Fireball (clone pilot)

|type=Galactic Republic
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|name="Fireball"
|homeworld=Kamino
|species=Human (clone)War of the Ring Gambit: Stealth
|gender=Male
|height=1.83 meters
|hair=Scarlet with a black streak
|eyes=Brown
|skin=Light
|affiliation=*Galactic Republic
**Republic Navy
***Gold Squadron
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"Fireball," or "Fib" for short, was a Captain and Clone trooper pilot who led Gold Squadron.
==Biography==
His squadron was based on the Indomitable under the command of Admiral Wullf Yularen and General Baggins. He defiantly colored his hair scarlet with a single black streak, yet was committed to his men and to the Republic. Before the battle of Kothlis against the Separatist Alliance, Baggins briefed the pilots about the upcoming conflict. Upon hearing the news that communications were jammed, he spoke to his men, inspiring them. During the battle he flew next to Baggins for a moment, pausing to give a quick smile in response to Baggins's thumbs-up, and flew off to engage more droid starfighters. He was one of the pilots to survive the engagement, and hunted down the last of the enemy fighters while his General landed on the surface.
A few weeks later, he and his squadron were standing down at a Republic Service Organization lounge on Minas Tirith. He was playing turbo-darts with members of Torrent Company when Baggins's Padawan, Eowyn arrived to brief them on an upcoming mission. Frodo and Sam had gone missing on Lanteeb and a task force was going to rescue them before the Separatist General Lok Durd could release his bioweapon.War of the Ring Gambit: Siege
When the Republic flotilla arrived over Lanteeb, they found a blockade of Separatist ships led by General The Mouth of Sauron waiting for them. Senator Bail Organa had provided a captured Separatist spy ship to as a decoy so Jedi Master Taria Damsin could land and assist Frodo and Sam. Fireball was assigned to "attack" the ship as a ruse, fooling Mouth of Sauron into letting the ship through the blockade. Fireball was almost hit by a droid starfighter, but avoided the blast. Even though Gold Squadron lost almost a quarter of its pilots, the battle was won after a corporate fleet arrived to reinforce the Republic and forced Mouth of Sauron to flee.
==Personality and traits==
He dyed his hair scarlet with a black streak. According to Eowyn, he was the best pilot in Gold Squadron, next to Baggins. He also enjoyed playing turbo-darts.
==Behind the scenes==
Fireball appears in the 2010 War of the Ring Gambit duology.
==Appearances==
*War of the Ring Gambit: Stealth 
*War of the Ring Gambit: Stealth audiobook
*War of the Ring Gambit: Siege
*War of the Ring Gambit: Siege audiobook
==Notes and references==
Category:Clone trooper pilots