decades instead of a few years.

And the 99 project, would be Nala Se's little project, to find out why it went so wrong--and then to fix it for future clones. Because after all, you can't have an army of old men.

And judging by the fact that 99 is the only Old Man Clone we've seen in TCWs, I imagine the project worked as intended--and like any greedy eugenic science-capitalist, Nala Se decided:

"Y'know, I could do something more with this. I could find the most common 'bugs' in our clone genome, and I could stretch them, and modify them, and make benefits out of these flaws."

And the 99s were created

ADDENDUM - on Growth Tubes

Growth Tubes would only be successful if the human brain was stimulated rapidly as the body grew, or you risk compromising the human brain. Its a very delicate organ and rapid growth would be very bad. So flash-training, basically rapidly dumping organized information and sensory input, would occur over the course of the rapid-growth. This is to ensure you have a nice healthy human brain afterwards. There are clones who did end up with a "leaky growth tube" (rumors about Hardcase), where the only issue hat ended up happening is a deficit in attention spans and impulsiveness.

What's significant about First-Gen clones, is that they mostly went the old fashioned way of growing--as in slow (but accelerated) growing. After First-Gen, Kaminonians decided: "No, this is not fast enough... and its too stressful, Teenage clones complaining about growing pains and having attitudes--its just too much. What do they think this is, a Human Domicile?"

Fast-Tracked clones are those who ended up in a growth tube the majority of their time, and even then, skipped steps once they were out. Domino Squad, being fast-tracked, maintained the "attitude" flaws characteristic of those who didn't spend a whole lotta time working with brothers out of the tube.

This is also why all "standard" clones look older than their early twenties. Many were grown out, biologically hitting the fast-forward on growing years to be fully grown. Chronologically, they are official "10". They only have 10 years of life, by the start of the war. Accelerated Aging measurement? 20. Because they are made to age twice as fast a normal humans. Biologically? Mid-20 to early 30s. It helps the resemblance to their prime, and avoids any possibilities of "late growth spurts". Luckily, clones are made to stay in their prime far longer than a normal human.

2. THE MUTATIONS OF THE BAD BATCH "They're non-standard but with abilities not seen in even normal humans."

The problem with finding a 'flaw' in a genome is that you have to ask...

a). Who is saying there is a Flaw? Are they someone you want saying that there is a flaw?

b). Why is it a flaw? ... But is it really?

c). what are they going to do to "remedy" the "flaw"? Is it an actual remedy, or are they just saying it is.

And being capitalist-eugenic scientists, who study the science of profiting from genes and geneing from profits, certain "flaws" are going to be the non-profitable kind.

They probably think its a terrible terrible sin, that the human genome is not naturally made to make capital.

But through this list of Flaws, Nala Se decided--"we can gene splice can't we? Yes, why shouldn't I gene splice. I can make much better clones through splicing."

After all, if you're going to make money from genes, in order to do more geneing, adding more Genes should surely add more Money.

FOR WRECKER...

(Shift from "canon"--for thematic reasons, this Wrecker is 9901)

Kaminonians are baffled by how strong and yet delicate humans are. They can lift 300 pounds, and yet can still get crushed to death by 300 pounds.

Its ridiculous, really.

So Nala Se took notes and samples from the beauty and gracefulness that is the Rancor.

And for her designated 9901, gave him near instantaneously recovering muscle, that could lift 3x the normal 300 pounds of health humans, and indestructible bones.

Why if an explosion were to hit 9901's face head on fro the left side--it would not, in fact, pulverize his skull or any the soft tissues the skull protects. The eye would absolutely be kriffed though.

Sure, the increased metabolism might be a bit too grand for the rations...

But the Kaminonians were assured--they are specially crafted rations, and the clone will just have to adapt. Humans can just, not be hungry after all, why it takes a month for an average human to starve! If the clone complains, well he is getting fed so he wont' starve. It's a bargain, after all. He's lucky the Kaminonians are even bothering.

FOR HUNTER...

( Shift from "canon"--for thematic reasons, Hunter is now 9903 )

The various pores of the human face always seemed to... leak to the Kaminoinans. Why do humans have to do so much leaking? Ought to make all those "face pores" that do their "poring", do actual useful work for once.

So for 9903, he got an ampullae. Plenty of the predators on the planet of Kamino had ampullae, and they seem to get along just fine.

Because of the odd small organ network that encompassed his face and down his neck, connecting various natural human senses such as scent, taste, sight, and hearing, 9903 proved to be passively sensitive towards electromagnetic fields. He would always know where North is on a planet. He would always know where he was at, and what was around him.

Why, the Kaminonians though, that would be PERFECT for droids! Droids have electric-magnetic fields!

... The unfortunate fact, that the Kamionians neglected to add, is that Everything produced an electromagnetic field, and super imposing upon natural humans senses of "being sensitive to particles" and "being naturally sensitive to atomic wavelengths"...

is that it would be a sensory nightmare. A cacophony of hell from the very world around him, to consume him utterly.

Well... The clone will just have to adapt, as the Kaminonains say. By the very coral reefs of Kamino, the clones are just not grateful for the work we do over their petty little lives.

FOR CROSSHAIR...

( For thematic purposes--we're keeping 9904 )

Humans have such tiny eyes, the Kaminonians think, how do they see so much if they're so tiny? and sensitive. By the whale song of the sea, Human eyes are just Too Sensitive.

So for 9904, they gave him super sight. But not just super sight, but super duper protected sight. They decided that the vestigial "third eyelid" had no business being vestigial anymore, the lazy little thing, and regave it life in 9904's eyes.

Why it could protect from Water, and Dust, and Bright Lights.

And they, the Kaminonians, were really reeving up now. Why just stop there? Give him reflectors. Let him see in the dark!

Why didn't we think to do this for all the clones?

Because sudden lights and sudden darkness, would mess up his eyes immediately. Because long term lights would cause a sensory overload. And long term darkness would cause (temporary) color blindness.

And no amount of protection stops a blaster to the face.

Well, thinks the Kaminonains, Its not as bad as the last ones.

FOR TECH...

( For thematic purposes... he is 9906. Yes, I like "Baby Tech", shush you. )

We know exactly what to do with this one, thinks the Kaminonians. Humans are just so... Dull. We load their brains nice and healthy, and they're still so dull.

We want at least one to have an intelligent conversation with.

I KNOW, LET'S MODEL THIS ONE AFTER US--THE KAMINONIANS! And we're geniuses you know, why shouldn't at least... one clone, be a genius like us.

For 9906, they attempted the daunting task of Modifying the Brain. Increasing memory retention and synapses flexibility. Awareness and understanding--a living computational organ.

And 9906 was Perfect.

... Save that he did not like Kaminonians, because healthy human brains, by any standard, tend to develop things like "Understanding" and "Feelings for and about other People", and tend to greatly dislike those who want to treat other people monstrously.

Why, 9906 even argued against the treatment of Clones. Clones are capable of thought and creation, they are a people and thus their own culture.

And the Kaminonians mourned. Clearly, all the work they put into this brain was for Nothing!

It only wants to learn about the galaxy and discover the beauties and wonders behind technology and space and peoples--why, it doesn't think of Profit or Genes at all!

It even argued that it wasn't a Product to be Sold, but a person to be talked to. The Kaminonians found this scoffful.

It would learn, the Kaminonians decided, oh it would learn.

ADDENDUM

What about 9902 and 9905? Well... Heheheh.

DOMINO SQUAD "A real domino effect, this one."

There are birth batches, and there are batch-squads. Birth-batches separate to all become batch-squads... but not all batch-squads are from the same birth-batch.

Such is the case of the fast-tracked "Domino Squad". Because they were fast-tracked, these clones spent an unpresidented time in the growth-tube. And worse, each one had a falling out with their original batch-squad.

The one that would be known as "Hevy" was overly confrontational, and prone to starting fights. He failed out of his original batch-squad for his attitude and physical violence.

He mellowed out, once he found that his aggression lead to serious consequence, but it didn't completely stop the fights or the lone wolfing. (Until after graduation).

The one that would be known as "Cutup" never took anything seriously, and his old trainers (and old squad) had enough. The trooper didn't even take regulations seriously, and was caught with contraband (Cutup couldn't believe that simple playing cards were "contraband", haven't they ever heard of a game before?)

The one that would be known as "Droidbait", tended to give up too easily, in a total reverse to "Hevy's" situation. Surrender is not acceptable, and he'll have to relearn the hard way.

The one that would be known as "Fives", ironically, did not have a poor record following him for anything he did. Half of his birth-batch-squad were found deceased after a training exercise. The survivors were sent elsewhere. For this, Fives was a quiet, serious but very anxious cadet and rookie until he hit arc-trooper. He kept even his name close. Just in case. Fives got to watch one of the survivors graduate with Bravo Squad. He never found out what happened to him after that.. but he doesn't assume its good.

Always have to adapt on the fly, because if you don't, the situation might just kill you. No matter how "Safe" everyone says it is. In fact, especially if its "Safe".

The one that would be known as "Echo" was the most devious.

By all accounts, Echo was a stand up trooper--he read the regulations and followed them to the letter. He took pleasure in buffing his armor and uniform. He could recite exact rules, was perfect in inspections. He knew exactly where everything is and how to act as expected. A true "By the Book" trooper. Why, what could ever be wrong with Echo?

Because if you look like you belong, and if you know the rules, you can do Anything. And Echo, he knew that people knew that the Way Things Act were often considered more important than What Things Actually Are, but you still have to Play Expectations if you want to get what you want.

And Echo, he tended to learn how play expectations. The fact is, while it was considered an accident and misunderstanding--Echo put himself in a position to get transferred away from his old birth-squad.

( He had nothing against his old birth-batch. They were fine lads. But Echo refused to be canon-fodder. If he was going to go out into the galaxy and make a difference, he was going to do it his way--if he was going to get blown up, it was because he damn well decided he was going to get blown up, not because a general told him to. )

Yes it would mean being held back. But such is the price of prep work (He certainly didn't feel like he was ready--and he wanted to test the waters a bit longer), and well, there had to be brothers on Kamino, who actually think about what they're being told--not just blinding follow without consideration.

And you can only work the rules to your liking, if you know what the rules are. Good thing Echo likes to read.

ADDENDUM

Reason Birth-batch and Batch-Squad are separate, is because the general idea is that they birth clones enmass, but since we only ever see cadets in squads, they aren't necessarily trained enmass.

There had to be a reason why Echo had the Balls to jump Rank and talk to a General, as a cadet, as request transfer.

None of the numbers of Domino Squad match up to indicate that they're apart of the "Birth-Batch". So this sugested to me that they might be from different batches--and thusly, are probably a "throw them together" squad.

[thistechnologicalterror]

I have a serious question. Fives told you about the chips, why didn't you tell the Jedi?

...

...

[ sigh ]

IF I SAID...

THAT HE HAD BEEN A RAVING MADMAN AT THE TIME, WHO SEALED CAPTAIN REX AND MYSELF BEHIND A FORCE FIELD, AND HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT WAS TO BELIEVE HIM IN HIS EXCITED STATE....

IT WOULD NOT BE THE ANSWER.

OR THAT, I WAS THERE WHEN CORPORAL TUP WAS REPEATING HIS MADNESS AGAIN AND AGAIN, WITH THE SAME PHRASE "GOOD SOLDIERS FOLLOW ORDERS", AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SIMPLE MADNESS.

IT WOULD STILL NOT BE THE ANSWER.

BUT WHAT IF I POINTED OUT...

THAT SETTING UP ONE'S PADAWAN TO BE SHOT AT BY CLONE TROOPERS, WITH THE EXCUSE OF BATTLEFIELD TRAINING, EVEN THOUGH THE ONLY WAY TO DEFEND AGAINST DROIDS IS TO FACE DROIDS...

OR IN THE END, HOW I, IN SUCH FEW HOURS, TOOK CONTROL OF THE 501ST AND THE 212TH, WITH SEEMINGLY NO DIFFICULTY IN SPITE OF THEIR PRIOR HOSTILITY TO ALL JEDI IN MERE MOMENTS...

... WHAT WOULD YOU SUPPOSE THAT WOULD MEAN.

LET ME TELL YOU.

IT MEANT THAT I ALREADY KNEW.

AND HAD KNOWN LONG BEFORE FIVES' REPORT OR REX'S INVESTIGATION. I SIMPLY NEVER KNEW WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

AND I WAS NAIVE AND ARROGANT AND IGNORANT ENOUGH THEN, TO SIMPLY BELIEVE THAT IT HAD ALL BEEN POLITICS. THAT OF COURSE, OUR TROOPS HAD CHIPS TO ENSURE THE REPUBLIC HAD AN ARMY, BUT THAT BY THE FORCE, BY ORDER AND BY REPUBLIC FRUIT PIE, WE WOULD NEVER EVER USE IT.

( I REMEMBER WHAT THE EMPEROR, THEN CHANCELLOR, TOLD ME. "my boy, it must simply be a backup for emergencies. the kaminonians must've simply wanted assurance that their clones would be the soldiers they were contracted to be, and it was the jedi who did commission our troopers as such" )

AND I, LIKE THE YOUTHFUL VILLAIN I WAS, SHRUGGED MY SHOULDERS, ACCEPTED WHAT I WAS TOLD, AND SIMPLY MOVED ON.

WORSE, THAT I WAS EVEN "PROUD" TO RECEIVE SUCH SECRET INFORMATION AT THE TIME, LIKE IT WAS A SHOW OF RESPECT... TO BE GIVEN THE IDEA THAT WE HAD EFFECTIVELY ENSLAVED OUR TROOPS.

WITH THE FOOLISH IDEA THAT IT WOULD NEVER BE USED, AND SO, I PUT IT OUT OF MY MIND, AS IF IT WAS A THING THAT WAS SIMPLY THERE. LIKE THE IDIOT YOUTH I WAS, NEVER ONCE ALARMED BY ANY PERCEIVED DARKNESS, SIMPLY ACCEPTING ALL EVIL DONE BY "OUR SIDE, THE GOOD SIDE" AS "NECESSARY EVILS". BECAUSE IF WE ARE DOING IT, IT MUST BE FOR A GOOD REASON, FOR WE WERE THE GOOD SIDE.

ANY CHALLENGES TO THE CONTRARY, WERE SIMPLY IGNORED.

AND BY THE TIME OF THE ORDER...

... NOTHING MATTERED TO ME ANYMORE.

[tragedy-for-sale]

Giving Up

hehehe, angsssttt inspired by @aces-to-apples ; and their sad headcannon that the reason for the whole Kote/Cody thing is because he used to be Kote, but then he got reconditioned. Okay but this is actually evil and I am actually a little bit sorry, I’m not gonna lie-

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“I just don’t understand how you could do something like this!” Alpha-17 hissed, his voice similiar to that of a crack of thunder. Kote’s head hung low in shame, he knew he should’ve have done it, but his brothers had asked him, and he only ever wanted to make them happy, “Well, say something child.” Alpha crossed his arms, looking down to his little brother.

“I’m sorry, sir, I didn’t think it would get this bad.” Kote pleaded in a mumble, scared of speaking any louder. He knew Alpha wanted him to explain his actions, but Kote wasn’t going to, “I was wrong to do it, I know, it won’t happen again.” Looking up, the cadet gazed into his brother’s eyes, unable to guess what he might say next.

“If you knew it was wrong, if you knew you were putting those boys in danger, why in the galaxy would you do it then?” His voice started to raise again as he patience grew thin, “You’re supposed to be an example Kote, you’re supposed to know better.” His voice cut like a knife, especially when he was disapointed.

Alpha’s expectations had always been crippling too, no matter how hard Kote tried, he was never enough for his older brother. “I’m sorry, but I didn’t know better, I did what my brothers asked me to, and I won’t apologize for it.” Growing bold, Kote spoke against Alpha, something he’d never do again. The older brother narrowed his eyes as he decided what to do with his trouble-making little brother. 

Truth told, Kote had always been a wild card, that wasn’t good for soldiers at all. He had to be loyal and follow orders to a tea. “That’s the problem, Kote, you never apologize for anything you do.” Alpha spoke once he’d decided how to deal with the last straw of his brother’s endless insubordanation. “Come on, lil’un,” Alpha held out his hand, taking Kote by surpise. His mood had changed almost instantly

Kote trusted his brother, so he wiped away forming tears and took his brother’s hand, “W-where are we going?” Almost heisitant to ask, Kote looked up. Alpha’s face had grown darker, as had his heart. His grip on Kote’s hand wasn’t tight as it usually was, it was quite loose. “Alpha, how much trouble am I in?” Kote asked, this time, he was going to accept his consequences.

“You’re not in any trouble at all,” Alpha said in an eerily calming voice, one he never spoke in, “Just follow and stay quiet.” He ordered. Kote nodded and walked beside his older brother, curious as to where they were headed. Kote had been led to a part of the facility he didn’t know exsisted, looking around, he tried to determine if he had actually been here before. All the halls looked the same. “Alright, Kote, I need you to wait here, I gotta talk to someone real quick, okay?” 

“Yes, sir,” Kote nodded. Alpha’s voice struck him as curious, for less than twenty minutes ago, he’d been holding back screamed of rage, but now, if Kote didn’t know any better, he’d say his older brother sounded.. sad. But the young boy knew better than to ask, so as Alpha disappeared behind those closed doors, Kote sank to the floor of the hall to wait, ‘A good soldier follows orders.’ It seemed like forever that Kote sat there, alone in the cold hallway, he thought about getting up, but he was so determined to prove to Alpha that he could follow orders. 

Just as he thought about getting up, after almost two hours, the door opened and his brother emerged, “Come Kote.” He ordered. The boy jumped to his feet and followed Alpha inside. 

“What’s going on?” Kote asked, studying the room, all that was there was a kaminonian, a droid, and a chair, “Alpha, what’s going on?” Kote asked, tugging on his brother’s long kama. Alpha turned, kneeling down to meet his little brother’s gaze, and as he did, Kote’s eyes went wide, “Bubby, you’re crying” Kote placed both of his hands on Alpha’s cheeks, wiping away the tears, “I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to make you cry.”

Alpha shook his head, taking a shaky breath, “Hey, don’t worry about me, Kote, I’m gonna be just fine,” Alpha said, memorizing every detail of his brother’s face, particularly his eyes, for once this was over, Alpha knew the light in his brother’s eyes would forever be different. “It’s time to focus on you know,” Alpha picked up his little brother and placed him in the chair, “You’re gonna sit here okay, and you’re gonna be a good soldier, just sit here, and I’ll be right here when you’re done, okay?” 

“But what are we doing?” Kote asked, grabbing his brother’s arm so he couldn’t turn away. There was something Alpha wasn’t telling him. “What’s gonna happen to me?” Alpha looked up to the ceiling, determined not to shed another tear. When he gathered enough strength, he smiled softly at his little brother. 

“Nothing’s gonna happen to you, Kote, you’re gonna sit in this chair, with a helmet on your head, okay?” He explained, being as vague as he could. Placing the piece of metal over his brother’s head, Alpha considered calling the whole off, but, “A good soldier follows orders, Kote, that’s what you’re going to learn, you’re gonna be a soldier.”

Kote smiled as he pulled the helmet down, “Cool! Just like you!” Kote exclaimed as he adjusted the helmet so that he could see his brother’s smiling face. Ever though something tugged at Kote, like something was wrong, Alpha just told him, “I’m gonna be a soldier!” how could that be wrong, “I’m gonna be just like you!” 

Alpha’s fake smile twitched slightly as he thought back to his last memory, the day he was brought in here, the day he changed, “That’s right Kote, you’re so smart.” Alpha spoke to assure his brother and keep his suspecions down. “You’re gonna be a soldier,” his face fell dark, 

“Just like me,” 

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[warsamongthestars]

Since i Don't Like the TBB set up, how bout some health alternatives?

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN REX Corny title, I know.

The idea here is that Rex hasn't ever been a main character. He's been support only, reactive to other stronger personalities. A show that centers around Rex Could be beneficial to his character, and be a clone centric show.

( I woudln't trust the TBB writers with it--but there's someone out there that can pull it off. )

In this story, instead of following the BBs, we replace them with Captain Rex. The story goes is that, after the crash of the ship, he reinfiltrates Kamino to see the situation from the homeworld, and runs into Omega.

Instead of BBs having Omega, Rex does. ( Justified by the fact that Rex, has in fact said on screen with the full implications, that he wanted kids. Perfect match I think. )

Rex is building a rebellion and was high ranking--of course he would know about informants like Cid. He would work with her to build contacts, which justifies meeting Guest Characters and slowly building the rebellion, whilst on the side trying to raise Omega.

It comes to a head in Season 2 when the Empire takes interest in Rex.

And season 3, the final season, ends with Rex facing the Tantis project, just one of many horrors that occurred to Clones.

Your Crosshair arc could be replaced with Cody. Positions of the side teammates being Wolffe and Gregor as the show progressed, to match up with Rebels.

And suddenly, everything clicks.

The shallow impact of the BBs would be immediately covered by the fact that Rex has had 7 years to be developed and solidified as a character, and wouldn't require either introduction or set up, just to get him to where the story needs him. Same with everyone else.

Even Omega taking the spotlight wouldn't take so much issue, beacuse as a new character she needs development to solidify her position in the Galaxy Far Far Away as a character, and it wouldn't be any skin off Rex's teeth.

CLONE FORCE 99 (As opposed to the "Bad Batch")

Instead of occurring in a post Order 66 era, its a series of complication arcs that occur at various times over the course of the Clone Wars involving The Bad Batch. It explores character histories and dynamics, missions and backstories, of course exploring the Galaxy Far Far Away.

And the last season introduces Echo, and then we End at Order 66. The purpose is that Order 66 leaves the BB's fate ambiguous.

No ending has to be happy, or known. Tragedy has its place, and is even needed to make a piece relevant.

THE OMEGA PROJECT

A show that actually centers around Omega, and a few select cadet characters. In the narrative style of Rebels, young cadet and odd clone Omega now has to navigate a new galaxy, post Order 66, and what her purpose in the Kaminonian "Omega Project" is...

No Bad Batch this time, no overly despairing themes. This is explicitly a kid's show.

If you want to Focus on Omega, then focus on Omega. She doesn't bring anything to the Bad Batch that doesn't diminish them in some way--so just give her, her own show. Boom, problems solved.

So yeah, there's three shows that could've been made from the TBB rough draft mess.

[warsamongthestars]

MORE TBB + CT HCS!

Since I didn't chase anyone off the first time, how bout some more? This round isn't nearly a storied as last round.

THE BAD BATCH did not grow up with each other. I know, counter to a lot of HCs. Each BB had a batchsquad that they were given back to (with flagged profiles about being apart of the 99 project--DO NOT DECOMMISSION), and thus, had an original regular clone trooper batch-squad at one point. This is where they got their names and social experience. WRECKER was a apart of KILO SQUAD. His Batchmates, were Chopper (who was later assigned under Sergeant Slick; TCWs), Boomer (Also known as Clone-Sergeant 2207; 501st; TCWs), Basher (the only CT out of the unit to make it into the Empire Era; SW Detours), and Hardcase (who lost his life during the Umbara Campaign; TCWs). Kilo squad were known to be happy-go-lucky destroyers of the training rooms. HUNTER was a part of ETA SQUAD. Three confirmed members of ETA Squad were, Tracker (212th; apart of the Dark Disciple series), Trapper (212th, formerly 91st--saw the battle of Ryloth, and the Zilo Beast incident; TCWs), and Hound (Coruscant Guard, Mastif Handler; TCWs) CROSSHAIR was apart of OMICRON SQUAD. With Hawkeye (91st, died during the Zilo Beast incident; TCWs), Longshot (212th, died during the Lola Sayu Mission; TCWs), Scope (104th; SW:CWA) and Sinker, of the 104th Wolfpack. TECH was apart of a soft-shell tech squad, with two confirmed members--Switch (CP-6824; SW:CW:RH) and Chatter (501st; radiotech).

Unfortunately, thanks to an incident that occurred to CT-9905 (a 99 projector (and original character)), Four of the Six / Seven of the 99-Project clones were finally gathered to be a team. ( CT-9905's fate is unknown. ) ( CT-9902 would be regulated as a Kaminonian Assistant. ) ( CC-9900, the "proof of concept" 99er, whose regeneration abilities served as the genetic-patch to prevent further clones from over-aging in their growth tubes--was already apart of the Republic Commando training, and would not be joining any other 99er. ) The original squads would be broken up and either sent out alone to other legions, or would be assigned to different squads.

HUNTER'S ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSES allows him to know when something has a static charge. So rub against a carpet, and he'll just know you have the charge. He describes it as if the feel of the air became spicy. Basically, he's a living voltage detector. Could probably tell you when your battery is dead.

WRECKER'S BONES are unbreakable. This isn't actually a form of mutation, but a form of later-life augmentation. That same later life augmentation staved his life when a bomb or charge went off near his face, and instead of pulverizing his skull (and thus his brain), it only pulverized the closest soft tissues--like his eye and inner ear.

WRECKER'S ENHANCEMENT allows him to have flexible muscle mass; allowing him to pick up and move objects without prep work, and to with stand any aftermath soreness. Thanks to the later-life augmentation, he has the strongest back in human existence. Unfortunately, a side effect of this is weaker organs, and a weaker heart. His enormous muscle growth has resulted in at least one near full organic transplantation, due to the muscle growing too fast for the organs to keep up. The abnormal strength of the muscle, thanks to be spliced with other-than-human genetics, is also what required the later-life bone augmentation, or risk his very muscles crushing his bones by movement alone.

Wrecker does not remember much of his childhood, due to the sheer growth pains from his enhancements.

TECH suffers from severe nearsightedness, and its been suggested, that as he's been spliced with Kamoninan genetics in order to ensure a "computational brain", that his eyes are more suited to underwater environments. Funnily enough, he does actually see in the water better. Not great, but better.

TECH, having been spliced with Kamoninan Genetics (whom are primarily amphibious), did have a vestigial-tadpole tail in his infancy. It went away as he got older... but he does occasionally have " Nonexistent-tail wiggles" when particularly excited, as a left over response--he finds them quite unprofessional and embaressing, but sometimes, one just gots to wiggle in place to get all that energy out.

Thanks to the Genetic splicing, Crosshair was actually born blind, with his eyelids semi-permanently shut (Not unlike a baby bird). They would open over the course of his first month; but this shows that not only does he have powerful eyes--he has powerful eyelids to compensate for those eyes. Its theorized that, if he had normal human eyelids, he would've seen through them.

The AlphaGens, or the famous 100, were the first clones in existence. They were the proof of concept, the Sparten-2's to the regular clones' Sparten-3, with minor enhancements and power armor--but also with the first severe issues that would come along during the Kaminonian's cloning. 99 was the final "successful" AlphaGen, whose gene-glitch aged him drastically in his growth tude, and whose problem would later be "patched out" with later clones, with the 99 project. ( Most Gene-patch projects were usually named after an AlphaGen's number; for example, there was the failed 17-Project, which attempted to gene-patch out premature white hair--did so with no success, and actually introduced Auburn and Blond Hair into clone troopers, as well as the additional problem of premature balding. ) ( Or the gene-patch project, 24-Project, that attempted to patch out Blue eyes--which catastrophically failed and resulted in blindness. ) 99 Himself, who was aware of the project being based from him, kept an eye out for all the "99ers", in what little ways he could. It is a well known AlphaGen trait, after all, to adopt BetaGen or Regular Clone Troopers. For example; for a young Wrecker, with uncontrollable strength, and great terrible growth pains, he left a small "tooka" doll made from baby cloths and what little fluff he could find. 99 would not officially meet a 99 Team, until after the loss of 9905.

99 himself, as the AlphaGen of Maintenance, knew of the secret places undernearth the Kaminonian Cities. He often worked around where CT-9902 did And he knew of the canceled OmegaGen clones project.

THE OMEGA GENERATION Cloned from a different prime, Arla Fett, the OmegaGen project was an attempt to create force-sensitive clones through "natural incubation" in order to "garden" the growth of midi-chlorians in a clone. Only two surviving clones were the result of the OmegaGen project--Omega-01, who was born via designated incubator (Heavily implied to have been the OmegaGen Prime), and Omega-02, who was the result of the Kaminonian typical method of cloning... and deemed a failure due to lack of midi-chlorian count. The project was deemed a success--but the expense and the time taken to make OmegaGen clones was deemed unacceptable, and the project was canceled after the first successes.

[thistechnologicalterror]

So if the Clone Wars had ended peacefully, happily, and without the rise of the Empire... What would've happened to the clones?

( PEACEFULLY AND HAPPILY? MAKING MANY AN ASSUMPTION THERE. )

WELL... YOU CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE THE BIGGEST GALACTIC POPULATION BOOM SINCE THE HUTT EMPIRE FELL ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND YEARS BACK.

IN FACT, THERE WAS A STILL POPULATION BOOM REGARDLESS OF THE EMPIRE.

... UH, LITTLE KNOWN FACT, THE TROOPS WERE NOT STERILE WHEN THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE GALACTIC GOVERNMENT.

AND THERE WERE A LOT OF CAMPAIGNS. EVERYWHERE.

IN THE LAYMEN'S TERMS... THERE WERE A LOT OF LOVERS, UNOFFICIAL PARTNERS, AND ILLEGAL MARRIAGES.

I WOULD KNOW, THE PAPERWORK SOMETIME CAUGHT MY DESK, AND THERE WOULD BE A HEARING AND REVIEW... (THE FETT DNA WAS... COPYRIGHTED BY THE KAMINONIANS, AND THEY DID NOT LIKE "COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS" )

BUT EVENTUALLY, SO MANY ARRIVED AT MY DESK, THAT I SIMPLY STARTED IGNORING THE REPORTS. AND SO DID EVERY OTHER JEDI.

AND THOSE UNCOUNTED BROODS, WELL, QUITE A LOT HAD A SURPRISE WHEN THEY JOINED THE STORMTROOPERS OR THE REBELLION, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT THEY HAD A LOT OF...

HM...

TECHNICALLY CLONES ALL THE SAME DNA OF SORTS... SO IF YOUR FATHER WAS A CLONE, AND YOUR UNCLE IS A CLONE AND SO FORTH--DOES THAT MAKE THOSE CHILDREN YOUR COUSINS OR YOUR HALF SIBLINGS?

EITHER WAY, THE GALAXY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOCK WHEN 5% OF ALL HUMANS AND NEAR-HUMANS WERE OF THE SAME FAMILY.

TRUE TO IMPERIAL HISTORY, THERE WAS 10% BOOM OF HUMAN AND NEAR-HUMANS ACROSS THE GALAXY, AND THAT IS NOT COUNTED THE UNOFFICIAL ADOPTIONS BY CLONE-MANDO'A CUSTOMS.

IF THE WARS HAD ENDED WITH THE GAR INTACT, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A 23% BOOM.

LARGE ENOUGH THAT HUMANS COULD HAVE HAD A HOMEWORLD AGAIN, IN A 5 PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM, WITH UNCOUNTABLE MOONS.

[thistechnologicalterror]

Didn't your wife also call Clone Troopers "Warriors"?

AMIDALA DID, YES.

DO I CONSIDER HER A COWARD? OF COURSE NOT. SHE MET THE BATTLE WHERE IT WAS.

BUT SHE, LIKE I, WERE FIGHTING FOR THE WRONG IDEALS BUT WITH THE RIGHT MOTIVIATIONS.

FOR ONE THING, THAT ONE BILL ABOUT STOPPING THE PRODUCTION OF CLONE TROOPERS? DID NEGLECT THE FACT THAT, STOPPING THE "PRODUCTION" WAS EFFECTIVELY CUTTING OUT THE ONLY KNOWN REPRODUCTION OF AN ENTIRE CULTURE, IF NOT ENTIRE PEOPLES, WITH NO KNOWN RECOURSE AFTERWARDS ON HOW TO REPAIR IT.

LET ALONE HOW TO ENSURE CLONE RIGHTS AND RECOGNITION TO THE GREATER GALAXY THAT CLONES WERE A PEOPLE WHO NEEDED HELP, IN THE FACE OF KAMINONIANS AND SENATORS.

... BUT IN FAIRNESS TO HER, THE JEDI ALSO NEGLECTED THAT FACT. BUT IN FAIRNESS TO THE JEDI, THEY WERE ALSO RATHER BUSY TRYING TO ENSURE THAT CLONES AND THEMSELVES SURVIVED THE WAR THEY WERE ALL DRAFTED FOR.

( BUT I, AT THE TIME, DID NOT HAVE SUCH THOUGHT OUT ARGUMENTS OR CONSIDERATIONS. I, AT THE TIME, ONLY CARED THAT MY... THAT THE EMPEROR, WAS MIFFED. )

[thistechnologicalterror]

What did you think of Kamino?

MY FIRST THOUGHTS WERE:

"Holy banthashit an entire planet of WATER, FINALLY!"

FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF ACTIONS, WHERE THE LOCAL KAMINO GUARD FISHED ME OUT OF THE TIPOCA CITY SEA.

YOU SEE, I WAS RATHER YOUNG AND FOOLISH AND FAR TOO USED TO WASTELANDS (BE IT DESERT OR METROPOLITAN).

AND HANGING FROM PLATEFORM-B OF STRUT-32 BY A WIRE, I HAD ATTEMPTED TO DUNK MY HEAD UNDER THE WAVES IN ORDER TO DRINK THE WATER, AS YOU SEE IN THE ANIMATED HOLO-TOONS AND FLIMSI-COMICS.

UNFORTUNATELY, I FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY THAT IT WAS ALL SALT WATER.

AND MY SECOND THOUGHTS, BEFORE MY DIGESTION AND THE LOCAL KAMINONIAN STORM CAUGHT UP TO MY ACTIONS, WERE:

"why cant i ever find a planet entirely made of freshwater."

[warsamongthestars]

Because that’s what the Bad Batch was missing... Homestuck. I have classpected the The Bad Batch... plus Fives.

# HUNTER - Rogue of Space Why? Well he’s the leader. He’s the leader of this band o rogues. Why Space? Its them electromagnetic senses.

# ECHO - Seer of Breath Why? Cos you need breath to voice an echo. Let’s go further. Breath means Action, and Seer foresee things. He’s a strategist, he foresees / predicts the action.

# CROSSHAIR - Page of Light. Why? Cos he see things, and dat’s a Light Power. Why a Page? Pages are self-serving.

# TECH - Mage of Mind Why? Mages know things, and Mind is logical. Kinda plain really.

# WRECKER - Maid of Doom Why? Cos Maids make things, and Doom deals with bombs and explosions. He make explosions. Doom also deals in destruction and death-- dude’s got a lot of fears about “Dooms” (Like heights, and things he’s not good at).

# FIVES - Knight of Blood Why? Well, Knights serve. Why Blood? Blood deals in reality, persons, and seeing things as they are, not as they’re accepted to be. Clones are people, Jedi can be evil, Kaminonians are bastards-- all real things that many might either deny or overlook.

# OMEGA - Witch of Hope Why? Cos Witches are powerful and require familiars (The whole Batch).

[warsamongthestars]

Alright. Serious time. Big “We’re hitting Reality like Chicxulub hit the Earth” time.

I know I don’t do this, I purposely don’t normally do this.

Because Reality is cold, and Society and People are messy. Its complicated on an unfathomable level, and I’ll explain what I mean by that if I’m asked.

(Unfathomable being one of those fun words of “I have a personal context for this, but its probably not the your personal context, and its very confusing that we don’t all share the same context”)

And this is gonna get messy. I’m gonna say a lot of serious stuff, and I don’t know how delicate I can make things. At best, I will not foam at the mouth and swear at you. There is no “Do not tap the glass” signs here.

This is probably gonna make you feel things, if you desire to read. Powerful things. Where the only response might be to hunt me down like the insect I am, shake me and ask me “How fucking dare you”, before promptly pinning me to a board, so that you can show off me to your friends at parties. “Look at this strange and peculiar tumblr user, that they say such things, I tells you.”

But, self-depreciation and complete fear of tumblr’s unending wrath aside, to the point.

You know.

One of the most powerful things in The Bad Batch (the series), can be found by its most basic breakdown...

Four men are raising a little girl.

That’s Significant. You have any idea how significant that is? Most places question one man raising a little girl. Most places have very critical judgements against just one man raising a little girl, even if he was the biological father. Even if he was the best person that ever did parent, ever, of all time.

And it gets better, it gets starts getting powerful, as the details are added.

The fact that two of the men are disabled, either by being severely wounded (Echo, who without his mechanical legs, would have no legs, and who still does not have a right arm as of this writing) or possible brain damage (theorized by the fact that Wrecker took something explosive to the face / head / skull, and high percussive damage like that is bad for delicate brain tissue), and they’re some of the most loving and caring of the group. That’s powerful.

The fact that several of them are theorized to be neurodivergent (The main person I tend to see in fics and posts is Tech, but there are others), coming out of a media made by a real-world culture that stigmatizes several neurodivergencies. To a point that limits lawful and social function unless you fit a false role or persona, what someone else thinks you should fit, inspite of what it does to your health and livelyhood. These characters, theorized to be neurodivergent, and yet are living the best they can as what they feel is most comfortable? And succeeding? That’s powerful.

The fact that there is a distant uncle or possible parent, living or forced to live in a bad place with either neuropsychiatric illness (the chip as a brain tumor) and or mental illness (Crosshair’s forced enhancement of the chip, causing a number of effects that would severely affect the health of the brain, thus the conscious perception of one’s self and reality around them, effectively worse than shock therapy cos now it has voices and can actively control your actions).

 But the rest of the family seeks connection and have a desire to help that parent / family member find their health and happiness? That’s powerful.

The fact that these men were consistently ostracized by their family (regular clones, both before and after Order 66), by their health providers / doctors (Kaminonians, and the less said about that for now, the better for this specific post), by their government (Again, the Kaminonians, and then the Republic, then the Empire), by their first job (As soldiers, being placed in constant suicide runs), from the job they had to take when everything failed them (being placed in constant debt, giving the bare minimum to survive, and getting more and more health threatening, mind threatening, life threatening work loads).

And yet, are still trucking, still trying the best they can, to raise a little girl. So that she will not be forced to live in the hell they had to survive all their life?

That’s powerful.

Because reality is cold, and people and society are messy, and its complicated on an unfathomable level.

But, that four men, four People, four characters, all with a punishing history and the scars to show it, and they are trying to raise a little girl to the best of their ability, in order to ensure her health and happiness and future. So that she can live the best life she can? As whoever she wanted to be?

I don’t know about you.

 But I’d call that powerful.

[warsamongthestars]

CLONE UNIT 99 (CU99) - GAUZE AND BREXPY - ON CHIPS AND CHIP HEALTH

I figured, y’know, it’d be more entertaining if we had two characters talk about everything from their perspective, than me just going on another user based dragging rant about ‘blah blah this’ and ‘blah blah that’ and ‘should have been could have been’.

Frankly, this is more interesting.

=== RECORDING START

GAUZE: So about that recording

GAUZE: Look, I get it. There's good reason to be pissed about all of it, it pisses me off too

GAUZE: But everything that Specialist-- sorry Commander-- Crosshair said has to be taken into doubt

GAUZE: He had his very mind messed with. There was a medical record and everything

GAUZE: And of course, that fuckin Tumor

BREXPY: the chip right

GAUZE: Yeah that

BREXPY: karkin longnecks chippin the entire army

BREXPY: and people just went along with it

BREXPY: they even claimed it was for our own good and that it lowers aggression

BREXPY: were soldiers what karkin agression are they talking about?

GAUZE: Hell if I know. The Clones weren't ever going to be exact copies of... of the Prime. It was obvious we weren't

GAUZE: You can't expect exact copies when you get decanted by a tube

GAUZE: But off the topic

GAUZE: What happened with Specialist-- sorry, Commander Crosshair could be filed under being drugged medically

GAUZE: Until we have his chip in our hands, we cannot take him at his word. His judgement is compromised

BREXPY: yeah

BREXPY: itd be like a drunk wandering up to a Courscant Guard and tell him you havent be drinking

BREXPY: youd still get dragged to the drunk tank for intoxication in public

BREXPY: worse if your unit sergeant caught you

BREXPY: i heard the 501st used to run their drunks through morning physical training til they vomited if they caught you

GAUZE: I don't feel pity for them. It keeps people from asking me for medical leave

GAUZE: The point is

GAUZE: Is that our dear brother was full of banthashit

GAUZE: Even the Kaminonian's most advanced medical tools left scars. Chip Removal leaves a Scar

GAUZE: Sure, a bacta patch would clean that scar up. Bacta can fuckin do amazing things. It can heal broken bones, blaster wounds, plasma wounds, burns--

GAUZE: But you CAN'T TELL ME that they put him under Batca

GAUZE: BECAUSE HE STILL HAS THAT FUCKIN ION BURN ON THE BACK OF HIS FUCKIN FACE

GAUZE: And it was still angry too! Probably from a mix of rubbing against his helmet AND NOT GETTING PROPER TREATMENT

GAUZE: THEY SHAVED HIM AND PUT A TOURNIQUET ON HIM AND CALLED IT A FUCKIN CYCLE

GAUZE: WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF FUTURE IS THE GALAXY GONNA HAVE IF DISTINGUISHED OFFICERS GET TREATED LIKE THAT, HE'S A FUCKIN COMMANDER

GAUZE: BACTA ISNT FUCKIN WOUND SELECTIVE. IT DOESNT MAGICALLY CHANGE ITS MIND. SOMEONE HAS TO APPLY IT OR ALLOWED ITS APPLICATION

GAUZE: MOTHER FUCKER

GAUZE: YOU CAN'T JUST STAND THERE AND SAY "OOOH THE EMPIRE IS THE FUTURE" WITH THAT GAPING SORE ON THE BACK OF YOUR SKULL

GAUZE: IF THAT'S THE FUTURE YOU CAN DAMN WELL KEEP IT!

BREXPY: steady there Gauze

BREXPY: lot of troopers pointed out that Clone Force 99 had raised weapons against Commander Crosshair

BREXPY: but well according to reports

BREXPY: thats exactly what Captain Rex did to CF99 when they informed him that they still had their chips

BREXPY: so it can be reasonably assumed thats why they acted as they did

BREXPY: i cant blame them

BREXPY: chip activation means death or destruction for all involved

BREXPY: and from what i gather it really did look like Crosshair was going to shoot Hunter

BREXPY: lets face it

BREXPY: you cant claim sanity and the high ground when youre still acting as nutty as you were when you lost your head to start with

BREXPY: if they had kidnapped the Commander there is a good chance that he would report to the Empire behind their backs like he did when his chip went haywire

BREXPY: it wouldve meant their executions

BREXPY: and if they stayed with the Commander it would also result in their executions or possibly worse

BREXPY: frankly its a karked up scenario

BREXPY: damned if you do damned if you dont

GAUZE: We should've been there, you know, maybe we could've stopped it...

BREXPY: or we would have contributed to the problem

BREXPY: i just hope none of them pay for this with their lives

BREXPY: its none of their faults what happened

BREXPY: yes even the Commanders decisions stupid as they were

BREXPY: until we have that chip we cannot take him as being in full control of his faculties

BREXPY: 'exploring why clones stayed with the empire' my ass

BREXPY: thats exactly what everybody has been doing since the Prequels released

GAUZE: Prequels?

BREXPY: general stitched up records of lord vaders life

BREXPY: his time as anakin skywalker are called the 'prequels' like 'prequels to lord vader' or some nonsense

BREXPY: they apparently even come with a musical number

BREXPY: anyway

BREXPY: since those there have been people trying to explore whats been up with us clones since then

BREXPY: and we already got our answer: the chip

BREXPY: that hasnt magically changed and there isnt some huge secret about it

BREXPY: its just been that damn chip

BREXPY: and even if its not the chip most of the old soldiers would stick around because like hell the empire was going to let them leave

BREXPY: you honestly think that out of all four million of us that some didnt try to walk out

BREXPY: theres been plenty who tried

BREXPY: only Cut ever got away with it

BREXPY: the biggest difference is that the Empire is honest in its decommissioning of Clones and the Republic wasnt

BREXPY: and that just means theyre obviously evil

BREXPY: but theyre just the Republic with all the shackles off

BREXPY: but yeah

BREXPY: can only hope they find a way out in the end

GAUZE: ... It did seem like Crosshair was more coherent after that Ion blast

GAUZE: I'm not far off the mark. That Chip really is like a brain tumor

GAUZE: Radiation might mess with it, though probably not kill it entirely. Chemotherapy runs on the concept of radiation killing tumors

GAUZE: Might require repeated exposure

GAUZE: But that's hoping we can also drain the rads out afterwards. He had a full face of Ion radiation, I'm shocked he's not suffering radiation poisoning

BREXPY: didnt Captain Howzer have burn scars on his face

GAUZE: Yeah... Hm, maybe that's why his Chip didn't activate. Maybe he too got a face full of Ion everything and it messed with the chip

GAUZE: Curiouser and Curiouser...

=== END SESSION

[warsamongthestars]

Anyone else notice the rather... villainous themes the Bad Batch have?

- Crosshair and Cad Bane

- Hunter’s Skull Tattoo brings to mind Darth Vader’s mask.

- Echo’s cybernetics and the baubles on his head, brings to mind a Zabrak’s horns... So Maul (Even Maul had his legs replaced).

- Tech brings to mind both that Scientist with that Blue Virus, and his manner is akin to the Kaminonians-- that sort of high intelligence but low emotional attachment.

... Only one I can’t seem to figure is where Wrecker is coming from.