221st Legion

The 221st Legion was a unit that served in the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. Most of their personnel wore white armour with red and orange secondary and highlighted markings.

## **History**

### **Clone Wars**

#### **Founding**

The 221st Legion was established under Senior Commander "Vex", a perplexing and unorthodox soldier whose tactics ensured his unit had a high survivability rate. An autopsy performed on him in the final days of his life revealed his inhibitor chip was defective and consistent malfunctions caused him to behave in a baffling and strange manner from time to time.

#### **Focus**

With production facilities now partially rewarding the legion's valuable assistance, their attention turned to producing new variations of standard Grand Army vehicles. Thus they became equipped with a number of modified HAVw A6 Juggernaut Turbo Tanks, All Terrain Covered Transports and AT-XT/Biker walkers, along with other upgraded vehicles.

## **Unit Description**

### **Gwyllgi Squad**

Pronounced "Gwishsh-kee", this squad wore armour with dark colourations and had a skull patch on each breastplate. Skilled ambushers, they attacked Separatist forces along roads, highways and pathways at night.

## **Personnel Roster**

ARC-#### "Copper"

ARC-#### "Kettle"

Senior Commander CC-#### "Vex"

## **Vehicles**

### **TX-130 Fighter Tank**

#### **Third Rocket Variant**

One of the 221st's first variation prototypes, the third rocket variant equipped the TX-130 Saber-class fighter tank with a third and retractable tube for concussion missiles, directly inside the centre ramp. Though packing extra firepower, the variant proved dangerous for crew due to the weapon and ammunition's proximity and at least one tank crew suffered casualties.

### **HAVw A6 Juggernaut**

#### **Auto-manned Spotter Tower**

The small retractable sentry pod and observation mast that sat atop the Juggernaut was upgraded with a blaster turret for the gunner, and a system of ammunition loader slots in the roof for an automated controlled from inside and heavier turret which sat atop the roof, and a small amount of ammunition was stored in specific slotted positions on the floor to use for the manned turret and to slot into the roof for the automated turret. Though unable to receive extra ammo while extended, the retracted sentry pod was able to be re-armed. The scout or sentry placed inside the sentry pod was less likely to be killed in combat due to the modifications, and the presence of a computer-controlled turret with anti-land and air capabilities increased the overall damage that the 221st's Juggernauts were capable of.

### **All Terrain Open Transport**

#### **All Terrain Covered Transport AT-OT Variant**

The 221st's shielded variant of the AT-OT was designed to offer defensive capabilities to the troopers who were usually left vulnerable inside the AT-OT's troop compartment. A retractable canopy controlled by the driver was able to be activated, which encompassed the entirety of the AT-OT's troop compartment aside from small slits within it serving as ports for trooper turrets and weaponry.

Made from some of the finest metals available to basic military production plants, the canopy held hexes of colourful shielding atop it, powered by a shield generator inside. Though not as strong a shield as that possessed by the original TX-130 and AT-XT models used during the Dark Reaper Crisis, it was capable of handling several rockets or missiles.

The interior allowed troopers to see via a dim lighting system, though daylight leaked in through the turret emplacement ports. Though many troopers used their standardised weaponry for the ports, others utilised detachable turrets which they latched onto the sides of the walker while poking the barrels through the ports. This resulted in a troop carrier able to carry around 25 to 30 personnel whilst they opened fire on targets from nearly every direction.

### **All Terrain Experimental Transport**

#### **AT-XT/Biker**

Though lacking in shielding compared to the original AT-XTs, those produced by the factories affiliated with the 221st were roughly six Jango clones tall and contained a compartment between the legs which contained a small one-person speeder bike.

#### **AT-XT Rocketeer**

One of the 221st's trial editions of the AT-XT/Biker attached a twin-missile weapons system to the compartment between the legs. Though adding to the AT-XT's already impressive arsenal and allowing it a direct means of dispatching armoured targets, the launchers had to either have one missile each, or had to rely on the entire chassis for ammo, resulting in limited ammo for all of the weapons and increased danger to the occupant if the launchers or ammunition storage were struck by hostile fire. The concept was scrapped after a few tests.

### **AT-RT / Clone Personal Walker**

Noting a weakness in the AT-RT's legs combined with it's open cockpit, and the lack of space and mobility for the Clone Personal Walker, the 221st's leadership drafted plans to combine the two. With stronger legs and armour plating, an enclosed cockpit, a top turret, bottom blaster cannon and a grabbing arm, the AT-RT/CPW served as the 221st's go-to scout and attack walker for the duration of the Clone Wars.

### **All Terrain Tactical Enforcer**

A simple alteration was made to AT-TE walkers produced at the foundries: they were provided an extra leg, contracted in regular use and able to be extended in case the regular legs were damaged or removed in a combat situation. Further alterations included an ambulance variant of the AT-TE meant to carry and tend to wounded, and several camouflaged variants which included skull emblems and chameleon-style drawings combined with desert and forest colouration across the whole walker.

### **Additional Vehicles**

The 221st Legion's other vehicles consisted of a small number of All Terrain Riot Control Transports, a small number of Infantry Support Platforms, several A5-RX battle tanks, a few AV-7 artillery pieces and numerous LAAT/i and LAAT/c gunships. These vehicles remained totally unmodified by the foundries.

## **Trivia**

The 612th Regiment is a reference to the asteroid in The Little Prince. The 221st is a reference to Sherlock Holmes' residence on 221 Baker Street.