Unidentified Advanced Recon Commando ( intelligence officer ) An Advanced Recon Commando served as a clone intelligence officer for the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars . When the war was initiated in 22 BBY between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , the ARC trooper joined the Grand Army ' s Special Operations Brigade and , within six months , was authorized to deliver briefs from within the headquarters of Republic Intelligence . The officer gave one such briefing to two squads of clone commandos , tasking them with a mission to Ord Mantell in order to retrieve a package for Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from a group of Trandoshan bounty hunters . Although the package was recovered successfully , all of the men were killed during the course of the operation , excluding Sergeant RC - 1013 . Biography . An Advanced Recon Commando was a Human male clone of the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett . Bred on the planet Kamino , he served as part of the Grand Army of the Republic ' s elite special forces . Following the Battle of Geonosis and the start of the galaxy - spanning Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , the ARC trooper — along with the rest of his ARC comrades — became a part of the Republic ' s Special Operations Brigade as an intelligence officer . By six months into the war ' s first year , the ARC trooper had become authorized to issue briefings at the headquarters of Republic Intelligence . It was in that capacity that he met with two squads of clone commandos at Republic Intelligence headquarters , where he tasked them with a mission to the Mid Rim world of Ord Mantell . The officer explained that a diplomatic package bound for Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from Malastare diplomats had been intercepted and stolen by a gang of Trandoshan bounty hunters , who were aiming to sell it to the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Because of its importance , the ARC trooper tasked the two squads to travel to Ord Mantell and reacquire the package from the Trandoshans , in order to deliver it to the Republic capital of Coruscant . The package was successfully recovered and the Trandoshan mercenaries killed . However , all of the commandos in both squads perished during the mission , with the exception of Sergeant RC - 1013 . Personality and traits . As a clone of Jango Fett , the ARC officer stood at 1 . 83 meters in height . Many ARC troopers were personally trained as an ARC trooper by Fett and possessed the Mandalorian ' s ruthlessness and efficiency . These troopers were trained to be self - sufficient , although they were not entirely independent , and were also taught to rely on themselves , although they were not completely independent . The ARC officer wore a set of Phase I class armor , equipped with a blast - dampening " kama " and a rank - signifying pauldron ; the armor itself was adorned with yellow markings . The yellow markings most likely signify the rank of a Commander . He expected both squads of commandos to risk their lives in order to ensure a successful retrieval of the diplomatic package . Behind the scenes . The ARC intelligence officer was introduced in the short story " The Package " , which was one of four comics compiled in the of the " " trade paperbacks . The character was created by Ryan Kaufman and drawn by Matthew and Shawn Fillbach .