21st Nova Corps

The **21st Nova Corps**, also known as the **Galactic Marines** was a elite military corps that served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. The 21st Nova Corps, was noted for their unique clone armor and their fierce combat while in battle. The corps served as part of the 4th Sector Army under the authority of Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi and Marshal Commander CC-1138 "Bacara". The marines fought Separatist droid forces on the planet of Mygeeto for the majority of the Clone Wars.

The 21st Galactic Marines, were famous for being firm soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic, and partook in numerous operations and battles throughout the Clone Wars. However, members of the Marines, were mostly stationed on the planet of Mygeeto for the majority of the Clone Wars, to defend the planet of Mygeeto from the Confederacy of Independent Systems invasion as part of the Outer Rim Sieges, the last major campaign of the Clone Wars.

## **History**

### **Clone Wars**

#### **Unit Foundation**

Volunteer Advanced Recon Commando and Commander VARC-1221 "Winter" and VARCC-2209 "Harvest" founded the Ranger Regiment.

Major "Shorty" established Kilo Company. ARC-4714 "Ke'ss", who met Shorty while on a tour on Mygeeto, later took over the unit's leadership role.

A squad of shinies led by volunteer trooper VT-0691 "Thunder" succeeded in defeating the Separatists during a skirmish on Rishi. Thunder dreamt up the concept for Kilo Squadron, which was approved when the entire unit was recruited into the 21st Nova Corps' Galactic Marines. Thunder reached the rank of General due to several miraculous feats in battle, and a number of heavy losses due to combat with the CIS.

One unit from the 21st, the 52nd Wampa Battalion, later slit off from the Galactic Marines to become it's own independent unit.

#### **Coruscant Anti-Smuggling Operation**

Personnel from the 21st Nova Corps partook in an anti-smuggling bust on Coruscant. One of five smugglers was killed in a blasterfire engagement and the others were arrested. An additional search located disassembled BX-series Commando Droids. Another smuggler ambushed and took one of the troopers hostage, threatening to shoot.

Sergeant Lupus had the squad lower their weapons, granting the smuggler a false sense of security before Lupus shot him in the head. A unit of fifty B1 battle droids attacked the squad but failed to overrun the clones, who were aided by a rapid response force from the Coruscant Guard.

#### **Jiwo Ima System Campaign**

Several months into the Outer Rim Sieges, a detachment of the 21st Corps, led by Commander Olympus, made a rough LAAT-based landing on the planet Jiwo Ima Prime in the Jiwo Ima System to break a stalemate between the Grand Army and CIS forces.

#### **Anaxes Insurgency**

Elements of the 21st were dispatched to work alongside the 501st Legion, 373rd Arrowhead Legion, 2nd PsychOps and other units under Jedi General Milo Kei. The counter-insurgency operation dealt significant blows to pro-C.I.S. actors on Anaxes.

#### **Third Battle of Christophsis**

A large portion of the Grand Army's deployed forces during the Third Battle consisted of Galactic Marine infantry and heavy weapons teams. The 989th Regiment and it's Wolf Squad also took part in the battle.

#### **Crash Landing on Christophsis**

Regimental Commander Blood Diamond and Wolf Squad joined an operational force ferried by the Venator-class Star Destroyer *Responsibility* alongside units from the 373rd Arrowhead Brigade, the Coruscant Guard and Rabbit Company. They were also joined by a Republic Commando from the 104th Battalion.

A BX-series commando droid sabotaged the ship, which came under attack alongside the rest of it's fleet from droid warships and hyena droid bombers. Battle droids boarded the ship via it's multiple hangars, and Blood Diamond and his Galactic Marines led a counter-assault against them alongside the Arrowhead clone troopers. With their overwhelming firepower, they secured the ship, allowing it's personnel to evacuate and escape to the surface of Christophsis below.

Blood Diamond's escape pod, crammed in with Wolf Squad specialists, crash landed behind the lines of the Separatist droid remnants. They fought their way through droid territory, mercilessly blasting, stabbing, ripping up the droids. They regrouped with naval security troopers, standard clone troopers, 373rd Arrowheads and Galactic Marines. An All Terrain Tactical Enforcer provided protection for Blood Diamond, whom led his forces to Major Wasp and Admiral Ali's location.

After the GAR personnel were recovered by Ali's fleet, it is unknown whether or not the 989th Regiment partook in quelling the Second Anaxes Uprising.

#### **Cyir Outpost Defense**

The 989th Regiment deployed to Cyir, taking up positions in an outpost and successfully protecting it from a team of BX-series commando droids without suffering any casualties.

#### **Jiwo Ima Skirmish**

Fighting in the Jiwo Ima system continued for a large portion of the Clone Wars, and Acclamator-class assault ships ferrying numerous Galactic Marines were inbound to battle the Separatists and Jiwo Ima PDF on one of the moons inside the star system. A company and some support personnel from the 373rd Arrowhead Battalion's Hornet Battalion and the Dug-Outs, along with Captain Springy, proceeded to hit a series of anti-air weapons platforms and prevent any of the acclamators from taking heavy damage during the fighting.

#### **Battle of Kashyyyk**

Four members of the Galactic Marines were deployed during the Battle of Kashyyyk. They infiltrated a droid outpost and destroyed the CIS armoured unit stationed within.

### **Imperial Expansion**

#### **Assault on Ikica**

Following the creation of the Galactic Empire, members of the 21st were sent to Ikica to root out a group of rebels under the command of High General Thunder.

#### **Urban Combat on Ludenhoff**

When the Imperial Sector Governors assigned to Ludenhoff, a minor industrial world, closed down multiple droid factories, thousands of workers were laid off and went on strike. The strike quickly turned into an insurgency and Marshal Commander Baraca and the twenty-first were sent to break it up.

## Unit Summary

### **1.53rd Cold Siege Legion**

The Fifty-Third Legion contained one fourth of the Nova Corps roster, the majority of them being standard troops and Galactic Marines. However it also contained armoured units and troopers trained in withstanding extreme frozen weather conditions. Their methods transferred over to vehicles also, resulting in a hardy fighting force.

### **2.Crimson Riots Legion**

The Crimson Riots Legion contained Galactic Marines and standard troops, but a number of it's units also deployed on special duties to assist insurgencies in overthrowing CIS-affiliated strongpoints & influencing the populations of Confederate worlds to riot against the Separatists, along with breaking up revolts in Republic space. Some of these units worked in conjunction with the Special Operations Branch.

It is possible that the Crimson Riots Legion belonged to another corps in the same sector army, or that it was temporarily or permanently assigned as an extra legion.

### **3.44th Arctic Legion**

The forty-fourth was a legion comprised entirely of Galactic Marines and standard combat personnel with training in cold environments. These troopers, specialists and their support personnel were part of the backbone of the Nova Corps and certainly not a temporary asset.

### **2.1 Ranger Regiment**

The Ranger Regiment specialised in environmental exploration, with personnel being provided with standard 21st Corps or Galactic Marine armour. Provided with speeders and heavily armed tanks, the regiment consisted of basic infantry, BARC pilots, engineers, rangers and animal handlers. Nightfall Squadron was tasked with assassinations, Acklay Squadron was comprised of animal handling, tracking and reconnaissance, Raptor Squadron consisted of engineers, and SlaughterHawks Squadron performed nocturnal missions and reconnaissance, but also had BARCs, AT-RT pilots, scout troopers, sharpshooters and jet troopers.

Kilo Company and Kilo Squadron were part of different units in the Ranger Regiment, and both specialised in heavy infantry and armoured vehicle roles.

### **2.2 Marine Regiment**

The 21st's most prominent Marine Regiment was largely comprised of Galactic Marines, but also had the 18th Battalion, an elite unit specialised in ship infiltration, boarding operations and zero-gravity combat. RI tasked the Eighteenth with a secret mission early in the Clone Wars that resulted in the deaths of all but 34 of the Eighteenth's personnel.

### **2.3 1st Maritimes Special Operations Regiment**

The first Maritime SOR contained numerous standard personnel, many of which were trained in coastal and underwater environmental operations and combat. This regiment also contained a large number of ARF and ARC troopers, and had a commando element. Many personnel were also fit to operate in air missions and space-based operations.

### **2.4 444th Marine Battalion**

The four hundred forty-forth primarily consisted of standard infantry for the 21st corps, but the 44th Enforcement Company was produced with law enforcement and riot control specialists in mind.

### **2.5 Ship Boarding Unit**

Effective in space-based combat and in general boarding action scenarios, the Ship Boarding Unit wore white armour coupled with grey camouflage patterns, a beige undercoat, and a purple visor.

### **2.6 Urban Unit**

A small unit comprised of troopers in regular GAR armour with grey and white colouration, the Urban Unit performed exceptionally well in cities where other units were repulsed by heavily dug in hostile forces. Led by Captain Pierce, the Urban Unit was a tightly knit, high-performance formation.

### **2.7 Urban Defense Specialist Unit**

Consisting of defensive and maritime personnel, the U.D.S.U. performed front line duties until the Imperial Expansion era, when it became a formation for trench troopers and shoretroopers.

## Unit Composition

* Ship Boarding Unit
* Urban Defense Specialist Unit
* Urban Unit
* Urban Defence Platoon
* Desert Pit-Vipers
* Void Company
* Dusk Squad
* Flame Company
* Urban Squad
* Valkyrie Squad

### **Crimson Riots Legion**

#### **4th Marine Battalion**

* Kyrat Company
* Dune Company
* Zeta Company
* Nexo Company

#### **Hammer Company**

* Dune Squad
* K Squad

### **Ranger Regiment**

#### **Kilo Company**

* Hax Marine Platoon
* Hellhound Marine Platoon
* Storm ARC Platoon

#### **Kilo Squadron**

* **Spectre Company**
* Nightfall Squadron

#### **Raptor Company**

* Eternal Squadron
* Acklay Squadron
* Slaughterhawk Squadron

### **1st Maritimes Special Operations Regiment**

* Demon Company [ARF/ARC Arial Combat/Pilotng]
* Rumble Company [ARF/ARC Ground Armour]
* Sigilo Company [ARC/ARF Reconnaissance]
* Konig Company [Airborne ARC/ARF]
* Diable Company [Commandos]

## **Personnel Roster**

* "Leet"
* "Blitzen"
* "Snowstorm"
* "Bait"
* CT-##### "Stash" [989th Regiment]
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Mac"
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Spike"
* CT-\*\*\*\* "High" [Medic]
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Keevlyn"
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Ash"
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Shadow" [KIA, Ikica]
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Missile"
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Blaze"
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Morpheus" [Demolitions]
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Common"
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Slicer"
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Tesla"
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Habit"
* CT-\*\*\*\* "Nexus"
* CT-7153 "Blue"
* CT-9987 "Card"
* CT-16-9994 "Beast"
* CT-12-1775 "Ratter"
* CT-5526 "Grouk"
* CT-5656 "Flash"
* CT-9261 "Tornado"
* CT-3498 "Orange"
* CT-1234-3 "Starblast"
* ARF-2513 "Ghost"
* Trooper CT-#### "Mucc"
* Trooper CT-36612 "Fire"
* Trooper "Blazer"
* Corporal CT-5859 "Frost"
* Corporal CT-7999 "Nines"
* Sergeant CT-4516 "Spar"
* Sergeant VT-2253 "Kierima"
* Sergeant "Swift"
* Sergeant "Bell"
* Sergeant "Vanilla" [989th Regiment]
* Sergeant "Revolver" [989th Regiment]
* Staff Sergeant ARC-4512 "Handler" [Wolf Squad] [989th Reigment]
* Lieutenant CT-6669 "Blood Diamond"
* Lieutenant CL-#### "Spark"
* Lieutenant CL-2964 "Cord" [Urban Defence Platoon]
* Lieutenant CL-2048 "Apollo"
* Lieutenant CL-6126 "Buzz"
* Lieutenant "Kiran"
* Lieutenant "Derrek"
* Captain "Ferin"
* Captain "Mug"
* Captain CT-#### "Pierce" [Urban Unit]
* Captain VT-5517 "Ash"
* Captain CT-\*\*\*\* "Brand"
* Captain CT-7280 "Runner"
* Major CT-4783 "Grim"
* Major CT-6612 "Brisket"
* Major CT-2251 "Fexx"
* Admiral Dino [*The Victory]*
* Commander "Dire"
* Commander "Raze"
* Commander CC-\*\*\*\* "Firewall"
* Commander CC-4531 "Ares"
* Commander ARF/CC-1133 "Stonecold"
* Commander CC-4714 "Kess"
* Battalion Commander "Trasher"
* Battalion Commander CC-2003 "Jazon"
* Marshal Commander CC-1138 "Bacara"
* Jedi Commander Alaston Reem [989th Regiment]
* General VG-8475 "Hex"
* General VG-0691 "Thunder"
* Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi

### **1st Maritimes Special Operations Regiment**

* Regimental Commander "Dux"
* Commander "Mage"

### **Ranger Regiment**

* VT-1259 "Midnight"
* Commander VARC-1496 "Campo"
* Commander VARCC-2209 "Harvest"
* Commander VARCC-1221 "Winter"
* Commander CC-0691 "Thunder"
* Commander VC-8475 "Hex"
* Regimental Commander CC-4714 "Kess"

### **32nd Marine Special Operations Battalion**

* "Clime"
* "W"
* "Fang-Fang"
* "Ooo-lap"
* "Blackeye"
* "Gamma"
* "Vvo"
* "Chare"
* "Victver"
* "Helium"
* "Sil"
* "Match"
* "Xz"
* "Fraged"
* "Sh'd"
* "Shelled"
* "Marko-Polo"
* "Skywarp"
* "Jetstorm"
* VT-\*\*\*\* "Villy"
* VT-\*\*\*\* "Max"
* "Eion" [Decta Squad]
* "Clawus" [Sharpshooter] [Decta Squad]
* "Shadow-Null" [Technician] [Decta Squad]
* "Betto" [Demolitions] [Decta Squad]
* VARF-\*\*\*\* "Kelly"
* VARC-\*\*\*\* "Carlos"
* VARC-\*\*\*\* "Max"
* Battalion Commander CC-6630 "Xio"

### **18th Battalion**

* Jedi General Sylo Kadrik [KIA, classified mission]

### **Zeta Company**

* Sergeant CT-4516 "Spar"
* Captain CT-9090 "Scratch"

### **Hammer Company**

* Initiate CT-8535 "Hidden"
* Initiate CT-1263 "Gate"
* Initiate CT-7865 "Trix"
* Initiate CT-65 "Rookie"
* Initiate CT-5839 "Minor"
* Initiate CT-2457 "Frost"
* Initiate CT-3498 "Orange"
* Private CT-4879 "Hudar" [Medic]
* Private ARF-565 "Gundark"
* Private CT-5656 "Flash"
* Trooper "Rev"
* Specialist CT-9870 "Osprey"
* Specialist CT-9261 "Tornado" [Medic]
* Specialist CT-2423 "Hammer"
* Specialist CT-5526 "Grouk" [Heavy Weapons]
* Sergeant CT-8671 "Lupus"
* Gunnery Sergeant ARC-4590 "Rika"
* Captain "B"

### **Kilo Company**

* Sergeant VT-2253 Kierima
* Captain ARF-4714 "Ke'ss"