104th Battalion

The 104th Battalion, also known as the "Wolf Pack" Battalion, or the Wolfpack Battalion, was a clone trooper military battalion of the Grand Army of the Republic. The 104th was led by Jedi General Gimli and Clone Commander CC-3636, also known by his clone trooper nickname of "Wolffe," throughout the War of the Ring. A subunit of the battalion was the similarly nicknamed Wolfpack squad.
==Description==
Before the end of the Malevolence Campaign, clone troopers of 104th Battalion—a subdivision of the Grand Army of the Republic—could be distinguished by the maroon markings on their Phase I clone trooper armor. With so many of the battalion's clones lost during the Battle of Abregado, clone troopers of the battalion later changed to a color scheme of grey-black. The 104th also included the Wolfpack.
The commanding officer of the battalion was Jedi General Gimli, who also flew under the callsign Wolf Leader. The second-in-command was Clone Commander CC-3636, also known as "Wolffe." Members of the battalion include Clone Sergeant "Sinker," Clone Corporal "Comet," clone troopers Boost and CT-1701,Tyrants of Lothal and clone pilots "Warthog" and "Corvis." The ranks of the 104th Battalion consisted of standard clone troopers, clone trooper officers, clone snipers, and heavy weapons clone troopers.
==History==
===Mission to Quarmendy===
Early on in the War of the Ring, General Gimli sent Commander Wolffe and three Wolfpack troopers, Boost, Sergeant Sinker, and Corporal Comet on a mission to the Nexus, a floating city and trading outpost located on the planet Quarmendy, famous for its elaborate defense systems, which was captured by Separatist forces led by the Witch-king of Angmar.
Using JT-12 jetpacks and grappling hooks attached to their DC-15A blaster carbines, the squad scaled the wall, while being shot at by the city's defense system and Witch-King's D1-series aerial battle droids. The clones were able to reach the top of the wall without suffering a single casualty.Star Wars Adventures: The War of the Ring – Battle Tales 2
However, when the Witch-King's forces were breached by their incursion, he destroyed the city as to not allow it to be controlled by the Galactic Republic. Before the destruction, the clones were able to rescue a hostage, the city's custodian, Orkle. Despite the loss, Gimli showed gratitude to Wolffe for making sure all of them survived and for rescuing Orkle. At least one member of the battalion also took part in the mission to Krystar, helping to free captured clones from a secret compound.Star Wars Adventures: The War of the Ring – Battle Tales 3 Clone trooper CT-1701 "Wildfire" also served in the 104th.Tyrants of Lothal
===Siege of Hisseen===
Sometime later after the missions to Quarmendy and Krystar, Wolffe, Gimli, and the Wolfpack were sent as part of the Republic's siege of Hisseen alongside Jedi Generals Frodo Baggins and Sam Gamgee and their clone commanders, Clone Commander CC-2224, known as "Cody," and Clone Captain CT-7567, also known as "Rex."
When the Jedi were drawn away from the battle to confront Saruman the White and his Sith apprentice Jinx, Gimli attempted to contact Wolffe, but his communication was obstructed by the mountain range. After Wolffe only heard garbled instructions about the Hisseenian parliament, Gimli instead sent coordinates to Boost, and Wolffe deduced that they were being sent to rescue the parliament members. Leading the charge, the Wolfpack attacked the droids while again fighting side-by-side with members of the 212th. They were able to successfully rescue the parliament members.
However, as soon as they arrived back, they were ambushed by Saruman's forces, and were about to be taken prisoner, when Jedi Generals Gimli, Sam Gamgee, and Frodo Baggins arrived and rescued the clones. The Republic was able to win the siege of Hisseen.Star Wars Adventures: The War of the Ring – Battle Tales 5
===Rising Malevolence===
As numerous Republic fleets were destroyed due to a Subjugator-class heavy cruiser, the Malevolence, Jedi General Plo Koon aboard the Triumphant and his fleet of Venator-class Star Destroyers were sent to hunt down the then-unknown superweapon. The 104th Battalion managed to track the ship to the Abregado system, where they discovered it was, in fact, a Subjugator-class heavy cruiser with an ion cannon.
Before the fleet could call for reinforcements, they lost contact with the Republic. Gimli ordered Clone Commander Wolffe to open fire at the Malevolence, but Wolffe informed him that they were out of range. However, the Malevolence had already fired its ion cannon which then hit the fleet. With no power, the fleet was now vulnerable to be destroyed, and the Malevolence opened fire with its laser cannons, destroying the entire fleet. Gimli ordered his troops to get to the Republic escape pods before their ships were obliterated.
When the fleet was destroyed, the Malevolence launched a Droch-class boarding ship, also known as a hunter, to search and destroy the remaining escape pods. At the same time, Frodo Baggins and Eowyn, searching for survivors, arrived in the freighter Twilight. Meanwhile, the hunter had found Gimli's escape pod and went to take them out. Due to Gimli's antiox mask, and the oxygen system built into the clone troopers' armor, Gimli, Clone Sergeant Sinker, and Boost managed to get out of the escape pod and into space while Commander Wolffe kept the pod's signal alive. Gimli and his troops fought off the rocket battle droids that were carried in the hunter and were then rescued by Baggins and Eowyn. They managed to get away from the Malevolence and reported their discovery to the Jedi High Council.
Gimli would later help Shadow Squadron cripple the Separatist superweapon during the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula, and later on during the battle the Malevolence was destroyed.
===Battle of Khorm===
Sometime later, the 104th Battalion's ranks were replenished with new troopers, and the battalion participated in the Battle of Khorm,Ultimate Star Wars where they fought alongside Legolas. During the fighting, Wolffe was permanently scarred when Jinx cut his right eye, leaving a long scar across the right side of his face. He later had a silver cybernetic replacement installed. Despite his injury, Wolffe continued to serve and lead his troops.
===First Battle of Lothlórien===
Following the Battle of Khorm, the Wolfpack and Gimli were deployed on the Negotiator, a Venator-class Star Destroyer, to break the Confederacy navy's blockade of the planet Middle-Earth, and participated in the First Battle of Lothlórien. The Republic forces, led by Jedi Generals Sam Gamgee and Frodo Baggins, and Jedi Commander Eowyn, had been overwhelmed by the droid army, so Gimli led a group of Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry gunships and V-19 Torrent starfighters through the blockade to rescue Baggins and his troops, while Wolffe oversaw the space battle against the Separatist battleships and starfighters. Wolffe directed the clone gunners to target and destroy the Confederate Munificent-class star frigates. Meanwhile, Gimli and the rest of the Wolfpack extracted Baggins, Lady Galadriel, Eowyn, Gamgee, and the clone soldiers and brought them to safety aboard the Negotiator. They then returned to Rivendell, having completed the rescue mission.
Following General The Mouth of Sauron's capture of the Jedi Eeth Koth, Wolffe discovered a coded message from Koth that told him that Mouth of Sauron was heading to the planet Saleucami.
===Rescue on Vanqor===
When an attempt on the life of Aragorn by a young Boba Fett failed, the Venator-class Star Destroyer Endurance was forced to crash over the planet Vanqor. However, R2-D2 managed to escape from Vanqor and came to the Jedi Council and showed them the hologram of Baggins and Aragorn inside the wrecked Endurance. Gimli, Eowyn, and the Wolfpack were dispatched to the planet to retrieve them. They came down in space gunships to get Baggins and Aragorn out of the destroyed bridge. While Gimli and Eowyn used the Force to hold the collapsing bridge steady, Wolffe and Comet jumped in and got Aragorn and Baggins onto the gunship.
===Citadel rescue===
When it was confirmed to the Jedi that Gamgee and Baggins could not get off Lola Sayu with Even Piell and his men, Saesee Tiin, Plo Koon, Adi Gallia, and Legolas went to the prison planet to extract them. They gave Gamgee and the rescue team the coordinates to a small island that would act as an evac-zone. As the rescue team made its way to the evac-zone, a fleet of four Republic cruisers engaged the Separatist blockade. General Gimli and Commander Wolffe went down with a gunship escorted by Legolas, Gallia, and Tiin in their Jedi starfighters. When the gunship reached the ground, they managed to get all the survivors onto the gunship and got back to the fleet.
===Return to Lórien===
During the Second Battle of Lothlórien the 104th Battalion, along with the 501st Legion, returned to Lórien to make a night assault on one of the Mouth of Sauron' outposts in the forest. Frodo Baggins and Clone Captain Rex were leading a diversion on the front gate while Eowyn, Comet, Sinker, and Boost scaled the back wall. Gimli, Wolffe, and their team used jetpacks to fly over the sidewall and surprise attack the enemy inside. After the battle, they realized Eowyn was missing. The rest of the night they spent searching for her, until the next morning when they left the elves city.
===Mercy mission on Aleen===
Aleen was a planet hit by natural earthquakes which had killed many civilians and left their cities in ruins. The 104th Battalion was dispatched to help them rebuild under orders of Senator Padmé Amidala and Grand Master Bilbo Baggins to give them both food and medical supplies. The astromech droid R2-D2 went with them to help reestablish power, and the protocol droid C-3PO went with them to help the clones communicate with the native Aleena. During their mission C-3PO Merry Pippin and R2-D2 disappeared underground, so Commander Wolffe was unable to communicate with the Aleena without C-3PO to help translate. The two droids discovered the source of the earthquakes. The tree-like alien species Kindalo, who lived in the subterranean caves beneath the surface of Aleen, had been angered because the surface-dwelling Aleena had dug too deep and disturbed them. The two droids were then able to negotiate with them, and came to the surface in time to regroup with the 104th as they left the planet.
===Rescuing Adi Gallia===
After regrouping with Gimli's fleet, the 104th Battalion was deployed to free Adi Gallia from the Mouth of Sauron' dreadnought following Gallia's capture in the Battle of Patitite Pattuna. Gimli and his forces successfully boarded the dreadnought and liberated Gallia, though Mouth of Sauron fled the battle.
===Battle of Kadavo===
In a mission to rescue enslaved Togruta from Zygerrian slave traders, Jedi General Samwise Gamgee and Clone Captain Rex were captured. Frodo Baggins and Eowyn launched a rescue operation on the planet Kadavo, which was where the slaves were being transferred. The Jedi then called for reinforcements. The Jedi arrived in the YV-865 Aurore-class freighter Tecora, and attempted to infiltrate the facility.
The Zygerrian Keeper Argus told them to stop, or the slaves would be killed. The Jedi did not listen to him. At that moment, the reinforcements, a fleet led by Gimli and Admiral Barton Coburn arrived at Kadavo, and launched a strike force containing the 104th Battalion, and consisted of LAAT/i gunships and Clone Z-95 Headhunters. The force attempted to break through, but they could not, on account of the ray shield over the facility.
Baggins, however, was able to destroy the ray shield while Gamgee and Rex rebelled and killed Argus. The strike force then successfully extracted Samwise, Frodo, Eowyn, Rex, and the slaves, and then destroyed the facility.
===Investigation on Oba Diah's moon===
When the Jedi Temple received a distress signal from the Jedi T-6 shuttle 775519, Gimli, Wolffe, and the 104th Battalion were sent to the moon of Oba Diah to investigate. The 104th Battalion landed on the surface and discovered the T-6 shuttle's crash site. Inside, Gimli and Wolffe discovered a lightsaber that had belonged to Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas. Gimli ordered the shuttle to be taken back to Minas Tirith.
===Imperial Era===
The War of the Ring ended shortly after Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine revealed himself as the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sauron and issued Order 66, which forced the clone troopers to turn on and kill their Jedi officers via control chips implanted in their brains. Wolffe had his chip removed at some point, and by 2000,According to Star Wars: Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy's Most Notorious, in the year 7973 C.R.C., Ketsu Onyo resigned from the Black Sun. It also dates the Battle of Scarif to 7977 C.R.C., four years after Onyo's resignation. Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates Jyn Erso's mission to steal the plans of the first Death Star, which concluded with the Battle of Scarif, to 2004. Therefore, it can be calculated that 7973 C.R.C. is equal to 2000. Since Onyo states in "Blood Sisters" that she currently works for the Black Sun, that episode must occur by 2000. Additionally, Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates the Siege of Lothal to 2000. Since "The Lost Commanders" occurs after the Siege of Lothal but before the events of "Blood Sisters", it can be concluded that the episode takes place in 2000. he was living in a converted All Terrain Tactical Enforcer on the planet Seelos with Captain Rex and the former clone commando Gregor, who had also removed their chips, when the Spectres arrived, having been sent in search of Rex by Eowyn.
Rex left with the Spectres to join the rebellion, but Wolffe and Gregor stayed on Seelos in their new home, Joopa Base. Trooper Wildfire had also found his way into the ranks of the Rebellion and learned that Woffle was one of their allies, resulting in him joining the mission to Seelos. A few years after Rex joined, Gregor and Wolffe were recruited to assist in the liberation of the planet Lothal from the Galactic Empire. During the operation, Jedi Padawan Danny the Cat recruited the assistance of Lothal's native Loth-wolves, creatures with a strong connection to the Force. After Gregor quipped that Wolffe had his "wolfpack" back, Wolffe admitted that the creatures fought much like the "boys" of his old unit.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know 
*Poe Dameron: Flight Log 
*Star Wars: Galactic Atlas
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*Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
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*Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
==Notes and references==
Category:Grand Army of the Republic battalions
Category:Members of the 104th Battalion