Brass

## Brass"CC-1331"

* Phase 2 Armor
* Phase 1 Armor

	+ Diplomatic Escort Group

   "*Mission accomplished, sir. The Chancellor is safe.*"

―The Coruscant Guard trooper after storming the Chancellor's Office[1]
A Human male **clone** served as a shock trooper Officer with the Coruscant Guard in the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic, during the Clone Wars against the Separatists.

#### Christophsis under siege

"*I knew the Republic would come, but we had to hold out against the Separatists until they did. General Loathsom moved against us as though he was desperate to wipe out a black mark on his ledger. The Confederacy's political narrative had become so twisted that killing the volunteers of a Senate mercy mission would probably have resulted in a medal instead of a prison sentence.*"
―Bail Organa, on the Battle of Christophsis
Shortly after the Battle of Geonosis, the resource-rich planet Christophsis fell to the Separatists amid attempts to secure important hyperspace routes, such as the Corellian Run. Anticipating a Republic counterattack a few months later, Christophsis was placed under a brutal siege by an army under the command of General Whorm Loathsom. In addition, Admiral Trench commanded a thirty-ship orbital blockade of the planet. In response to the invasion, the Republic sent a peaceful relief effort led by Organa to aid the people of Christophsis, who were starved by the Confederate occupation. He was accompanied by Captain Brass and several of his troops. Because of Trench's blockade, Organa had to slip food and medicine down to the surface, but the Harch admiral quickly tightened the blockade, bringing the senator's work to a halt. Now trapped on the planet's surface, Bail's relief effort was targeted for extermination by Loathsom, who placed him on a list of "hostile enemies."

While a local resistance force fought back against Loathsom's army, Organa and his relief party became trapped in the eastern exurbs by the general's army. Though he knew the Republic would intervene, Bail knew that he had to hold out until they did. As Loathsom moved to eliminate Organa, the senator and his party holed up in the cellar of the Minister of Sustenance's compound. Answering calls from the Christophsian rebels for aid and desperate to rescue Organa, a Republic naval task force led by General Skywalker and Admiral Wullf Yularen arrived to break Trench's impasse and deliver supplies for the Christophsians. With Republic forces in the system, Organa's group moved to a refugee camp they had set up to establish contact.

As Loathsom's droids spread and captured more ground, Brass and the other Clones became trapped in a refugee camp, where they struggled to maintain their position and quickly ran low on food, water, and munitions. Bail contacted Skywalker and Yularen to update them about his situation, but his contact with them was cut as Trench's blockade overpowered the fleet. Despite the arrival of General Kenobi and his naval task force, the Republic fleet withdrew from battle to recuperate. While the Jedi and Yularen devised a new strategy, to use a prototype IPV-2C Stealth Corvette to sneak past the Confederate blockade and deliver supplies to Organa's camp, the Christophsian resistance had begun to break, but Bail and the soldiers with him remained. Hoping to both put pressure on the senator and draw the Republic fleet back into battle, Trench dispatched his *Hyena*-class Droid Bombers to attack Organa's planetside camp.

Organa was alerted by one of his troopers that the bombers were incoming, and the droid ships began firing explosives at the surrounding area. Organa was knocked to the ground from one blast and ordered the clones to make contact with Kenobi. They were able to do so, and Organa warned Kenobi that his command center was on the verge of being taken over by the Separatists. Bail ended his transmission by asking Kenobi for help, after which their communication was cut once again. Kenobi then prepared to engage Trench's fleet with the ships he had available, and he ordered Skywalker and Yularen to stick to the plan of delivering relief to Organa's camp.

Skywalker, however, disobeyed orders and uncloaked the stealth ship in front of Trench's eyes, but they managed to outmaneuver the admiral and destroy his flagship by using his tactics against him, seemingly killing him in the process. With Trench no longer in play, Anakin headed for the planet's surface while Kenobi continued to engage the now-disarrayed Separatist fleet. After the blockade was broken, Organa and his troops were evacuated and brought back to Coruscant.

## Plan to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine

### Security measures and preparations

Aware of the bounty hunter's intent but with no communications from Kenobi to specify their plan, the Jedi Council took an interest in the security measures of the Festival to ensure that the Chancellor would be adequately protected during the event. Grand Master Yoda and Jedi Master Mace Windu personally oversaw a security briefing consisting of Masters Shaak Ti, Plo Koon, Eeth Koth, Kit Fisto, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Adi Gallia and Saesee Tiin, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker as well as Padawan Ahsoka Tano the day before the Festival on the Jedi Temple.Captain Brass and his company were assigned to support the Senate guard on Naboo. During the meeting, Windu presented Brass, his Company and the Senate Guard's preparations for the Festival, including the presence of armed sentries on all entrances and the ray shield that would be installed on the stage for the duration of the Chancellor's speech.

### Chancellor's arrival

Chancellor Palpatine arrived on Naboo aboard a T-6 shuttle, accompanied by Vice Chair of the Senate Mas Amedda, Jedi Windu, Skywalker and Tano and two clone shock troopers. His ship landed in the prestigious Landing Plaza on the capital Theed, where he was greeted by Queen Neeyutnee, Naboo Senator Padmé Amidala and Governor Sio Bibble under strict security from soldiers of the Palace Guard. Palpatine thanked the Naboo for the warm welcome, although he stated that he had grown tired of the Jedi's constant protection of him. After the Chancellor landed, Brass guarded him together with the Senate guards until the festival began. During the festival, Brass was stationed behind of the door of the platform so no one could sneak in.

### The Festival of Light

The 847th Festival began with the Chancellor, accompanied by the Vice Chair and the representatives of the Naboo government arriving at the festival plaza, which was surrounded with repulsor platforms filled with Theed citizens. Also present in the plaza were Senators Bail Organa of Alderaan, Zinn Paulness of the Council of Neutral Systems as well as Lott Dod of the Trade Federation; the former was secretly Cad Bane in disguise. As Palpatine began his opening speech commemorating Naboo's joining the Galactic Republic, Derrown checked with Senate Guard SG-1984 to copy his voice and then proceeded to join the unit on the stage. Using his electrostatic tentacles, Derrown was able to overload one of the ray shield generators and disable the shield, just as Hardeen spotted him and urged Skywalker to rush for him. The explosion injured Palpatine, forcing Windu to order two Senate Guards, secretly Twazzi and Embo to evacuate him on a nearby Gian speeder just as Skywalker was electrocuted by Derrown and Tano evacuated the palace staff.

Amidst the confusion, BRass focused on evacuating the senators from the platform and when the senators were all out, Brass went back to the platform with other soldier.There he had his troops take Embo, Twazzi, and Derrown into custody while he and two other soldiers followed General Skywalker and Windu, to rescue the Chancelor who was kidnapped.

At the Theed plasma refinery the hunters were contemplating on their next actions, "Hardeen" engaged them, knocking them out one by one just as Windu and Skywalker finally arrived with Brass and two shock troopers to take them in custody.

## Battles

* Battle of Christophsis 22 BBY
* Mission to Florrum 21 BBY
* Senate hostage crisis 21 BBY
* Plan to kidnap Chancellor Palpatine 20 BBY
* Capture of Ahsoka Tano 19 BBY
* Battle of Coruscant 19 BBY
* Siege of the Jedi Temple 19 BBY