CT - 1226 CT - 1226 was the designation of a clone trooper serving in the Galactic Republic ' s Grand Army during the Clone Wars , a conflict between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . CT - 1226 participated in the opening battle of the war on the planet Geonosis , when the clone troopers of the Grand Army assaulted Separatist forces there . During the battle , CT - 1226 shot a Confederate B2 - HA series super battle droid with his blaster as it prepared to launch a missile at Republic All Terrain Tactical Enforcer walkers . This caused the missile to instead hit a Confederate IG - 227 " Hailfire " - class droid tank , destroying it and allowing the Republic walkers to march through the hole created in the Separatist defensive screen . CT - 1226 later received a commendation for that act . Biography . CT - 1226 was a clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett , born on the planet Kamino to serve as a trooper in the Galactic Republic ' s Grand Army . During his grooming to become a clone trooper , CT - 1226 participated in live - fire exercises and other training . In 22 BBY , the Clone Wars exploded across the galaxy as a conflict between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . The war ' s opening battle was on the planet Geonosis , where CT - 1226 and other clone troopers fought against the forces of the Separatist Droid Army . CT - 1226 and his regiment were deployed near where the initial Republic strike had destroyed Confederate " Hardcell " - class interstellar transports . Followed by Republic All Terrain Tactical Enforcer walkers and four Self - Propelled Heavy Artillery units , CT - 1226 and the other troopers pushed across a plateau in a skirmish line in the direction of the Separatist headquarters . During deployment , the comlink of the helmet ' s HUD used by CT - 1226 went staticky every time something loud occurred , preventing him from hearing what his lieutenant or the rest of his squad were saying . Despite this inconvenience , he was able to stay with the group , as he could still see them . CT - 1226 and the skirmish line soon came in contact with a wall of Confederate battle droids , including IG - 227 " Hailfire " - class droid tanks , OG - 9 homing spider droids , B2 super battle droids , and B1 battle droids . After the Republic forces came into range of the missile - equipped Hailfire droids , CT - 1226 was nearly hit by a blast from an AT - TE with a malfunctioning guidance system . The blast left him in a crater on his back , with his feet oriented toward the top of the hole and his HUD out . Once CT - 1226 reoriented himself , he began to climb out of the crater , only to duck back in as a Hailfire droid rolled over the top of the crater , with a wheel on each side of the hole . CT - 1226 aimed his blaster at the droid as it stopped to recalibrate its targeting a short distance off , but lowered it as he reasoned the blaster would not do any damage to it . Turning , he came face to face with two B1 battle droids at the top of the crater , aiming their E - 5 blaster rifles at him . Behind them came a B2 - HA series super battle droid , armed with a missile launcher arm . However , unlike the B1 droids , the B2 - HA did not see CT - 1226 in the crater , and instead smashed the two droids aside as they stood between it and the AT - TEs . As the B2 - HA battle droid continued around the side of the crater , CT - 1226 shot the droid as it launched a missile at the Republic lines , knocking the B2 - HA down and leaving its missile launcher stuck in the dirt . The missile ended up hitting the same Hailfire that had passed over the crater , instead of going over its head , causing the droid to explode into bits . The resulting explosion forced CT - 1226 to duck as pieces of the droid rained down . He threw an EMP grenade at the B2 - HA , and then ran over to it and shot it in the back a couple of times to destroy the droid . The destruction of the Hailfire droid punched a hole in the droid army ' s defensive screen , allowing the AT - TEs to march through . A couple of minutes later , CT - 1226 got into one of the walkers ' crew cabins and was given a new HUD . CT - 1226 received a commendation by the battle ' s generals for his quick thinking and resourcefulness , even though he tried to refuse . A debriefing from CT - 1226 on the battle was included in " Geonosian Debriefings , Vol . III " . Personality and traits . During the First Battle of Geonosis , CT - 1226 was able to cope with the static on his HUD due to the training he received on Kamino . When he saw battalions of droids coming at the clone forces shortly after deployment , CT - 1226 reasoned that they were on the right path to the Separatist headquarters because of the number of troops guarding it , but also realized the clone force would get decimated without air support . When CT - 1226 had a shot at the Hailfire , he neglected to take it , as he reasoned it would do no damage to the large droid even at close range . Due to his recent time in the crater , he was able to understand the confusion that the B2 - HA series super battle droid experienced after finding its missile arm in the ground , though he knew he would be dead if he let the droid get up , so he eliminated it . He also tried to refuse the commendation for his quick thinking and resourcefulness after he blew a hole in the Separatist lines , as he thought the only smart thing he did was fall in the crater . As a clone of Jango Fett , CT - 1226 stood 1 . 83 meters tall . In combat , he used a blaster from the DC - 15 series , and wore standard Phase I clone trooper armor , with a HUD equipped in his helmet . Behind the scenes . CT - 1226 first appeared in " The Essential Guide to Warfare " , written by Jason Fry and Paul R . Urquhart and released in 2012 as a guide dedicated to the conflicts in the " Star Wars " galaxy . Fry later commented in his endnotes to " Warfare " that writing the section that contained CT - 1226 was fun to do , and that it was sometimes better to be lucky than good at something .