CT-2298 "Clu"

*"My story's nothing special. I was born at a young age and grew with age. I ended up in the 415th Exploratory Battalion and got sent off on missions, watched half my friends get crushed under rubble, my Jedi General got possessed by some sort of ghost, one of my friends got turned into a zombie, I killed some HK droids with the help of another HK droid, stopped my battalion from murdering our general, survived at least 3 capital ships being destroyed got promoted to lieutenant, lost my platoon, ended up being stuck in the trash chute for about a month... I think other stuff happened but I don't remember most of it because of repeated concussions" -* Clu to Reaver when asked about his "story"

CT-2298, formerly ARC-2298, was a former lieutenant of the 415th Exploratory Corps. He was born and raised on Kamino as a standard ARF trooper and served in 415th from the beginning of the war. He proved himself during one of the 415th's early missions and was promoted to ARC trooper, becoming one of the first Beta-class ARC Troopers in the battalion. He quickly rose to the rank of ARC lieutenant, a rank he retained until the First Battle of Dromund Kaas, when an oversight on his part lead to the death of an entire platoon he was supposed to be supporting. Clu survived the incident despite his injuries and due to his guilt he requested a demotion to the rank of private, joining the 415th's Medic unit instead.

## Biography

### Early life

*"I remember a lot of complaining from the my squad mates about how boring Kamino was. They couldn't wait to get out into the world and fight like they were taught to. I suppose they got their wish." -* Clu reminiscing about his deceased squad mates.

Born as CT-2298, he was trained as an ARF trooper under an unknown bounty hunter hired by the Kaminoans. He received the nickname Clu from his squad due to his observant and methodical nature and his tendency to focus on details or clues. He would have been named Clue if not for the fact that another clone in their batch already took that name.

### The Beginning of the Clone Wars

*"I just kept moving forward, one step at a time. Whatever it took." - Clu on the mission that earned him his promotion to ARC trooper*

In an early mission Clu's squad was sent to hunt down a fleeing enemy officer. During the hunt he and his squad eliminated several of the officer's bodyguards but he was separated from his squad by an enemy attack after which he was assumed dead and the mission was considered a failure. Despite being alone with no way to contact backup Clu was able to track the officer to his improvised hiding spot, slowly and methodically eliminate the officer and his remaining bodyguards and before returning to the 415th base camp. He was promoted to ARC trooper shortly after.

### Battle of Mandalore

Clu was present during the Battle of Mandalore, although he was not part of the unit protecting the Jedi padawan Aragorn.

### Battle of Korriban

Clu was present during the battle of Korriban but did not play a major role.

### Bosthirda

Soon after landing on the planet an incident with a Sith creature led to Clu, HK-415 "Blaze" and General Méra Dimitra being separated from the other clones. They made their way to the temple with the help of a Sith warbird and Blaze helped them navigate through the temple. The group encountered an HK droid wielding a lightsaber and together defeated the droid, with Clu finishing it by chopping off it's head. They encountered two more HKs in the next room one of which was dispatched by Clu using a cloaking device and several explosives and the second was badly damaged by Blaze before being finished off by Clu, once again via decapitation.

### Drommund Kaas

On Kaas Clu lead the platoon he was working with at the time on wild goose chase, trying to find a non-existent lead about what was going on and ended up getting them killed and being heavily injured himself in the process. After he recovered he requested a demotion to the rank of private and resigned as an ARC trooper, training to become a medic instead, haunted by the guilt of the friends he got killed. He joined the Search and Rescue platoon and has been serving as a part of it ever since.

## Personality

Clu feels extremely guilty over his failure to protect his friends on Kaas and the trauma from the incident still haunts him. This combined with his tendency to inspect situations from every angle makes him doubt himself and also makes him slow to act when it comes to crisis. This is a double-edged sword as it allows him to keep his cool in very stressful situations but it also means he is averse to spontaneous plans with no forethought. This is not to say he isn't adaptable however, simply that he always considers all variables when making decisions. His tendency to be slow to act has lead him to be isolated somewhat by his fellow clones who find him kind of creepy. This doesn't bother him though and Clu continues with his life as normal. He isn't the most noticeable clone but he is a very reliable one