CT 7864

===== "I have been to many units in the 501st, from Torrent Company, to the unsung units of the 501st, none can be compared to my time in Vanguard" =====
== Life in Kamino ==
CT 7864 was one of your standard troopers of the republic, loyal to it till death. In kamino his trainer was a severely injured veteran of the first battle of Geonosis, we never knew his numbers nor his nickname, but we gave him our own one- "Survivor".
"We only called him that when we were not training but when we were, he had the up most respect for him. He taught is extremely useful information such as survival skills in in dense forests and how to survive in desert environments- as well as all the other useful bits. The reason we liked this veteran was because he was a brother who knew what we needed, unlike those other bounty hunters, this vet had first experience of war and his wisdom would not go to waste. He taught us how to survive with a broken rib cage as, he himself was had survived it, having been charged into battle by his jedi commander, a LAAT and crashed into his squad, him being the only survivor and a broken rib cage he was sent back to kamino, his skills not to be wasted into recyclement . His combat skills help sharpened us for the war that was to come, he put us into designated specialities, I was accustomed to heavy weaponry as I loved being in the action, the rest of the lads, well we were all shipped of to our designated sectors, the war was calling more brothers than we could send and splitting squads like up would probably help? I don't know I just want to get into the action"
-CT 7864's log of his departure from kamino
== Hell of the galaxy- Jabim 20BBY ==
Whether it was luck or the force, it wasn't on his side. CT 7864 or now known as Drum was transferred to the bleeding company of Torrent in the 501st, he had undergone several missions before, clearing some outposts, securing communications, critical missions in the mid core, this was where he got his nickname from, he was given a drum set by some local civilians after torrent helped liberate them, he didn't know what he was doing but he enjoyed it, it helped boost moral as the worst was yet to come. Drum did not remember much on the way to Jabim as his memory was just filled of what had happened there.
"I always wanted to fight alongside the famed General Skywalker and not in the back round securing flanks you know, standard procedure, but the day that I did, well, I must have done something to be where I was right then and there. The first day of Jabim was just as bad as I feared, Mud, Mud everywhere.. The local insurrectionists were nothing but child's play compared to our prototype AT-AT's, but well, when we took over their trenches we realised what gruelling long campaign we got ourselves into."
-Drum's Log on the first day As several weeks past, Drums unit of Torrent company was securing another 501st battalions flanks 'Trebuche'. The insurrectionists were sending wave after wave at their outpost, knowing how important it was to punching a hole into our defence, they were relentless but Drums unit was filled few green troopers and several vets, they were balanced as the green troopers that Drum worked with were like him, loyal and willing to go at any lengths to hold the line, as war would have it the rookie troopers were mostly killed due to reckless injuries and disease
As time had passed Drums unit was preparing, same with the battalions flank that they were covering (Trebuche), they knew of a major counterstrike that was coming but they didn't know when. Soon the outpost Drum was Guarding was under very aggressive attack.
"They were learning... They found out our exact position and knew of its critical value. Our scouts were mostly picked of by a dark acolyte that was heading towards Trebuche, hopefully they will survive... right now *explosion* -tillery on our position, we may have to fall back.. they weren't like animals, they were competent and they were winning.. most of my squad mates are either injured or dead, we may have to evacuate this flank.. as soon as Trebuche leave for their mission to capture one of their leaders, we will be heading back to the rest of torrent and we are leaving, I heard many have died, jedi, clone and them... Fuck sake there's a lot of dead bodies everywhere, our position is on these hills and we can see the chaos from further away, if the enemy get some artillery up here then Trebuche will be killed and so will our other unit. *Drinks from a cantina* We found out what happened to a lot of our ARC's the other day... they all in body bags right now in our AT-TE, poor souls were slaughtered.. the jedi.. well we were on a small patrol down these hills, we heard several gunfights and screaming and.. well you get the idea. As a heavy my goal was to find enemies and shoot them, lay cover for the layman. We went down there.. past a forest, we found a whole field.. destroyed LAAT's blown out AT'TE's and a company of troops all dead in the field, i say it was those commandos those seppies use, tough bastards killed their jedi commander, the lad looked younger than us and there he was, dead in a field. We cleared the area of those bastards and went back to the outpost.. just hoping *Gunshots with a a sergeant yelling in the background* that's my time up, 3rd time this night these cunts have been attacking-"
-Drums log (date not known as had not been inputted)
As Trebuche made their way into that blasted city looking for a leader, Drums unit, was down to 24 men, the AT-TE was heavily damaged and had to be abandoned as well as the bodies. As his unit linked up with Torrent, the unit discovered Obi wans apparent death and his replacement also dead, General Skywalker was now in charge of the operation and under his orders the rest of Torrent was ordered to evacuate. Drum did not log this at this point as he was mourning for the loss of his brothers. "I heard that the General was sent to Trebuche, they were going to be the last brave souls to leave this hell, lets hope they make it back"
== Aftermath - his leave to "Vanguard Battalion" ==
Jabim had left a scar on every brave soul that managed to escape it, Drum would be normally found staring into a hall way or out of a window. He was still recovering from Jabim as he is so used to waking up and heading straight to his battlement overlooking the battlefield on his hill. His closest brothers were only few as several of Torrent company had been replaced, he had the pleasure of meeting his Commanding officer "Appo" who recognised his unit of torrent companies talents of holding that flank no matter the cost. Drum was given the chance from his leftenunt, to leave Torrent company into the new "Vanguard Battalion" as they just about managed to escape the hell that was the final days of Jabim.
"I can't say no that offer, after all of those lives lost I would like to see that Trebuche battallion or Vanguard as it is known. I heard they had the least death reports out of the rest of the legion and well, live to fight another day as they always say. I had been promoted several times, I helped out my sergeant alot and destroyed several HMP's with just this z6. I heard that Vanguard is the most uhh how should I put it 'Rebellious' out of the 501st, several of their men had went AWOL and Sector command isn't too pleased about it, Regardless I'm off in the next rotation, lets hope I get a warm welcome"
-Drums final log within Torrent company
== Vanguard Battalion ==
CT 7864 SPC "Drum" had arrived into Vanguard with high expectations, his predecessor had a severe case of PTSD and was sent back to Kamino for killing republic citizens, A close friend of the late Bushman and a new close friend to Drum "CL-2152 2LT 'Tact' had explained briefly of what happend but he understood nonetheless. His experience in Vanguard was very different, they were more self aware and worked as a great team, he was surprised at their efficiency and their skills in battle, he knew he would make this a good home
"The lads here, well they were much better than I expected, I expected them to be tough nuts with a shit ton of discipline since, what happened before. My commanding officer of Aurek, 2nd Leftenunt Tact is a great person, he welcomed me into his "Havoc Squad" with open arms, although I knew what the squad was "the best of Aurek". He told me of Bushman and how he was a close friend to him, I understandably felt his pain and decided to stick close to him, he's nice lad, although i shouldn't mess up though now that I am here. The rest of the Battalion are similar aswell, they were kind to me when I got here although there were some touch nuts, especially the lads in Navy, they seem alright but, eh im not that talkative with them that much. The ARC troopers here are the toughest ones I seen, that Kad fellow is quiet alot of the time but on the missions we were together, we worked pretty well. This other ARC trooper was a Captain "Mav", I don't know much about this battalions history but i guess if hes here then we must be pretty important as the lad is strict but kind in a weird way. I don't know, I'm still learning the names. Besh seem alrightt, we have to trust them since they drive us places, Zerek are well, I haven't seen them that much. The Captain of the ship and that ISB agent... they got balls I give them that. They come down to the ground some times and help us out. I respect them for that, true warriors and not cowards."
-Drums Log (date unknown he filled this in whenever he could)
== Durge's Lance 20BBY ==
CT 7864 "Drum" was quiet for most of this defensive operation, he was still training his skills and had kept to himself but also made new friends among his brothers. During Alderaan, Drum has stuck with Havoc squad, although the squad itself hasn't been sent on missions but it self, they did great nonetheless, helping the rest of our units make big pushes into their defences however, here on alderaan they were mostly defensive holding out in key positions, Drum had stuck close with Captain Styke as his escort for a few moments, most of the time he was helping by providing suppressing fire while the other troopers fire accurate shots, his medic in his squad "Guts" is used to seeing him injured with a blaster bolt somewhere on Drums body, he didn't care as long as he has the energy to fight he continues on.
Not much is known of what Drum's location or what he was doing during Corellia as he was mostly in the background just making pushes into the enemy and letting his fellow men fire over his shoulder.
"I don't remember much about Durge's lance, I never thought about it, felt like another normal mission to me, just runnin' and gunnin' as usual, I do remember seeing Grievous though... the metal beast wasn't even human, and yet it can kill companies and hundreds of jedi, command fleets.. damn.. well we got the spirit to outlast those rust buckets, I'm sure we will win.
== Anaxes 20BBY ==
During Anaxes CT 7864 "Drum" had been a little nervous, he knew how important this planet was and he was willing to die for it. He had not came in during the beginning like the others as he was put in reserve, it was there he learnt that his buddy from torrent 'Strapper' had been KIA. He did not know how or why but he was hurt nonetheless. In honour of him, Drum would use normal CT armour instead of his Heavy armour. Drum would arrive in anaxes but would be mostly put in guarding duties until the final days where the separatists had done an all out assault on the base. Drum was not afraid but abit nervous. He defended ferociously using his Z6 to suppress the enemy as the wounded evacuated to another defensive line. He had shot down alot of droids but he didn't care, survival is what matters to him, to live to fight another day. As they pushed inwards into the base Drum was trying the best he could even though his ammo pack was shot and he was bleeding ammo, he still fought on, even helped clear a reactor room of seppies with Arc trooper 'Kad'. 
"Those seppies hit hard, heheh, they got me a few times but im still alive, not a scratch in site. Those seppies must of wanted this base badly, sent every metal bastard they could muster to take it but unlike them, we have skill, and skill wins over programming."
-Drums log of Anaxes
== Friends ==
Drum Had many friends in Torrent and Vanguard.
Closest friend: "CL-2152 2LT 'Tact' He had introduced Drum to the battalion and Drum wishes to be as a close friend as was Bushman
Havoc Buddy: CS-1943 SGN SGT 'Guts' The lad has helped Drum through many medical injuries, he reckons Guts will save his life one day
Heavy Buddy: CS-5409 HVY SGT "Oh Niner" The lad is a more seasoned heavy then Drum and Drum likes him as a heavy buddy 
Havoc Buddy:CS-9152 SGT 'Sparkplug' The lads more of the next leader of Aurek and has the ability to do so, Drum respects that and sees him as a sort of tact person
Zerek buddy: ARF-3359 OP SSGT "Longshot" The lad is a friend as he has helped Drum see things more differently and is always there when Drums other friends aren't around.
Old buddy: CT 1132 PFC 'Strapper' Drums old friend who stuck with him since he joined Torrent, they survived alot together and was Drums only other friend out of Vanguard
Hobbies
Due to being around clones of the mandolorian Jango Fett, Drum always had an interest into who Jango was. After discovering several books about Mandalore, Drum had acknowledged why mandolorians were feared people across the galaxy and why his brothers and himself show their cunning battle aggressiveness that no other species had shown. During downtime, Drum would occasionally read about Mandolorian History and how he could become like them. Drum has currently learnt about the Civil war between the true Mandolorians and the Death watch.
== Umbara 20BBY ==
First day:
Umbara was another day in Hell for the lad. Casualties Everywhere. Luckily for him he survived the landing and together with his fireteam managed to push the Umbarans back. Although he made it to the ground some of his brothers didn't.. this effected Drum as he built their makeshift graves behind their camp.
"It was like Jabim, Except you couldn't see shit! Well I was with Leftenunt Kad and his fireteam, we were just the support for Fireteam 2... man.. we lost a couple good men during the push. 'Nameless' was gone first, the 'Iscariot' Blew up and cooked him alive... poor lad. Then it was Stone, a good friend.. got killed by a stray artillery shell.. man a lot of shits happening and these fucks are everywhere, the creatures aswell... well we are moving out now... Fuck sake I saw his leg fly out of Fireteams 2 position..... didn't think about it then..poor fuck.. time to attack this godforsaken Airfield, I swear if I see one of those fuckers ill shatter their skulls..."
End log
Several hours had past as Drum and his brothers and been pushing deep into enemy territory, they fought tooth and nail to get into that airbase, clearing it out and capturing a prisoner."You know, right now im sitting on a umbaran Airfield and I just can't help to notice how fucking awful this stupid planet is. All these clones are dying for what? Some stupid fuckers wearing some masks. 2 good men died just to take a ridge and who knows what else. They were fast and they were everywhere. Hiding where you wouldn't expect it. We take them down the wild life come and take their bodies. Fuck em. They can be eaten by everything here they deserve it. Unlike the droids, these bastards betrayed the republic, stabbed us in the back and killed my brothers. Asoon as we move out of this airfield im gonna go and reflect on the battlefield...yeah its a good thing i had my Z6, mowed them down faster than i do with the clankers. Well here's the first day, gonna go and rest for a bit
End log
Final Days:
It was Drums Final days on Umbara and he has seen alot of things. The one that surprised him the most was 'Nameless' alive and captured in a prison camp. Other than that Vanguard had been getting attacked and counter attacking the hostile Umbarans who now had droid support.
"You know, these jar heads are more tenacious than ever. They have been attacking this prison base for several days now. Oh yeah the backstory, some shit about Vanguard moving in to liberate a prison camp. Well it was more of a death camp with all those dead bodies. We broke into their weak defences, captured the topside and everything was going well. Then we went underground. They were in places you would not expect, luckily for my fireteam I had a Z6 so i cleared them out pretty easily, but then i found the prisons, you will never bet who i found, Nameless, he survived somehow. This shocked me and i failed to open the doors but i managed to do so. I killed the droid guards, yeah they have droids now, saved the lads, helped the lads out of their cells then Leftenunt Kad came in, yeah well he took all the credit from my hard effort of saving the lads. Unfortunately, Nameless was badly injured so we got him topside, by now we captured the base pretty easilly and made base. The Umbarans wanted this base badly and sent in whole companies to take us out. Luckily they were pretty shit and we cleared waves of them. Naturally the wild life came to pick the bodies and take them away.. pretty scary thought of what happens when you die here. Anyway we are gonna move out this place soon, kill their general and go back to the Phalanx. Can't wait to leave this godforsaken Hell."
End Log.
== Labyrinth of Evil 19BBY ==
=== Mygeeto ===
CT-7864 was getting more weary of the GAR. He had been through this war for a long time and his only goal was to survive. He could feel the war was ending. The separatists were on the defence, the core was liberated and the republic is on the attack. The battle of Mygeeto was a tough one for the lad as he knew how important this planet was to both sides of the war, he learnt this from a book in his collection. Mygeeto had a ton of recourses thatthe republic deemed necessary to gain but our mission was different. Our detatchment of the 501st was sent on a secret mission to secure a crystal 'Hammertong'. 
"The missions we are getting sent to are more, confidential now. The jedi are getting less and less involved in our actions as the war progresses. Perhaps they pissed of to do some jedi meditation, I dont care. When we got sent to get this crystal I assumed that it was very important for the chancellor as only the 501st was sent to get it, not those Galactic Marines, tough bastards. I guess the chancellor trusts us to get the job down and it was an honour. I'd die for the chancellor and for his requests. Luckily I didn't die on this hell hole, we didn't find the crystal but i heard the other unit of the 501st sent here did. That Jedi Kia di Mundi , they Jedi call him a master but he was a fool, I now understand and so do the brothers, the jedi can be fooled, and if they could be fooled they could be killed. Well our Jedi General 'Skywalker' is the most competent and bravest of the those jedi, lets hope we all survive till the end of this war."
End Log
== Battle of Coresaunt ==
After Mygeeto Drum had been diagnosed with a severe case of asthma which would limit his breathing ability untill the battle of coresaunt of where he was flung onto the edge of a railing on his bunks, onto his throat leaving him a very hard time to talk to his peers. He was mostly doing sub duties like securing the life support system controls etc.
His despise to the jedi grew as he learnt that they let the chancellor get captured by the separatists. He would be very impressed by Generals Skywalker and Kenobi on their valient effort to get the chancellor back.
== Operation Knightfall ==
The time had come. The Jedi have turned against the republic and have attempted a murder against the Chancellor Palpatine. When the news hit Vanguard battalion, Drum was excited, he could finally show those magic wielding lunatics that a blaster is always better than religion. On board the Phalanx, Drum was sent to the life support control room to protect it from Jedi Suki or Jedi Raam'tii. Unfortunatly for Drum, he hadn't encountered them during his defence and was very upset although he was glad that Suki had been killed, execution for a traitor. After the escape of Raam'tii, Vanguard and the rest of the 501st legion was sent to coresaunt to begin Operation KnitghtFalll . Drum and many reserve forces were put outside the base, orders to shoot any jedi on sight and to stop any outside help. Drum had done his job, encountering a few jedi, gunning them down. He also heard the 501st Battalion Commander 'Appo' had been attacked by a child. The jedi were nothing more than monsters in his eyes, sacrifising their kin for their survival. After the 501st burnt the place to the ground Drum had regrouped with the others and was listening on what they encountered, to drum it was like missing out on a fireworks show, not being able to enter it and help burn it to the ground.
== Mandalore ==
Drum had finally got his wish of visiting mandalore and impressed he was. It was a true warriors paradise with never ending combat and clans to compete against. This was like heaven to Drum but his duty overcame his sense of freedom as he vowed to fight alongside his brothers till the end. This vow was on the top of Drums head, he wanted to leave, he wanted to desert but he could never abandon his brothers, not like Kad or the other one, Stec. Drum did not know stec but knew Kad and was very fond of him, alas after hearing his fate Drum could but only feel bad for him and Stec. They got Drums wish and it came to bite them on the ass. Drum wasn't with the rest of Vanguard during their initial landing as he was doing minor work on the Exactor before finally being dropped of by VD-7854 onto a little FOB in the Mandalorian forests. There he met a Mandalorian who tried speaking to him but to Drums embarrassment he couldn't understand as he had forgotten most of the language due to the endless combat of the Clone wars. There he he defended against the lethal Mandalorian from the Jerro Clan as they use the surroundings to their advantage and hunted us. They were outstanding but flawed as Drum noticed that being the clones of Jango Fett, once the leader of the True Mandalorian, we had the best skills out of them and could out skill them.
== The death of Drum ==
After countless engagements with the Mandalorian, his luck was running out. They hunted Drum and his brothers down using the woods and trees as cover. Although he wasn't targeted he was still nervous. Drum did manage to make a sort of friendship with the TK-0022. It wasn't much but due to Drum's personality, it was easy for him to make friends as he wasn't the aggressive sort. A storm had arrived into their FOB and with that, Drum and the rest of the team talked strategy, planning on using the storm to infiltrate the hostile forces. It worked as they entered the woodlands of the Mandalorian outpost near the land bridge however it was at the land bridge where it had gone to shambles. They were in the middle of a jungle with little to no camo and in hostile territory, their chances of survival were slim and it was shown as Drum and his team had walked into ambush after ambush finally setting camp near a rivers edge. It was there where Drum finally put his thoughts about desertion to rest as he contemplated on leaving his brothers and starting a new life on Mandalore. Drum had tragically trained his replacement several days earlier with the TK-9547 of which he trained with the DLT that the SAW troopers use. It didnt take long for the Mandolorians to discover his location and they hit his team hard. They struggled to escape the jungles and were gunned down, they were then captured and taken away, put in a cell for 13 days left to starve.
During the time in the cell, Major Crackerjack had ordered the lowest important personal to be acting command to preserve command, unfortunately it was given to Drum. Drum didn't want to do it as another trooper 'Pyro' was of lesser importance to him but he none the less trusted Crackerjack and agreed with his plan. After being taken away for interrogation Drum gave the Mandalorian no answers and was promptly beaten. After grabbing a fellow brother 'Favor' the mandolorian proceeded to shoot him after Drum refused to talk, they were clones, their lives were expendable as Drum tried to comfort himself due to the loss of his brother. After the execution Drum gave the Mandolorian vague answers as to plan an escape however it was never the case as he was put in front of the rest of the team and shot dead. His last thoughts were that he did his best to protect his brothers and dying in Mandalore is better than anywhere else.
== Legacy ==
After Drum's stalling tactics and his death, the team managed to escape their imprisonment and avenged Drum and Favors, however Jumper and Crackerjack were injured severely and the team was held back for recovery. TK-9547 Tracker was to be his replacement in Havoc squad and Captain Tact would have to deal with another friend dying.
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