ARC-2754 "Evo"

- Enigma Battalion

- The Galactic Empire

- Bark of Destruction Crew

- The Rebel Alliance

- The New Republic Expeditionary Force

- Clone ARC Commander

- Lieutenant (Rebel Alliance)

- Captain (Rebel Alliance)

- Captain (New Republic)

- ARC Trooper

- Purge Trooper

- Smuggler

- Rebel Captain

*"I've always admired the Jedi, ever since I was a cadet back on Kamino. Now, the jedi have cared for us, something the Kaminoans and the Republic has never done. They've even encouraged us to become independent instead of mindless soldiers. And because of that, i'll fight alongside my Jedi General wherever we go"*

- Evo

## ARC-2754 "Evo"

**CT-2754** later, **ARC-2754** nicknamed **Evo**, was a veteran clone captain and advanced recon commando who was in command of the famed ARC trooper legion, Enigma Battalion. Evo fought from the First Battle of Geonosis all the way to the Search for the Heart of Kyber. Ever since Evo was a cadet he admired the Jedi, both their ideals and their abilities. He’d take it upon himself to study their ideals, one thing that would always interest Evo were the jedi kyber crystals, though he never knew the impact kyber crystals would have on his life later on. Evo was often considered a failure by his brothers and trainers since he never managed to succeed in his training and as a result he’d drag down his fellow cadets.

Fellow brother and cadets, named Vermillion and Hunter would always try to find a way to get Evo removed from their squad. But Evo managed to overcome his problems, practicing by himself day and night he was able to evolve into a capable cadet and lead his fellow squadmates to victory, and together they all became clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic. Hunter and Vermillion would then both apologize to their brother. Evo, Hunter, and Vermillion would then become good friends, and would later be assigned to the same squad. He later gave himself the name of Evo, short for evolved, since he managed to evolve from being a failure to being a trooper of the Republic. Throughout the course of the Clone Wars, he'd form a close relationship with Jedi Padawan Reina Takori, a force sensitive girl he found while being stranded on Fazavir Island. This deep bond formed between the two would change the entire course of Evo's life....

## Equipment

During The Battle of Geonosis and the start of the Republic's operation on Sullust, Evo wore the standard phase 1 clone armor worn by Clone Captains. This armor consisted of simple red stripes that symbolized his rank of captain. Once promoted to the rank of ARC Trooper, Evo would design himself his own ARC armor consisting of cyan designs. He'd wear the same armor throughout the course of the Clone Wars, eventually converting the same design into the phase 2 version of the ARC Armor, but this time, sporting a kyber crystal design on his helmet's faceplate. The Kyber crystal design signified his time with Reina on Ilum, where the both of them worked to find her Kyber crystal in the Ilum crystal caves.

During the end of the Clone Wars and beginnings of the Imperial Era, Evo was placed in command of the Purge Trooper squad aboard the Venator *"The Kaiwhai" .* During this short period, Evo wore pitch black Purge Trooper armor adorned with white and red markings. He'd be equipped with dual electro vibro blades and an electro staff.

Throughout the course of the Galactic Civil War, Evo sported a brown trench coat, blue cargo pants, brown boots, a grey t shirt with an ammo and pouch sling across his chest, as well as his phase 2 clone helmet and an ARC gauntlet under his sleeve. He'd be equipped with dual vibro knives under his sleeves and dual DC-17 blaster pistols. At this point in time, the paint on Evo's clone helmet has weathered almost completely away.

During the expedition to the Unknown Regions, Evo's clone helmet was repaired by Kobketh the Symeong blacksmith. Kobketh had reforged the helmet using pieces of Kyber Crystals and molten sarrassian iron to fuse the pieces together. The kyber crystals gave the fused cracks a blue glow. On top of that, Evo sported a new brown trench coat, two gauntlets tucked under his sleeves, two DC-17 blaster pistols strapped to his hips, and a wide assortment of knives hidden on his boot, sleeves, and belt.

## Biography

### Enigma Battalion Part 1: Anarchy

#### The First Battle of Geonosis

"*Yes, sir! Move all quadrants to sector 5-1-5.*"
―Evo to Yoda and then to his subordinates
Evo participated in the first battle of Geonosis alongside his squad. After his successful exam back in Kamino, Evo was placed as Captain of his squad. Evo and his squad would be present in the forward command center where Evo would receive orders from Master Yoda to move all quadrants to sector 5-1-5.

#### Start of the Sullust Campaign

*"Defend the blast doors! We can't allow Grievous to pass!"*

- Evo to his squad

Evo would then participate from the First Battle of Geonosis to the early battles on Sullust where he was promoted to the rank of ARC Trooper for successfully defending an entire Republic Outpost from an attack led by General Grievous. Evo and his squad retreated to the command center, determined to defend this place to their last breath. Suddenly Grievous would cut a whole through the wall using his lightsaber. He would pass through alongside his droids. Evo and his squad would manage to hold out the best they could. Evo attempted to fire upon Grievous but Grievous swung at the clone's direction, luckily Evo managed to dodge to the side, but was too slow. The Cyborg managed to slice across Evo's helmet, leaving a lightsaber wound across Evo's face. Hunter would try to get Grievous' attention away from Evo by firing at his back. Grievous would then turn his attention to Hunter. Evo watched in fear as the cyborg cut Hunter in half, he tried to stand up and prevent it but realized he was too afraid to do so. This event would mark Evo for the rest of his life, since he knew he could've done something to save Hunter. Fortunately, Republic reinforcements arrived, and Evo would be saved by Jedi General Kit Fisto and his battalion. This resulted in the retreat og Grievous and his forces. After these events, Evo would be promoted to ARC Trooper, but deep down, Evo knew he didn't deserve it. He was then given the command of Enigma Battalion, also led by Arc Trooper Slicer and Arc Trooper Cobalt. As the war progressed, Enigma Battalion would be placed under the command of Jedi General Rinhole and Jedi Padawan Egathon, alongside Captain Evo. Evo always felt it as an honor to fight alongside Jedi, and as each mission passed, Evo would become good friends with Egathon.

#### The Stranded Clone

*"Who are you?"*

*"I'm a clone, from the 501st. Our ship was captured by the sepis, but I've managed to escape"*

- Evo and Clone Trooper Jinx

2 days after Evo and Slicer were transferred to the *Victorious* from Sullust, they would lose contact with the Republic Base on the planet. In order to find out what happened, especially to the other Enigma Battalion member, Cobalt (who was at the base at the time), Slicer organized a recon force to figure out what happened to the base. It would eventually end up being a trap, the recon team would be attacked by commando droids in the base, while the *Victorious* was attacked by 2 Seperatist Cruisers which attempted a boarding party on the venator. Fortunately, Evo's forces on the venator managed to defeat the enemies but with significant loses. The recon group on the ground also managed to escape with some interesting intel gathered by SF-4379 "Dat". Dat managed to pull out some info from the Sullust base which indicated that some unidentified ships escaped shortly before the attack.

Slicer would end up having a doubt, feeling as if they missed something on Sullust base. He would then go, alone, back to the abandoned base hoping to find something they missed, in particular, any coordinates left behind. He would eventually find coordinates to an unknown location. Slicer then transmit the coordinates back to the *Victorious*, the *Victorious* immediately jumps into hyperspace. They would then jump out and arrive to the desert planet of Tatooine. At the other side of the planet were the two unidentified ships who escaped back on Sullust. These ships were then identified to be two Arquitens-Class Light Cruisers. Evo orders 4 LAATs to be sent to board those cruisers in hoping of finding out what's going on. As it turns out it would end up being a trapped, swarms of b1's and commando droids would attack them. Luckily Evo's team managed to destroy and remove all the droids from the ship by sucking them all out into space. The other team on the other light cruiser managed to do the same. SF-4379 "Dat" managed to gather info from the cruiser's computers which are now being examined by Evo and Slicer. The two cruisers are now being used as escorts for the *Victorious*.

The Republic would send the *Victorious* reinforcements to fill out the two empty Arquitens-Class Light Cruisers. As the two cruiser are being equipped the *Victorious* would receive a distress signal from Tatooine, Moss Eisley. After hearing this distress call, Evo would prepare a group of clones, consisting of CX-2743 "Blizzard", ARF-2567 "Chase", and ARF-4175 "Rage". The group headed down to Moss Eisley where they tracd the distress signal to the Mos Eisley cantina. There they would find a clone trooper named Jinx. He was stationed in one of the two Arquitens-Class Light Cruisers Enigma Battalion managed to take back from the Separatist. Jinx's unit was stationed on Sullust when they received orders to go to Christophis, as they left Sullust they would be attacked which resulted in the separatists taking over the two cruisers. He and his squad tried to escape once they jumped out of hyperspace but only he survived. Evo and his group managed toe extract the clone trooper from the planet. Once the group arrived the *Victorious* would immediately jump into hyperspace and towards Chirstophis, where they hope to deliver Jinx back to his legion.

#### The Battle of Christophis

*"Funny how we were never meant to be here eh?"*

- Evo to Slicer

Upon hearing word of the 501st and 212th defeating the Separatist blockade on Chistophis, the *Victorious* makes a jump to hyperspace, and towards Christophis. When the *Victorious* arrives to the planet, Evo sends 4 LAATs down to the Republic Base on Christophis. Upon arriving they would deliver Jinx back to his legion. Unfortunately General Skywalker wasn't in the base since they were off on some mission concerning a Baby Hutt on the planet Teth. Suddenly 8 Separatist cruisers would jump out of hyperspace and force the Republic Venators out of the system. The Separatist cruisers would then send transports down towards the surface in hopes of destroying the Republic base once and for all. Enigma Battalion and the 501st, currently led by Jesse in Rex's absence, attacked the separatist forces head on. It seemed they were going to lose since they were vastly outnumbered but just when hopes seemed bleak, 10 Republic cruisers would jump out of hyperspace and attack the separatist cruisers driving them off in a retreat. The Republic cruisers would then send reinforcements consisting of LAATs and bombers. General Skywalker, Commander Tano, and Captain Rex would lead these reinforcements, together with the remaining troops of Enigma Battalion and the 501st they would defeat the separatist forces and send them in a retreat. Among these reinforcements was Jedi Padawan Egathon who was transferred to Enigma Battalion. Hours later, General Skywalker was able to retrieve the location of the Separatist Base from General Loathsoam.

A day later after the Separatist's attack, Evo and a few clones would sweep the surrounding buildings in an attempt to find suitable sniper placements. Unfortunately, they found a squad of battle droids in the base. Thanks to Evo's quick thinking, they attached a cable to a nearby building and managed to use the zip line and escape from the droid squad. Evo then assumes the separatists have droid squads in each building surrounding their base, in an attempt to launch yet another surprise attack. Knowing this, Evo would order their canons to fire upon each building, which resulted in the obliteration of each droid squad in each building. Evo's theory would then be confirmed as he saw droids running out of each building in an attempt to escape the destruction. Evo's squad managed to get out with minor injuries. The separatists would then launch bombers and fighters in a last attempt to destroy the Republic Base. The Republic would then send their fighters to intercept. The enemy fighters were soon destroyed.

Once the Republic forces on Chirstophis have enough troops and weaponry, they launch their attack upon the Separatist base. The Republic's plan of attack involved Enigma separating into two, a half went with the 212th under the command of General Kenobi to launch a full on assault on the base. The other half was assigned to the 501st under the command of General Skywalker and Commander Tano. The battle seemed to be going pretty well for the Republic forces as they decimated whatever droids the Base sent at them, until 8 separatist cruisers jumped out of hyperspace in order to assist the Separatist forces at the ground. The Republic fighters escorting the LAATs, lead by Sergeant CX-3791 "Kasper", would then be ordered to launch an attack upon the Separatist cruisers. The tide of the battle seemed to be going at the Separatist's favor once the Republic's TX-130 tanks were all destroyed. The Separatist's Armored Assault tanks would then lay waste upon the 212th and Enigma Battalion forces. Meanwhile, the 501st forces managed to infiltrate the base. Once they were inside the base they would divide. One squad would head to capture the command center, led Anakin Skywalker and corporal CT-6626 "Vulcrov", while the other would place bombs around the base, this squad was led by Commander Tano and Captain CT-7567 "Rex". The squad led by General Skywalker would successfully take control of the command center and capture the Separatist General. While the other squad would also successfully place the bombs around the base. Meanwhile, the 212th and Enigma forces would manage to take down most of the Separatist Armored Assault tanks, leaving only one. This one tank would stay at the outskirts of the battle firing at the clone forces from afar. Evo and Kenobi would then sneak by the Separatist forces in an attempt to destroy that one tank before it decimates their forces.

Evo and Kenobi, with their combined strength, would both successfully destroy the enemy tank. Now that the tank couldn't aid the remaining Separatist forces, they were soon defeated resulting the Battle of Christophis to a Republic victory. Unfortunately this battle took a heavy toll among the clones, resulting in 243 clone deaths and may more injured. Enigma's first assignment would end as a success, but it came with many costs. The 212th and 501st forces would remain in Christophis in an attempt to make sure the Separatist forces remained defeated. Both General Skywalker and General Kenobi would thank Evo and Enigma Battalion for their help on Christophis. Bothe the 501st and 212th would remain in Christophis to clean up the mess while Enigma Battalion was sent back to Coruscant.

#### Hidden Powers of Harton

Once Enigma Battalion had left Chirstophis, they'd refuel and resupply on Coruscant. While Enigma was on Coruscant, Jedi General Rinhole was sent to command the Battalion and train Jedi Padawan Egathon. Enigma Battalion would than receive news from Sullust. Grievous has started assembling a fleet in the area and are mining the planet of Harton for fuel for their fleet. In order to cripple this fleet, Enigma would make it their top priority to destroy the Separatist's operation on Harton. Before jumping towards Harton, Enigma Battalion would send the 51st Special Operations Battalion to recon the planet before their attack. The *Victorious* alongside two Acclamators would then jump towards the planet. Once they've jumped out of hyperspace Enigma Battalion would send a boarding party to the separatist Lucrehulk. This team would be under the command of Jedi General Rinhole and Captain ARC-2754 "Evo". The team would successfully destroy the Lucrehulk and as a result the blockade would be defeated. Once the blockade was defeated Enigma Battalion would send all their forces to the surface where they'd land on the plains and make their way towards the Separatist's Defense line on the Forest of the Nightcrawlers. During this battle, Enigma would suffer heavy casualties but eventually they'd force the Separatist defense line into a retreat once Enigma would send bombers lead by Sergeant CX-2743 "Blizzard". Enigma would then make their way to their two targets, the fuel depot and the research station. These two targets were the last targets where the 51st were last spotted and before they lost their communications with. Evo and Rinhole would lead part of the battalion towards the research station where the rest would head to the fuel depot. Once both groups arrived they'd find that both places were abandoned.

Rinhole's group would then be attacked by General Grievous himself which resulted in the death of 10 clones (pretty much the entire Dagger Squad). This encounter with Grievous marked Evo yet again. The General fought Evo as if he were nothing, wounding the ARC Trooper and destroying his helmet. And yet again, Evo was saved by a jedi. Rinhole, with the help of Egathon managed to force Grievous into a retreat. Sixer was also found alive in the research outpost. Enigma would then regroup and build trenches on their current position.

For a day Enigma would be hiding on the Harton trenches where the COs would be coming up with their next plan of attack against the CIS. While the clones were off duty, they'd hear an explosion a mile away. It's soon confirmed that this explosion came from a nearby Village. Lieutenant Slicer and Captain Evo would send a squad of clones to investigate. Once they've arrived they would find CIS droids rounding up villagers for execution, unfortunately all the Villagers were executed. Slicer would lead his team to attack the CIS forces while Evo's team remains behind for back up. Slicer's team would successfully defeat all enemy forces. While they were sweeping the remains of the Village, they would find a datachip in the pocket of one of the dead villagers. He'd would spend the rest of the day decoding this chip where he would find very valuable information on the mysterious surrounding the conflicts on Harton. Slicer finds out that Enigma has just stepped into the middle of a civil war, a three-way civil war to be exact. The first faction is called "The Black Coats" they are allied with the CIS and they are the dictatorship looking to keep control of the planet with CIS backing. The other faction calls themselves "The Alliance". This faction was the former government before the Black Coat takeover, they were allies of the Republic and now fight to restore their government. The village Enigma encountered where the CIS forces were executing the villagers was an Alliance village. After hearing this information, Enigma Battalion makes it their number 1 priority to befriend "The Alliance". And the final faction is known as "The Outsiders". This faction wants to restore Harton to the independent state of which it was before all of this conflict. This faction does not like either side. Slicer would also discover the location of a Separatist Droid Factory which is "The Alliance's" next target. In order to assist "The Alliance" and befriend them, Evo and Jedi Commander Egathon, send their forces to assist. While the battle ensued, Enigma would take heavy casualties from the Separatist snipers, including Captain Evo, where he was shot and wounded in the chest. But fortunately, the battle was won by Enigma and "The Alliance", which resulted in the destruction of the Separatist Droid Factory. "The Alliance" then agrees to form an alliance with Enigma Battalion's forces, and as a gift, they allow Enigma Battalion to stay in the city for the time being, Trata City. Enigma Battalion is currently stationed there, planning their next move.

After the battle, Evo was sent to the med bay in the *Victorious* where he would be placed in a bacta tank to recover from his wound. When he is fully recovered, Evo returns to Trata City, where Enigma Battalion would be stationed. After an extensive few days of negotiations, Jedi Master Tharmarc Rinhole was able to successfully negotiate terms with the group known as the Alliance. For their continued support of the republic presence on Harton, Enigma Battalion would need to assist them. Enigma Battalion led by Captain Evo and Commander Egathon were sent to a nearby power station to disable it. Corporal Thunder, with an escort of three CTs and Scraphead infiltrated the facility and disabled the shield generator while Captain Evo and Commander Egathon led a main assault on the base. Taking minimal causalities, razor squadron was called in and airstriked the power station once the shields were down. This offensive struck a critical blow to the Black coats, and the CIS, and has given the republic a new ally in the chaos of Harton.

Once Enigma returned back to Trata City, Evo would take a stroll through the city reading on his datapad. He often liked reading a particular book he downloaded to his datapad: Jedi History. But at this point he was close to finishing it. Evo would pass by the abandoned bar, but this time it wasn't abandoned. He'd see Dat painting a mural while Vulcrov, Jax, and Halycon were cleaning the inside of the bar. Evo would watch this with a smile on his face.

It took multiple weeks of planning, but finally the Blackcoat capital was exposed. Enigma Battalion seized the opportunity, with Captain Evo and his team infiltrating enemy air defenses, back to the charge led by Jedi General Rinhole, and jet trooper companies bombarding the city. Evo would take a squad consisting of the two commandos and a few other troopers where they successfully managed to destroy the city's main canon that prevented Enigma's larger ships to land. The city was taken in less than a day. Many civilian lives were lost, but the CIS Forces were pushed out.

#### Stranded in Fazavir Island

*"What do you think we should do?"*

*"Look...Evo. I don't know..."*

*"I....need to go back"*

*"Is it for her? Or for you?"*

*"For her, she now has a chance to pursue something she's always wanted"*

- Evo and Gummy in regards to Reina and going back to the Victorious

After leaving Harton, Enigma Battalion would head back to Coruscant and celebrate the new year until they recieve new orders. Few minutes after the galaxy reaches 21 BBY, Enigma recieves new orders from Yoda, Mace Windu, and the Chancellor himself. They were to head to the water planet of Arka'sas where the Separatist Fleet were hiding. Enigma would join forces with the 451st legion on this mission. Once the Republic Venators reached Arka'sas they'd find themself attacked byt he Separatist fleet led by Grievous. Enigma and the 451st would then launch a ground assault on the Separtatist Outposts guarding the perimeter of the Capital City which is located underwater. Before the assault, Evo would participate in a meeting with Jedi General Rakashir and Clone Commander Viper of the 451st legion. The three of them discuss their plan of attack where both Evo and Viper present their plan of attack on the Separatist outposts surrounding the capital. Ultimately, Rakashir would choose Evo's plan over Viper's, much to Viper's disappointment. Once the Jedi General had left, both Evo and Viper would engage in a discussion and both would come to realize how many differences in opinion they shared. This would be the start of a rather rocky relationship. During the assault, Evo's LAAT would be shot down over the ocean and Evo alongside Shatter squad would be marked as KIA. Evo would then find himself on Fazavir island, where he would wash ashore alongside Gummy and saved by the villagers. Now Evo, with the help of Gummy, try their best to figure out how to get out of there and rejoin with Enigma Battalion.

While Evo and Gummy remained in the village located in Fazavir Island, they'd try to build a new transmitter to be able to contact the Republic forces on Arka'sas. Unfortunately, they didn't have the necessary pieces to build the transmitter. For now, Evo and Gummy were stuck there. Gummy accepted this while Evo tried to find every way possible to get out of there, but unfortunately, there was none. One day, Evo would then realize Savan was force sensitive, and would later know she was an ex Jedi of the Jedi Order. Evo would also meet a force sensitive girl named Reina. Reina would often ask Evo to tell her about the jedi, which Evo reluctantly did. Evo would then find himself hunting the Saphorean lion alongside the hunters of the village. The Saphorean lion was a creature with the head of the snake and body of a lion This lion has been attacking the village for a long time. Evo would successfully kill the beast, which resulted i the villagers treating Evo as some sort of hero. Slowly, Evo began getting used to the idea of staying in the village. After a week in the island, he'd slowly begin to be friends with Reina. ARC Trooper Evo and Clone Trooper Gummy have no plans of leaving the village anytime soon.

As 3 days passed, Evo would keep on training Reina on different sword fighting techniques. She would begin to show great improvement. Though unfortunately, Savan would realize Evo had been training her for the past few days, she would confront Evo, begging him to stop training her. Since Savan didn't want Reina to be encouraged to join the war and become a jedi. Evo would begin to take this into consideration since if he indeed found a way out of the island and brought Reina with him, which could eventually lead to her death, Evo wouldn't want to feel the guilt of it all. Eventually, Evo would spot the LAATs headed for Shand'sari city which confirmed to Evo's suspicions that the Republic has now begun the next phase of their attack.

Evo would attempt to convince Reina to stop pursuing her goal to become a jedi, but would eventually make things worse once he tries to do this. Reina understandable is enraged by Evo's choice and disappears from the village. As days passed without seeing her, Evo and the villagers would find themselves in the middle of a battle zone. Republic fighters would intercept separatist transports who were attempting to attack the unguarded outposts since the rest of Enigma's forces were attacking the capital. Three transports would crash land on the island and result in the deployment of the aqua droids on the transports. Evo, Gummy, and the hunters would defend the village from the droid attack. The tide of the battle seemed to be against the hunters. During the battle, Savan would hand Evo her lightsaber which he would use to rally up the remaining hunters and charge into battle. Reina would then save Evo using the force, once he was knocked to the ground by a nearby explosion. As the battle raged on, the aqua droids slowly began to be destroyed by Evo, Reina, Gummy, and the hunters. Eventually they would defeat every single droid on the island. After the battle, Evo would find the final piece for the transmitter in the crashed separatist transports. Eventually, he would come to the decision of rebuilding the transmitter and send a signal to the Victorious and the outposts. Rakashir, Egathon, and Slicer would then arrive to the village with LAATs and bring Evo back. Although, Gummy would decide to stay in the village. Savan would then agree for Reina to follow the path of the jedi, but ask for Evo's promise to protect her. Once knowing Reina was force sensitive, Rakashir would bring her to Coruscant to train in the ways of the jedi, while Evo would rejoin his brothers on the Victorious.

#### Drama in the Victorious

After Enigma Battalion left the planet of Arka'sas, an IG-86 unit snuck aboard disguised as a clone and brought along several BX Commando droids, they took out a tank crew and disguised themselves before releasing Face to cover their operations, as more and more clones became their prisoners and more knew the droids begun to get desperate and eventually snapped when Bomber, Frost and Jaybird found their sabotage droid and extracted critical intel from it, from there the droids used the AT-TE to try cover their escape in fighters but all were supposedly stopped by Egathon and Geyser. During all this, Face would reek havoc across the ship and even manage to kill a clone until he was captured yet again. Unfortunately, Sergeant Dat would attempt to kill Face which would eventually land him in the brig. While in the brig, Dat would attempt to have his squad, Hilt Squad, desert but would be caught. The plan of desert in Enigma Battalion would then catch the attention of Coruscant. Once the Victorious arrived to Coruscant, a squad of the Coruscant Guard would be dispatched to the ship to deal with the 'traitors'. Dat and the rest of his squad would then be executed by the Coruscant guard for committing treason against the Republic. These events would mark a lot of clones who were great friends with Dat. The Coruscant Guard would then move on to execute Face who was currently being held in the med bay. Unfortunate, Face would activate a grenade and kill himself alongside 3 CG troopers. Fox would then attempt to hold Captain Evo responsible but was then convinced not to by Jedi General Masei. Once Fox and the CG troopers left, they would leave a squad of CG troopers to keep an eye on Enigma Battalion, for a while. After these events Evo would promote Vulcrov and Jax to the rank of Lieutenant, they now lead Kyuzo and Sword platoon.

#### Fleet Week on Naboo

Although war is still raging in the Galactic North and the fighting has been extremely hazardous, the Senate has authorized the withdraw of Republic Starships and Troopers back to key Republic fortress worlds for Fleet Week. A military tradition where overspace starships return to major worlds for a display of power and to allow active duty troopers to enjoy the local tourist attractions. The Victorious now finds itself docking at Naboo for a week allowing Enigma Battalion to explore Theed, make new friends, and see landmarks only on Naboo, as well as see new Republic military equipment being shown off. During Enigma's time on Theed, many troopers would finally get the time to relax and take a break from the war. Although not everything was as to be expected, Captain Calvara would follow Enigma to Naboo where he would maintain a low profile with a few of his men and droids. His objective would be to avenge Sergeant Dat by killing Sergeant Dakota of the coruscant guard. While he stayed there, Jedi Commander Egathon would sense his presence by sensing his other lightsaber on the planet which Calvara stole. After a storm on Theed which cancelled the Fleet Week parade, Calvara would launch an ambush on the hangars in an attempt to catch Dakota, although Dakota wasn't there. Instead he would find himself facing Vulcrov's men and eventually reinforcements would arrive to assist. Part of the reinforcements would be Captain Evo, Jedi General Masei, and Jedi Commander Egathon. Knowing he was outnumbered, Calvara would activate a detonator which would detonate bombs he placed on the roof of the hangar. Fortunately, Masei was able to hold the debris in place with the force.

Egathon, in rage, would attempt to attack Calvara which would result in a duel between them. Calvara would ultimately win the battle by cutting Egathon's lightsaber hand off. Unfortunately, a huge chunk of debris would separate Enigma Battalion from Calvara and Egathon. Calvara then decided to use Egathon as ransom to get Sergeant Dakota, he'd leave Evo time to think about it. Calvara escaped with Egathon and later send Egathon to his fleet on the planet of Obrux. Hours later, Sergeant Dakota attempts too find Calvara for revenge, eventually he would which would result in another skirmish on Theed. Luckily, Vulcrov and his men manage to reach Dakota and send him back to the Victorious. Now Enigma would team up with the 353rd Mawvorr Regiment of the 35th Assault Legion lead by Commander Vexin to retrieve Egathon from Calvara's clutches in the planet of Obrux.

#### Jedi Taken

    In order to retrieve Egathon from Calvara's clutches, Enigma would track him down to the desert planet of Obrux, where the 412th legion would be deployed. Once Enigma landed on the planet, equipped with desert armor, they would station themselves on the main city where the Republic Embassy was located. During Enigma Battalions time in Obrux, they would conduct various recon missions. Troopers Chase, Halcyon and Jaybird had conducted a recon mission to the plate border, where they found an outpost that had been taken and relaying false check in signals for weeks. Dagger Squad would also have another recon mission where they would find an abandoned camp where they would be attacked by a creator who lived underground. Dagger loses 10 men on that attack with many more injured including ARF Trooper Tempest who lost an arm to the beast. Evo would then lead a squad to kill the beast alongside the 412th and Lieutenant Vulcrov, the squad was succesful and the beast was killed. Eventually, Calvara would arrive to the planet bringing Egathon with him. Once arriving, Captain Evo and Commander Vexin of the 353rd Mawvorr Regiment, would attempt to retrieve Commander Egathon from Calvara. Fortunately they were able to go through most of the security of the Ridgeknot Spire but ultimately they would get surrounded by Calvara's forces. Once Calvara was ready, he launches an attack upon the various cities on Obrux. Enigma tries its best to defend from the attack but were ultimately defeated and forced to retreat from Obrux, not controlled by Calvara and the Separatists. Luckily, Evo and Vexin were able to retrieve Egathon from the chaos and bring him back to Enigma. Once back on the Victorious, Enigma would part ways from the 412th and the 353rd.

#### The Lost Artifact of the Dead

*"Never thought i'd be fighting zombies, much less my own brothers"*

- Evo

Enigma's next mission involved finding a missing Company who went missing on the planet of Tofaz. The company, known as Sol Company, is in commander of Jedi General Rakkaar. It would take around 24 hours for Enigma to get to the planet, upon arriving they would encounter Sol Company's venator, the *Phoebus*, orbiting the planet. From afar, the venator seemed to be shut down. Captain Evo would come up with a plan, Kyuzo Company lead by Jedi General Masei would head to the *Phoebus*, while Sword Platoon lead by Evo and Commander Egathon would head down to the surface of the planet. While in the surface, R7 would scan the planet for lifeforms, he would then find a few lifeforms a few miles ahead of them. To cover more ground, Evo and his men split up into two groups. 2nd Lieutenant Vulcrov would lead Shatter squad to the dead jungle, while Evo would lead the rest along the green river heading towards their destination. As Vulcrov and his men headed towards their destination, they would be ambushed by clone zombies with purple markings on their armor, Rakkaar's men. One by one, Vulcrov men would end up being possessed by the Zombies. Vulcrov would manage to fall back to a tree but would be attacked by a zombie which tackles him to the ground and possesses the Lieutenant. Meanwhile, Evo and his men would end up having to cross the river of green lava, luckily Egathon was with them and helped them get across to the other side. As they worked to get across, Evo would hear growls and footsteps coming from the treeline, eventually he would spot a few silhouettes walking towards them. Although, as they all got across the river, the silhouettes would turn back and disappear. Soon the group reached their destination, a sort of temple with green markings. As they headed inside they would be greeted by Vulcrov, although there was something wrong, his visor was glowing green from something underneath. Realizing Vulcrov was possessed, they would be ambushed by the other possessed clones from Shatter squad and Sol company. The group managed to get to the temple and blow a hole into it, although a few of their men would get possessed, one of them being SF-5015 "Disk". As they got inside, Evo would order troopers Bomber and Lykon to guard the entrance from the zombies, the rest heads towards the center of the temple where they find various more zombies, including Sol Companies Captain, and Jedi General Rakkaar who seemed to be meditating at the center of the temple. The Zabraak jedi was surrounded by green mist and above him a sort of artifact that resembled a sith holocron but was green floated above the jedi. Evo's men would attempt to fire at the artifact, believing that if they destroyed it, it would turn back the possessed clones. Unfortunately, Rakkaar was able to defend the artifact from and unleashed his men to attack Evo's group. Egathon fought Rakkaar alongside Chase as the rest attempted to get the artifact. But they were slowly being overrun by the zombies.

Evo managed to grab hold of the holocron but unfortunately, it released a shockwave that threw the Captain away. Eventually, the clones threw grenades towards Rakkaar who was able to deflect them aside. As one of the grenades exploded, it knocked the sith holocron into the ground causing it to unleashed green mist that whoever inhaled it would get possessed. It also unleashed a dead spirit of a nightsister (the nightsister who created the artifact). The spirit possessed anyone it touched. Fortunately, Masei arrived with reinforcements and fought Rakkaar alongside Egathon. She then managed to pull the artifact and destroy it with her lightsaber that unleashed a shockwave that threw everyone to the ground. As the artifact was destroyed, the nightsister's presence on the possessed would be all but eliminated. Vulcrov and Disk were turned back into normal as well as every other clone who was possessed by the nightsister's magick. Enigma's mission was now complete, they found Sol Company and managed to save them. After a few hours of tending to the wounded, Enigma Battalion would part ways with Sol Company and head back to Coruscant.

#### The Zillo Beast Strikes Back

Once the Victorious has arrived to Coruscant they would recieve word from a latest scientific breakthrough regarding the Zillo Beast they captured in Malastare and how its armor is able to withstand almost anything, even lightsaber attacks. Captain Evo would be ordered down to the surface where the Doctor Sionver Boll and the Chancellor himself would brief the different commanders and captain stationed in Coruscant about the Zillo Beast's armor and hte possibility it could be used for clone armor. All of these plans would come to waste once the Zillo Beast is angered and manages to break free from its bonds. The beast was able to escape the scientific facility, its target the Senate Bulding. Unfortunately, huge skyscrapers and buildings were in its way from getting to the Senate Building. Most of Enigma Battalion's men had been off-duty on coruscant, including Evo until the Zillo beast attacked. Once the Zillo Beast reached the city Evo ordered his men to get the nearby civilians away from the beast. Enigma Battalion back up at the Victorious would also deploy LAATs, one being piloted by Corporal Maverick and Hazmat. While Enigma was trying its best to save as many civilians as possible, Evo would be knocked off a bridge by the Zillo beast's arm and fall towards the lower levels, he'd attempt to use a grappler to grapple onto a ledge but instead the Zillo Beast's arm would hit the grappler causing the hook to get in between the beast's armor. The force from the pull would force Evo to let go and fall even lower and closer to the ground, luckily he was saved by Reina who used to the force to place Evo on a nearby ledge.

Meanwhile Masei and Egathon would be attempting to save civilians by using the force to keep the debris from falling on the civilians. Maverick's LAAT would be clipped by the beast's wing, luckily he was able to escape. from the crashing LAAT. Clone Pilot Hazmat would keep on engaging the beast with his LAAT but it proved to do nothing. Evo and Reina alongside Victrix Squad would attempt to save whatever civilians were in the vicinity of the lower levels while Masei and Egathon worked on the upper levels. As the beast got closer to the Senate building it would swat away the floating landing platforms, Enigma would be one of them. Clone Trooper Disk was on the platform when it was swatted away by the beast. Luckily Egathons starfighter piloted by R7 would save the clones on the platform, including Disk from falling off. Soon the beast managed to reach its target, the senate building but would be stopped from reaching its goal once LAATs arrive equipped with green gas capable of killing the beast. The Zillo Beast couldn't stand a chance against the LAATs and was eventually killed by the gas. During this catastrophe Enigma Battalion lost 16 troopers and many more injured including ARF trooper Chase but hundreds or even thousands of more civilians were killed. Once the mess was taken care of, Enigma would head back to the Victorious. The plans for the Zillo Beast are not yet over though, the Chancellor has ordered for the beast to be cloned. It's unsure whether this will be successful or not.

#### Emergency on Ilum

*"I had a vision of the Heart of Kyber...a red planet...and some voices. I don't know what they meant...."*

*Evo pauses for a long while*

*"I promised Savan i would protect you.....that i would protect you...even if it costs me my life. But i've realized that the both of us have got to protect each other....meeting you back in Fazavir island wasn't a coincidence. You have a purpose, a destiny, in all of this, and i promise you i will help you find that out....together, no matter what."*

- Reina and Evo

After talking to Grand Master Yoda, Jedi Master Masei Lekrot took her Padawan, Egathon Dalor, to Ilum to begin the final leg of his journey to Jedi Knighthood. While on the icy world the two encountered Master Plo Koon with a group of Younglings, one of which being the young Reina, who were there for The Gathering, a sacred tradition in which Jedi search the caves for Kyber Crystals for their lightsabers. While searching the caverns Seperatist Commando Scouts ambushed the Jedi and trapped Masei, Egathon, R7, and Reina deep within the caves. Egathon, R7, and Reina went off into the caves to find their crystals, while Masei watched their backs. Meanwhile on the outside Plo Koon ensures the younglings safety, before hailing the Victorious for assistance in rescuing the trapped Jedi. Captain Evo hastily assembled a small eight man squad consisting of fellow Arc troopers Halcyon and Jax, Republic Commandos Wyvern and Thunder, as well as trusted troopers Frost, Jaybird, and Fuze. While being shuttled down to Ilum’s surface ‘The Avalanche’, piloted by Captain Blizzard, was shot down. Forcing the squad and pilot to march through the snow to meet up with Master Plo. Once grouped together the operation began. Meanwhile, deep inside the caves Masei was engaging with Commando Droids while Egathon and Reina continued their search. After securing the temple Captain Evo rushed into find Youngling Reina and Master Plo went into find Master Masei and her Padawan. After finding Evo, Reina and the Captain worked together and got the young Padawan her crystal. While int he crystal caves, they would encounter various commando droids, Evo and Reina worked together to destroy them and get to the crystal. Unfortunately they would be trapped by another squad of commando droids. Just as they were being attacked, Reina would receive a vision that causes her great pain leaving Evo defending them alone. Luckily, Reina managed to recover and toss Evo with the force to the other side of a chasm and get to where the kyber crystal was, Reina then jumped to the other side and grabbed hold of the crystal. Evo tosses a detonator to the other side and the two of them run out of the caverns and back to the entrance of the temple where they rejoined the others. In the temple Masei, Evo, and Plo waited for Egathon. Thinking he was trapped behind the icy door doomed, they decided to leave. To their surprise however, Egathon was awaiting them just outside the temple. Now back aboard the Victorious, Masei thinks as to how she can help push Egathon to be a better Jedi, young Dalor ponders over his visions, and Captain Evo wonders what will happen next to his friend, Reina.

#### Conquest of Phatrong

The kyuzo homeworld currently in a tug of war between the rebels and the CIS and rebel leader and bounty hunter, named Phar'mo has called the Republic for help. Responding to this call of help, The Republic sends one of their most elite battalions, Enigma Battalion. Upon arrival Enigma would be stationed at the rebel stronghold in the city of Duata. Enigma would conduct several patrols upon arrival to the nearby villages, one patrol conducted by Evo, Venom Squad, and Clone trooper Oya'karir would patrol to a nearby village. Upon arriving to the village they'd witness Hayena bombers bomb the village and then kidnap the surviving villagers for an unknown purpose. This CIS raid was being led by an IG droid, Evo suspects to be one of Captain Calvara's droids. The group would attack these droids causing them to retreat. Evo and Venom squad decide to follow but would eventually split up, Evo and Oya'karir would head back to the city to send reinforcements while Venom Squad continued the pursuit. Venom Squad would then disappear which would result in Evo ordering a squad to look for the missing squad. Eventually Sergeant Chase and part of his squad would be found, most of them being injured from the droids they fought. With Venom Squad back, Evo organized another patrol, this time deep towards enemy territory. Rebel scouts had told Evo that they spotted droids in one of those villages so Evo decided to lead a squad to investigate.

Evo would lead troopers Leaf, Click, Rage, Frost, Fuze, and Noctem to the village. Upon examining the village using binocs, Evo would see nothing, no signs of enemy droids nor villagers. Evo then decides to contact the rebels for clarification, the rebels then order them to fire upon the houses from that distance. Something didn't seem right to Evo and the rest, but their choices were slim. If the rebels were indeed right, and there were indeed battle droids hiding in those houses, their squad would be surrounded if Evo decided to check out the village. Hence, the only logical solution was to fire at that distance, and that they did. They opened fire on every single house. Once they finished they headed down to check inside the houses, but they stumbled upon a horrifying sight of villagers. Men, women, and children. The sight of all those bodies that once belonged to innocent villagers would horrify everyone, they killed those innocent civilians. Because of this many of Evo's men would question their leader but eventually they'd decide the rebels were at fault here. This whole situation would cause immense hatred towards the rebels. Upon arriving back to Duata the city would be attacked by Separatist forces. Sword Platoon and Kyuzo platoon alongside the newly created squads of Weather and Minoutaur squad would defend the city. The city would take heavy damage but the rebels and Enigma Battalion eventually won the battle and defeated the enemy forces, but their victory came with a price. During the battle Corporal Maverick and over 30 enigma troopers were killed and the city was left destroyed. This day was Enigma's hardest yet, victory over the planet now seemed unsure.

As Enigma recuperated from the battle they'd use info from a b1 commander's head retrieved from Clone Trooper Oya'karir, they would find the next village targets for the CIS. Determined to redeem himself, Evo decides to conduct a squad to save the villagers of a village that was scheduled for termination. Once they'd arrive they would successfully manage to shoot down the bomber and capture the Separatist shuttle. The villagers would then turn on the clones believing they were there to capture or kidnap them which would lead to a skirmish between the villagers and the clones. Luckily things would calm down once Evo manages to explain their reasons for coming there. Evo and his squad would then take all the villagers back to Duata City. Little did they know they would bring a batch of spies with them hiding among the villagers. These villagers spies were placed on villages by the CIS, if Enigma Battalion were ever to save one of these villages and take the villagers to Duata City, the spies would begin their work. One of the spies would disguise himself with clone armor and inflitrate the base to gather whatever info Enigma had on their holotable, luckily he would be caught and killed by Thermite Company's Captain Valka. Evo would then order a sweep of the city, realizing that these spies must have came from the villager they rescued. Evo's men began gathering the villagers until they spot two spies who began to ran away from them, luckily they wouldn't reach far as Enigma would capture one while the other was killed. Another spie would attempt to place bombs in the space port where Enigma's LAATs were located, luckily Sergeant Oya'karir and a bomb squad would manage to defuse the bombs while Evo and Sword Platoon would capture the spy who held the control to activate the bomb.

As the days passed and Sergeant Oya'Karir, with permission from Evo, interrogated one of the spies, another spy would sneak into the base and assasinate the spy before he revealed any info. Evo and Sword Platoon would manage to corner this spy who would then kill himself with his own bomb. Another spy would have revealed himself when he uses a sniper to shoot down the clones, hitting Lieutenant Vulcrov on the shoulder, this spy was also end up captured. 1 other spy would then be killed while another found dead in an apartment with his assigned targets and a radio to communicate with the other spies. Evo would then order the radio to be fixed. Once it was fixed they would use it to locate the final spy and capture him. The spy problem in Duata City was now over, but another problem would soon begin...

Unknown to Enigma Battalion, General Vrishok, the same general who lead the CIS back in Christophis, would also be in charge of the CIS operation on this planet. He also takes orders from an unknown Robed Figure, ordering him to kidnap villagers on various villages on the planet for an unknown purpose. The Robed Figure would then send two of his best named Tal and Merrick to make sure Vrishok was on schedule. Vrishok would also come up with a plan with Captain Vryock, a red Nautolan who was one of Calvara's best. Their plan would regard Enigma Battalion, especially regarding a way to cause conflict between the soldiers in the battalion. They'd decide to use one of the two captains to achieve that.... a captain with history of conflict with the Republic ideals. Back at Duata City, Valka would head with his men to a nearby village once reports said it was raided by the CIS. Upon arriving they'd find it abandoned. Valka and his men would then separate to secure the area, leaving Valka alone where he would stumble upon Captain Vryock. The two would hold a conversation regarding the Republic and its problems. Valka at first would decide to capture Vryock but would then decide against it once he realizes he shared the same opinions about the Republic as her. He'd let her go and head back to the base, unknowing that Vrishok's and Vyrock's plan was unfolding. Upon arriving Valka would watch as Sergeant Oya'karir interrogated one of their prisoners. As Oya'karir began using some more brutal tactics to get info from the prisoner, Evo would order him to stop. Because of this, Valka decides to take things into his own hands as he deactivates the cameras on the cell and personally beat the prisoner to the brink of death. The prisoner would reveal info on who the general leading the CIS forces on Phatrong was, General Vrishok.

With the spy problem now over, Enigma proceeds to their next phase of deployment, the attack on the Sepi base. Tarantula company will split into its 4 platoons, each platoon will deploy in 4 villages that surround the base. Thermite company will then send its forces on LAATs to attack the base head on, once they arrive, Tarantula Company will spring the trap and surround the base. The battle seemed to be going in Enigma's favor as they manage to take out all 5 of the air defense canons and eliminate the droid resistance. Thermite company's men lead by Valka then use jetpacks to deploy on the base alongside Jedi Master Masei and the three commandos. Enigma stormed into the base and eliminated any resistance. Masei and the commandos would split up and head to the command center where Vrishok would be but little did they know Vrishok has already left due to orderd from the Robed Figure. Outside the base the battle would still rage on until the rebels lead by Phar'mo would arrive and assist the forces on the attack. Bombers would then drop an EMP that disabled all the droids outside the base allowing the remaining Enigma forces to storm the base. Meanwhile, inside the base Evo and his men would encounter 10 commando droids with red designs and a symbol on their chest. These droids have way more resistant armor than normal commando droids, luckily Evo and his men would manage to take them down due to their firepower and numbers. Evo then attempts to figure out what that red symbol meant on their chest, it would seem familiar to him but he couldn't remember where he once saw it. Meanwhile all of this Masei and the commandos would stumble into the command center where they find Tal and Merrick.

The two mysterious figures would force choke all three commandos and then reveal their red lightsabers. Nowing they were still outnumbered, they'd releas their grip on the commandos and jump off the command center viewport landing on their sepi shuttle and taking off. These mysterious lightsaber wielders would trouble Masei greatly, there was something else at work in this conflict something stirring in the shadows a hidden enemy. Soon all of Enigma's forces would be inside the base, the next phase of the rebel's plan now began. The rebels would suddenly turn on enigma, firing at them and killing many of their men. Evo would engage Phar'mo on a duel in pure rage. Evo always believed he could trust them, refusing to think they would turn on them, his blindness would cost him grealty. Both Phar'mo and Evo would get heavily wounded from their fight but thanks to Masei they managed to escape to their LAATs and leave the now Rebel controlled base. The rebels back in Duata would then take over Enigma's base leaving them nowhere to go, except one place, Zonath village near the oceans. In Zonath would be some ex rebels who once fought with Phar'mo, these ex rebels would be lead by Lon'u but defected from the main rebel group because of their differences with Phar'mo and his crude tactics. Evo and Valka both know what comes next....the Republic now has a great excuse to send its full forces to invade Phatrong.

The survivors of Enigma Battalion would take refuge in Zonath village. While they were there, Evo and Valka would think of a plan to regan contact with Coruscant. For that they needed a long range transmission, the only way to do that would be to find a separatist outpost and use its holotable to contact Coruscant for reinforcements. Valka would then lead a squad to find an outpost by using the IFF transponder of their CIS shuttle. They would eventually find an outpost but would be spotted, luckily they were able to escape by jumping off a cliff and landing on the ocean where the shuttle picked them up. Evo would then send the three commandos to infiltrate the base which they succeeded and managed to send a transmission to Coruscant. The chancellor then decides to send General Chronwe of the 35th legion to assist Enigma Battalion. The chancellor also orders them to attack the rebel base (ex separatist base) which Evo greatly disagrees, since he'd been hoping for an attack on Duata city so he could have his revenge on Phar'mo. Meanwhile, Weather Squad would go on a patrol, during their patrol they would spot speeders.

They would then realize clone troopers Spades and Astro were on those speeders heading to Duata city. The squad chases them down and were able to arrive earlier to the city. Once they arrives clone troopers Joji and Bismuth would also disappear. The squad would then realize Bismuth, Spades, and Astro deserted, Joji's status is unknown. Upon arriving, Sergeant Oya'karir would tell Valka of the desertion warning that the deserters could reveal where they were hiding. Valka then decides to attack the rebel base as soon as possible. Evo decides to take matters into his own hands, he would grab extra gear from the armory such as grenades and knives. He'd also grab a cloak and put it on, Evo then attempts to leave the village and kill Phar'mo by himself. He wouldn't allow Phar'mo to leave, especially after the village massacre Phar'mo ordered Evo to conduct. Evo now heads to Duata city, alone. Enigma's final phase on Phatrong has begun.

Evo had now arrived to Duata city and showed no mercy to whichever rebel dared to face him. As he stormed his way into the rebel stronghold he'd kill any rebel he saw until he reached his objective, Phar'mo. The two opponents would duel it out until the 35th reinforcements arrived....Their ships would be dispatched to different cities as a way to annihilate any rebel sympathizers. One of its cruisers would open fire on Duata city destroying the entire city while Evo and Phar'mo both fought. Both opponents would recieve heavy injuries but as Evo thought twice about his actions he'd allow Phar'mo to escape. Meanwhile, Enigma Battalions remaining forces attacked the rebel base. It was a quick and decisive battle as Enigma's forces destroyed their defenses and managed to reach the base. The rebels, upon seeing their odds were great, decided to use different tactics on their attacks, such as suicide bombers. This tactic wouldn't work either way as Enigma would manage to take over the base. Meanwhile, Masei would encounter Calvara's captain, Vryock and the two would engage in a duel. Masei ultimately wins and stabs Vryock through the chest. Valka would witness as Vryock was stabbed, this would cause great anger in him towards Masei but the two eventually head back to their LAATs since the battle was over, the base was taken, and the planet was invaded. The aftermath of the invasion would affect the environment as ash from the burning cities fell from the sky, and the sky would have a red hue to it from the countless fires. Valka would pick up Evo in the ruins of the once great Duata city. Evo's blindness and rage would affect him in a great way, he was hoping to repay his sins by killing Phar'mo, but instead he now had committed even more sins. Evo and Valka would head back to their LAAT and leave the ruins of Duata city behind.

Valka then recieves an idea and heads back to the base where Vryock still lied, with hr dying breath she'd give Valka a commlink to reach out to Calvara. The now determined Captain promised himself to carry out his new, personal, mission. Enigma battalion has now returned to their home, the Victorious, and are en route to Kamino. Enigma Battalion suffered great losses and discovered terrible truths during their deployment in Phatrong, but they all learned one hard but sad truth.....every war comes with its sins, sins that forever torment survivors of war.

#### The Battle of Kamino

For a week, Enigma Battalion remains in Kamino to recuperate and get new transfers into their Battalion. Evo would particularly want Commander Colt's cadets since they had a good reputation. During Enigma's stay in Kamino Evo would meet up with Reina since the 451st was also here to get new transfers into their legion. Unfortunately Enigma's rest stops short when the 501st and 212th legions arrive in order to defend Kamino from an incoming separatist attack by General Grievous and Ventress. The attack begun in space where Grievous' forces arrived and began to open fire at the enemy venators. During the attack, General Skywalker would lead their forces on an attack against Grievous' cruisers. Grievous's ships would sustain heavy damage and as a result debris would break apart and fall into the planet below. Little did the Republic forces know that these pieces of debris hid CIS Trident class assault ships. The enemy assault ships would deploy and commence their attack on Tipoca city. Enigma Battalion alongside the 212th and 501st forces would place their defense lines on the hangars where the enemy droids were deployed. During the battle ARC Commander Havoc would be wounded and killed, soon the Republic forces would be forced into a retreat into the hallways. Meanwhile, Evo would lead Vulcrov and his men to the platforms where three trident class assault ships were deploying their forces. They'd manage to take all three assault ships down with rocket launchers but would be forced into a retreat thanks to the overwhelming amount of droids. Back in the hallways, ARC commander Blitz would contact Sergeant Oya'karir warning him that Grievous was in the area. Enigma battalion retreats further into the civilian districts while ARC Commander Colt's forces defended the hallways, which would eventually lead to their defeat and the death of Colt.

Sergeant Major Oya'karir would also lose contact with Venom Squad which defended the landing pads from enemy forces. Meanwhile, Evo and his forces retreat into the cloning chambers where luckily, Jedi General Masei arrived to reinforce them which eventually leads the enemy forces into a defeat. Captain Evo then decides to regroup with Sergeant Major Oya'karir's team in the civilian district. As they headed there they'd stumble upon the dead body of Commander Colt, they'd notice the stab wound and assume Ventress killed him. Evo and his men move on until they arrive at the civilian district and assist Sergeant Major Oya'karir's team as they fought against the remaining enemy forces. Soon they'd defeat them and regroup with Venom Squad. The Battle of Kamino soon ends with a Republic Victory but they'd suffer heavy loses. Among the losses was almost the entire Winter Squadron and Fortress Squad. After the clean up Enigma finds themselves heading back to Coruscant to receive their next orders.

#### Mission to Sanshu

Chancellor Palpatine of the Republic sensed a great disturbance in the force coming from the planet of Sanshu. He knew a sith temple stood in that planet, and with it a sith holocron. This rising darkness he sensed wanted that holocron for an unknown reason. He contemplated whether he should send Anakin Skywalker to complete this task but he decided against it, he had Skywalker right where he needed him. Along with that disturbance he'd sense a deep connection to it from two Jedi. This provided Palpatine a good opportunity to gain two new assets....so he'd come to the decision and order the 451st and Enigma Battalion to retrieve the holocron. As Enigma Battalion arrived on the planet, they'd rendezvous with the 451st forces there, lead by Jedi Commander Reina Takori and ARC Trooper Vermillion. Both Captain Evo and Reina were glad to see each other again but had to accomplish the task at hand as they searched around the coordinates of the Sith Temple, but they wouldn't find any sith temple anywhere. As they searched, Reina would see visions of two people with a child in their arms, but they'd disappear as she attempted to reach out to them. This would give her a sense of curiosity and a feeling that she had been to this planet before. As they searched she's spot a red commando droid and chase it into the forest, leaving the group of clones behind. As she chased the droid the ground below her would suddenly open and she'd fall into the sith temple below. With Reina now missing, Evo would give orders for a search party while the rest looked for the sith temple. Reina regains consciousness and finds herself in a dark and small room underground that was connected by a hallway. While she was there she'd meet a Zabrak archaeologist named Kep'lar. He'd tell her that he also fell on this room a couple of days ago, the two of them agree to help each other and head down the dark hallway that lead to the heart of the sith temple.

Meanwhile, Evo and his team look around the forest until they stumble upon a ground made of a different material. As they examined it, it would suddenly open revealing darkness below. The clones and Jedi Commander Egathon fell into this hole that lead to another room underground. As the team stumbled into the room they'd look around it and spot several red symbols on the walls, they'd also find a hallway that lead towards the sith temple which they decide to follow. They'd manage to get through the traps and stumble into another hallway with red symbols. Evo spots a symbol that interests him, a kyber crystal. As he touched the symbol, he'd suddenly activate the temple and the floor beneath them would give away and he and his men would fall into another dark hole. After a while of falling, Evo and his men fell into a large chamber, encountering both Reina and Kep'lar there. Reina would run towards the hole above and use the force to keep them from falling to their death. As the clones recuperated and look through the room, the temple would activate the statues, which Kep'lar confirms are temple guards. The clones and Reina began fighting the statues until a door opens on the wall which Kep'lar runs towards it before it was closed. Eventually, Reina and the clones were successful in destroying the statues and she'd attempt to cut a hole on the closed door that lead to the holocron chamber. Egathon manages to arrive to the holocron chamber where he swapped his Sith holocron with the temple one. Unfortunately the temple begun collapsing and knocked by a rock Egathon lost grip of the saber and allowing Kep'lar to steal it and escape. Chase returned and brought Egathon to safety and bringing the others holocron (Egathon's holocron) with him, Believing it to be the holocron they were looking for. As the temple began to collapse, three exits opened on the walls and Reina, Evo, and his men split up into these three exits. The three groups ran through the hallway as the temple collapsed behind them. As they ran through the hallways they'd activate various traps. Luckily they were able to make it through until a huge wave of water stormed towards each group pushing them forward and up a hole that threw them back into the forest. As they were thrown out of the temple they'd regroup. Egathon and Chase manage to arrive and hand Evo the holocron they retrieved (the wrong one).

As they regrouped the village nearby the forest would be attacked by droids. Valka and his men were currently in that village as they were ambushed. Evo orders his men to assist them. As Reina heads to help she'd spot Kep'lar who managed to escape the temple as well. They give each other goodbye and part ways, little did she know that Kep'lar actually had the real holocron. The clones manage to destroy all the droids and head back to their LAATs since their mission was already accomplished. They'd return tot he Victorious and Evo would part ways with Reina and Vermillion. Reina would be left with a strange sensation from the planet of Sanshu so she promises herself to look for more information about the planet in the jedi archives. As the Republic venators left the planet a separatist Munificent class ship would jump out of hyperspace as a Separatist shuttle flew towards it. In this shuttle was Kep'lar...he wasn't an archaeologist as he led the clones and jedi to believe. He'd use the force to open the holocron where coordinates would be revealed to him. As he opened the crystal he would be contacted by the hooded man where he'd confirm that he was able to retrieve the holocron and that the clones and jedi didn't suspect a thing. The hooded man would give Kep'lar his new set of orders: To follow the set of coordinates from the holocron.

#### Stranded on Raldovo

*"Do you still believe in the Republic’s undisputed greatness after that?”*

*“We're not supposed to believe in anything. We must only do what we've been created to do, nothing less, nothing more.”*

*“Like a droid”*

*“We are no different to droids”*

*“Wow, you actually listened to those fish heads huh?”*

- Evo and Viper

Prior to the Mygeeto Campaign, Enigma Battalion took part in the battle of Raldovo alongside the 451st legion, the unit included elements of Enigma Battalion, most notably Commander Evo, Lieutenant Vulcrov, and Clone Sergeant Kickstart. The three were in a LAAT/i Gunship together alongside a squad of Clones before it was shot down and crashed in the desert, with the trio being the only survivors.

Commander Viper, who had similarly been shot down came to their rescue, and although was disappointed at first that Evo survived, attempted to return to the battle immediately, urging Evo to leave the wounded Vulcrov, although the ARC Trooper would not do so. Kickstart internally asked himself what the hell Vipers problem was and went to question him but was cut off by Evo, Viper reluctantly agreed to wait for them to recover Vulcrov before the group set off.

Vulcrov had sustained a broken leg and a shrapnel wound in his side, Kickstart being the only medically trained Clone in the group took charge of caring to him, scavenging up medical supplies from the gunship, The group found their comms were no longer intact and so would be forced to return on foot, Evo wanted to find shelter for the night but Viper wanted to immediately set off for the Seperatist base, Kickstart interjected that if they settled for the night he could treat Vulcrov and so Evo decided they would move for the nearby rock formations as there was likely to be a cave in the area.

The ground settled in a large cave and made a fire where Kickstart settled into treating Vulcrov, managing to remove the shrapnel and start cleaning the wound. Evo also tasked Kickstart with repairing the comms unit, saying it was their only way to send out a transmission. Kickstart said he might not have the parts but Evo said to do whatever he could, although Kickstart ended up passing it off to Vulcrov to do. Evo went on to tell Kickstart and Viper the story of how he met Reina, which Kickstart devoured with wide eyed wonder before the two Commanders left to scout ahead. Once the two commanders were alone, they'd begin to discuss over their differences in opinion on the Republic, style of leadership, and their views on the war. Throughout the war, especially during the Invasion of Phatrong, Evo came realize the Rpeublic's faults, ones which he would express to Viper here. Surprisingly enough, Viper understood him. In the end, even though the both of them shared many differences, they came to realize that perhaps, they shared a few similarities too.

When Evo and Viper returned, Kickstart had found cave paintings of particular interest, depicting a large lizard like monster killing many people which Viper informed were the Taiyo Serpents which were supposedly extinct since hundreds of years ago. With the comms device irreparable and the Separatist base too far to reasonably achieve on foot Viper suggested scouting the local villages for a sand boat that the locals used to cross the dunes.

When Kickstart and Evo woke up the next day they found Viper gone, setting out after him they found him near the remains of a ruined village where he'd found an mostly intact sand boat they could use, Kickstart went to retrieve Vulcrov from the cave but found no-one there, alarmed he ran back and alerted the Commanders, Evo instinctively went to go after him and although Viper had reservations, the Clone did not object. Viper and Evo headed off to rescue Vulcrov. As the duo explored the cave tunnels, they'd eventually stumble into a large cavern with a river of lava running in between. At the other side of the river they spotted Vulcrov who was being dragged away by a golden serpent, a Taiyo serpent, but this one was clear to be only an infant. Eventually, a much larger serpent would arrive, making both Viper and Evo believe that this serpent was the mother. In order to save Vulcrov, the two of them would spring into action, Viper making sure to distract the serpents while Evo made sure to rescue Vulcrov. Once it was clear that Viper was struggling against the serpent, Vulcrov would toss a grenade inside the mouth of the much larger serpent, killing it instantly. Immediately, a much larger serpent arrive which made it clear to the three of them that this one was actually the mother. Certain that they wouldn't stand a chance this time, the trio would retreat back to the exit of the cave while being pursued by the mother serpent.

Eventually the three emerged, Kickstart waiting with the sand boat, was initially overjoyed to see their safe return but quickly realized something was up as the they were waving and yelling to start the boat when suddenly a massive serpent burst from the cave entrance, Kickstart had a moment of sudden realization before rushing back to the boat to start it, after near miss from the Serpents Jaws the group managed to escape on the sand boat.. although their victory was short lived.

The boat was thrown into the air as the Serpent burst out of the sand underneath them, Kickstart was knocked out cold during the event and was unavailable to help Viper and Evo fight the beast, although Republic Gunships arrived shortly thereafter, rescuing the group from the Serpent and killing it. This entire ordeal made it clear to Evo that perhaps he did not hate Viper and maybe there was a chance the two of them could become friends after all, but in one condition. Evo would make Viper promise him that he wouldn't ever be behind another massacre ever again, one which Viper would promise.

#### The Mygeeto Campaign

*"Nothing beats a hot cup of noodles on a cold morning"*

*\*Facepalm\**

- Valka and Evo

The Galactic Marines have found a Separatist vault of money, about enough to fund a clone corps, as a result they asked Enigma Battalion to help secure a landing, Enigma made use of facial reconstruction and civilian transports to sneak onto the surface where they fought to secure a cruiser port and hold it until the Victorious could arrive with support Following the Spaceport seige enigma managed to clear the surrounding town and columns of tanks, they marched forwards towards the Separatist defences, facing heavy fire enigma tried to rush across a bridge but were ambushed by Octuptarra droids, the bridge collapsed and the clones fell, fortunately a hijacked Transport would save them and drop them into the Separatist trenches, the battalion securing a foothold for the Galactic marines and moving on to a watchpost where they found the defenses already down and evidence of a lightsaber wielder making his way through, as Enigma returned to the trenches they spotted a civilian transport flying off. This would leave them wondering who were in that transport, and what purpose they had here.

After days in the trenches Enigma Battalion with the help of the 91st Recon corps the Galactic Marines broke the seige and Enigma made their way through the inner defences towards the central building where the vault lay. Fighting through tank columns and commando droids the battalion found the building broken into, lightsaber marks now cooled and days old marred the halls an dead droids lay everywhere. The battalion split into two groups who found the vault empty and a storage room of droids stolen, after a pre-recorded message of the hooded man warned them to not interfere Enigma exhausted and deprived returned to the conflict, almost certain a third faction had come into play.

#### Fleet Week on Alderaan

1 year has passed and now Enigma finds themselves on Alderaan for another fleet week. While they stayed on Alderaan they'd receive a new and improved clone armor, phase 2. As the days went by, Enigma Battalion would have parades on the city to showcase the Republic's might and strength. During these parades, Valka notices the uneasiness and fear in some civilians, which further reinforces his opinion on the fear the Republic gives. Valka would remain on his room away from the parades, contemplating whether or not he has made the right decisions throughout his life. Valka then removes his commlink that connects him to Calvara, just as he does this Evo enters the room. Evo had begun to have suspicions about Valka for a while now since he always saw Valka hold tight to that commlink, especially after Phatrong. He had begun to suspect he got that commlink from the nautalon who worked for Calvara, the same one they killed in Phatrong. The two captains confront each other, Evo claiming Valka was a traitor. After the two of them calmed down, Evo would beg Valka to destroy the holocommunicator, that he still had a chance to redeem himself and prevent himself from committing a mistake. Evo swore he wouldn't speak of this to anyone, especially since Valka had done the same thing to Evo when Evo abandoned his men to seek revenge way back in Phatrong. Valka eventually agrees, or so Evo thought. Valka would take Evo's holocommunicator from his belt without him noticing it and destroy that one instead. As Evo left the room, certain that Valka had gotten rid of it, Valka would think of his decision, there was no turning back on it now, he just hoped Evo would forgive him.

In an empty small apartment home, a mysterious Figure would receive a transmission from the Separatist Captain, Calvara, who would then hire her for a mission. He required A Republic Codebreaker, Transmission encrypts, The Admiral’s Badge, and for a tracker to be placed on the Victorious. She was given 4 BX Commando Droids, 3 of which would acquire the Transmission Encrypts from a lone RTO Clone trooper, further into city and away from most other troopers. The Figure then had the last Droid clone armor. She had lured a lone ARC trooper, Rage, into an alley. She had recognized the clone, so she stunned him quickly and took him into the house she had stayed in, giving the droid the armor. The droid would then head up to the Victorious, along with the Figure sneaking in.

The droid, disguised as Rage, entered the bridge and installed a spike into the main computers, downloading a Codebreaker. The Droid finished, leaving the bridge and baiting the admiral to the officer barracks, the Figure and The Droid were there, as they stunned the admiral, and a few other clones, taking the Admiral’s badge and leaving the Victorious. Back to The surface, where The Figure reentered the house, being followed by a Squad of clones led by Evo. She used her Jetpack to fly back to her ship, carrying Rage as cover. As she flew away, Evo would attempt to shoot her down, using his range finder for more precise aim, he fired hitting her jetpack. Unfortunately she was still able to get back to the landing pads. Meanwhile the droid disguised as Rage was shot down by Sergeant Major Tempest. The Figure met up with her remaining droids, and flew up, firing a tracker on the Victorious’s rear, then beaming into hyperspace. This mysterious figure would leave Evo wondering, who was she working for? The red lightsaber wielders they kept encountering? He did not know.

#### Back to Sullust

After the 3rd Systems Army secured Sullust Enigma Battalion was called in to sweep the planet and secure Seperatist holdings there. Upon arrival Enigma battalion was attacked by old worn down droids and parts of Blaze Squadron lead by Lieutenants Njord and Ainos discovered a Seperatist warship in the atmosphere, both parties continued realising these forces were actually under the command of the splinter faction Enigma Battalion had already encountered several times. Under the lead of Egathon and Lieutenants Scaler, Evo, and Click the units moved forward to a refinery where the group was attacked with newer droids, as Egathon engaged the Dark Acolyte Tal in a duel the soldiers pushed forwards into the refinery securing ore shipments and capturing a prisoner courtesy of Corporal Big Boss. Unfortunately, the enemy were able tor retrieve some of the ore. Meanwhile, during the duel between Egathon and Tal, Chase would be wounded by a detonator aimed at Egathon. Chase would save Egathon by taking most of the impact which would result in him losing an arm.

#### The Battle of Umbara

With reports of the hooded man being in Umbara, Enigma Battalion is placed in reserve just in case the 7th Sky Corps had any problems on their Umbaran landing. Once things began getting out of hand for the 7th Sky Corps, Enigma Battalion is sent in to assist. Unfortunately, before they could, Egathon and Masei would be called to Coruscant while Jedi General Chronwe, Egathon's brother, takes Enigma Battalion in their place. Upon landing Enigma encounters resistance from the local Umbaran military, unfortunately the environment was against Enigma this time. The dense fog and darkness made it harder for them to see, as a result, all of them fired back at the enemy blindly. Luckily they'd be able to get through the defense line and the Umbarans would retreat to the forests. As Enigma Battalion made their way to the forests they'd stumble upon the Umbaran vixus fields where one trooper would stumble upon a vixus tentacle. The Vixus would grab hold of the trooper, Evo, and Scaler. Unfortunately the trooper would be eating but Evo would be able to grab a detonator from his belt and toss it into the mouth of the creature, killing i t immediately and dropping anyone in its grasp. The group of clones lead by Chronwe, Evo, and Valka would head into the forest while they trudged through the forest they'd reach Commander Jet's position where they were being attacked by Umbaran Crawler Tanks, three of them, luckily Enigma Battalion knew this before hand brought rocket launchers thanks to Captain Rex's report on these vehicles. Enigma alongside Jet and his men would be able to destroy the tanks with the rocket launchers but would also suffer heavy casualties, including ARC Sergeant Major Oya'Karir.

The clones would keep going until they'd encounter the main road towards the train to the capital. Enigma Battalion would follow the road but would soon be ambushed by mines placed along the road and Umbarans. This would force Enigma to retreat to point ammthyst where they'd encounter General Kenobi and his men. With all of them now together, they'd move towards the train. As they made their way there they'd encounter various hostile creatures but eventually they'd reach the train base and fight off the Umbarans and droids. With the combined strength of Kenobi, Jet, and Evo's men they'd manage to defeat the defenses and take over the train base. Now the next phase of the siege begins.

The clones would rest for a few hours to heal and gather their forces nearby the train. As they took a break from constant battle, Evo and Valka would have a conversation of their past mistakes. Valka's conversation with Evo back in Alderaan would cause doubt whether or not he should run away from it all...desert. But this time Evo would convince him otherwise and Valka would destroy the real commlink to Calvara this time, he promised himself he wouldn't run away, not when his brothers needed him. After the rest they'd all board the train and head to the Capital. As the train headed there, the local Umbaran military would send their starfighters to destroy them. Luckily Enigma Battalion sent a few of their starfighters, Enforcer and Njord among them. As the starfighters faught, the train would make its way to the capital. Forutnately, Enigma's pilots would achieve victory and defeat the enemy but Njord would sacrifice himself to stop missiles headed for the train. Once the train made its stop, the clones would disembark and make their way to the Capital ahead. As they made their way, Cody would recieve a transmission from Krell telling him to send a couple of his men to intercept the enemy who were disguising themselves as clones. Cody sends Waxer and a couple of his men while Evo sends, Kickback, Tempest, Frost, Geyser, and Raze. As the group of clones made their way to where the enemy were last spotted they'd be attacked by them. The two sides fought, one side being Waxer's group and the other side being the enemy using 501st armor....or so they thought. During the skirmish, Geyser, Kickback, and Raze would be killed, while Waxer would be wounded. The two sides kept fighting until an unmasked Captain Rex ran towards them, begging them to stop firing. The two sides would stop firing, realizing that they were killing their own brothers.

After the skirmish they'd gather the wounded where Rex would recieve confirmation from Waxer that Krell ordered them to attack his men. Waxer would die as a result of his wounds. Rex then orders Frost to head back to the capital with his men and warn General Kenobi about Krell and his treasonous actions. As Frost and Tempest headed back with the rest of their men, Rex heads back to the airbase alongside his men and the remaining 212th troopers, determined to arrest General Krell. Meanwhile, the 7th sky corps and Enigma battalion have already began their attack on the capital, as they headed inside, they'd split up to different areas of the city. Evo leads Enigma Battalion to one area where they'd encounter strong defenses from the enemy, luckily the battle began to turn to their favor and they's quickly destroy the defenses. As they gathered the wounded they's suddenly be surrounded by b2 droids, Calvara who came down from the battle happening in orbit just to eliminate Enigma personally, and the Hooded Man himself . As Enigma was surrounded, the Hooded Man would reveal his true identity, with shock Evo would realize that their enemy after all this time was actually Chronwe. Chronwe then tosses Calvara into the group since he had now used up his worth and had no idea of Chronwe's true intentions, his intentions to make up a new faction...a new faction against both the Republic and the Separatists. Chronwe then orders their execution, luckily Calvara would activate a temporary shield to protect himself and the clones. As the B2s began firing at the shield the city lights would go off and the 451st would drop in as reincforcements lead by Egathon, Rakashir, and Reina. As the two sides fought head on, Commander Viper of the 451st would order a y wing bombardment on their area to destroy the remaining enemy, little did they know that Chronwe had already retreated. As the bombardment got closer to their position Evo orders a retreat back to the city walls.

Valka would decide to cover their retreat, as a result he'd lag behind. Upon realizing that Valka hadn't reached the outer wall yet Evo would run back to fetch him, but they were too late. The bombers arrive and drop their bombs on the enemy, the explosion blinds Evo and throws him to the ground. Once he came around he'd look around for any signs of Valka, the city was an inferno. The only thing Evo spots was Valka's charred helmet lying on the ground. Shocked by his brother's death Evo would fall to his knees and clutch the helmet, luckily Vulcrov came back for Evo and get him out of the inferno before it consumed their area. The siege of the Umbaran Capital ended with a Republic Victory. Shortly after, General Krell would be executed by the 501st. The remaining Enigma troops would head back to the Victorious with a heavy heart, after suffering over 200 deaths to their battalion including, Valka, Scaler, Kickback, Geyser, Raze, Njord and many more. As a result of this, Enigma would be merged with the 451st legion. After the revelation of this new faction the Chancellor orders Enigma and the 451st to eliminate this mysterious faction before it becomes a greater threat.

#### Encounter with the Anarchy Collective on Nar Shaddaa

Enigma Battalion would arrive to Nar Shaddaa and meet up with Mandalorian Trainer Drayla and the other bounty hunters which she had recruited. Little did Enigma Battalion know that one particular figure would be secretly watching their every move. As Enigma Battalion waited for all the bounty hunters to arrive, Reina and Egathon would have a conversation about their visions regarding a mysterious red world. Thanks to their visions, they came to the conclusion that the sith holocron Kep'lar managed to retrieve way back in Sanshu had the secret location to this planet, maybe this planet held their base of operations or something more...sinister. Egathon decides to learn more about this mysterious planet and what it means to the sith so he decides to part way with Enigma Battalion for the meantime and look for any clues regarding the matter. With their plan now set, ARC Commander Evo would lead an attack on the slave trading base at the lower levels of Nar Shaddaa. The plan consisted of the bounty hunters and the clones separating, the bounty hunters would launch a full frontal attack on the base while the clones got inside through the vents. Reina would lead the bounty hunters while Evo led the clones. The assault on the base by the bounty hunters wouldn't start off so well, especially since they had a terrible skill regarding teamwork. Most of the times the bounty hunters would almost be killing themselves instead of the enemy. Thanks to their terrible skill at teamwork, Reina would be wounded which would cause a rise in anger, thanks to that and the bounty hunters, they'd manage to break through the enemy defenses.

Meanwhile, at the command center of the base, General Kalav Dar of this new splinter faction would be planning his next move. He anticipated this attack, but even if this base was lost it wouldn't deal any significant blow to them. Since this base had already served it's purpose. The purpose of the base was to train the kyuzo villagers they kidnapped way back in Phatrong. The villagers were already trained thanks to mercenary and pirates the splinter faction had hired. Now Kalav decides to send some of the slaves to fight of the enemy and see what they were made of and the skill they processed. As Kalav sent them to fight he'd order the remaining slaves to retreat. Meanwhile, the clones would be in the process of taking over the base. The clones would split up and Evo leads a team towards the loading docks where they'd encounter a fierce resistance of b2 battle droids. Evo's team was quickly getting surrounded and picked off one by one. Fortunately Evo would toss a grenade at the enemy and destroy the remaining droids but unfortunately the rest of his men were killed. Suddenly Kalav Dar would emerge from the shadows and confront Evo. The two of them would fight but unfortunately Evo would be defeated which Kalav states was due to his inner imbalance. Evo wouldn't admit it, but Valka's death was still affecting him. Kalav had already seen what he wanted to see so he'd leave and go onto the next phase of the plan. Meanwhile, the rest of Enigma Battalion would be clearing off the base but would stumble into the kyuzo slaves. The kyuzo slaves would pose a huge threat to the clones but luckily their numbers would defeat the kyuzo slaves. The bounty hunters and Reina manage to get into the base and the slave trading area of it where hundreds of other slaves were being held. Evo would regroup with the rest of his men and rendezvous with the bounty hunters. As they regrouped a bomb would activate in the slave trading area killing many of the slaves.

Once the smoke dispersed a hologram was displayed at the epicenter of the explosion. The hologram was a sith symbol with aurebesh letters at the bottom reading: Anarchy Collective. As Evo and Reina examined the hologram, Kalav's robotic voice (due to the voice scrambler in his mask) would echo in the dark saying: "We, the Anarchy Collective, accept your challenge". Enigma Battalion has now learned the name of their new enemy and have managed to take over the base, little did they know that their victory was meaningless.

#### Mimban Assault

Upon arriving to the Victorious, Evo would realize Captain Frost of Tarantula Company was missing, they'd only find his damaged helmet and nothing else. Egathon would also arrive back to the Victorious, he learned a few details of the red world during his journey so he could narrow the location down to a few hundred star systems. But most importantly he encountered Chronwe, leader of the Anarchy Collective. Luckily he managed to escape. Enigma Battalion's next target was another Anarchy Collective base located in the planet of Mimban. As Enigma Battalion deployed there alongside the bounty hunters, they'd take part in a huge battle between the CIS and the Republic forces stationed there. As the battle progressed and the CIS forces began to retreat Enigma Battalion would push on and make their way to the Anarchy Collective base. Once they arrived the jump troopers would get over the base walls and deal with the defenses while the rest of the troops stormed in. Little did they know that the Anarchy Collective forces there were already in the progress of retreating. Enigma Battalion and the bounty hunters would encounter some difficult defenses consisting of droidekas which would take down a lot of their men. Luckily thanks to the combined strength of the clones, jedi, and bounty hunters they'd manage to take the droidekas down and begin taking over the base from the inside. Once they got inside the base, they'd receive a transmission from Frost himself which meant he was actually in the base. The group of clones decide to split up, Captain Click would lead some men to go find Frost, Evo and Reina would go on to the command center, and Egathon and Drayla alongside with Chase and his men would look for any signs of clone commando Wyvern. Evo and his men would take over the command center and stumble into a hologram of Kalav stating that the Anarchy Collective left a small gift for Enigma in the base.

Some Enigma troops would stumble into a bomb in the base on a 10 minute countdown, which gave Enigma at least a little time to retreat before the bomb detonated. As Enigma retreated, Click and his men would still be in the process of looking for Frost. Evo would stay back and look for them, once he reached them they'd find a tortured Frost and his family. They help Frost and his family out of the base and regroup with the rest of Enigma Battalion and the bounty hunters. Once they had a reach a great distance away from the base the base would explode which would deal a huge blow to Enigma Battalion, especially since the base held important info regarding the Anarchy Collective....yet another blow to the battalion.

#### Tragedy on the Victorious

Once Enigma Battalion reached the Victorious, Frost and his family would be placed in the med bay. Captain Click promised the family that he wouldn't turn them in and reveal that Imoya and Cynthia were indeed Frost's family. Unfortunately, this placed Evo in a tough position, he also knew that they were indeed Frost's family which means Frost broke one of the most important rules. Little did Evo know, the Cov Ops was watching him, Frost and his family, and Click. Once Frost has significantly healed Evo decided to turn him in and place him in a cell, as he did this Evo would begin to wonder if that had been the right decision to make. Evo would then ask Frost why the enemy had captured him which Frost would say it was for info regarding Enigma Battalion, much to what Evo had expected. Once Evo had left the brig, Cov ops trooper Soundwave would walk into the cell with Frost's family and execute the captain on sight. Evo watched through the cameras as the cov ops disguised as an Enigma trooper executed Frost. Evo had not given out the order for execution...which made it clear there was something going on that he wasn't aware of. Traitors? Signs of a mutiny? Evo had no clue. But this proved his theory....none of them were safe in this ship. Unfortunately Soundwave disappeared before Evo could throw him into custody. After the incident, Click would be demoted to the rank of first lieutenant for keeping the secret of Frost and his family hidden.

#### The Battle of Darvannis

Enigma Battalion's next and final target was the Anarchy Collective's base in the planet of Darvannis. Enigma Battalion couldn't allow the Anarchy Collective to escape this time. They also had reports stating that the leaders, including the acolytes, of the Anarchy Collective were going to be there. As Enigma Battalion deployed their troops and landed on the landing zone, the Anarchy Collective would send their army of droids and slaves to intercept them. As the battle on the ground progressed, one LAAT would get behind the base and land where Reina and Egathon would lead a small team to get into the base from behind. Meanwhile, the Enigma Battalion pilots would be engaged in battle against the enemy fighters up above in orbit. As the battle on the ground progressed, the Enigma troops would be engaged in melee battle against the enemy which would result in a bloody battle between both armies, especially since most of the kyuzo slaves carried vibro weapons. As Kalav watched the battle from the viewport in the command center, he'd order the acolytes (Kep'lar, Tal, and Merrick) to move on to the next phase of the plan, to capture an Enigma Battalion commander, either Reina, Egathon, or Evo. Kalav would then order the army to retreat back to their transports and begin the process of abandoning the base. As the enemy retreated, Enigma Battalion would push on to the base and get inside where they'd split up and begin the process of taking over the base and prevent the enemy from retreating. Meanwhile, Reina and Egathon's group would continue along the base looking for the command center, as they walked, a blast door would close in between the group separating the clones from the jedi. As the Jedi attempted to cut a hole on the blast door, Tal and Kep'lar would step out of the shadows and engage Reina and Egathon in lightsaber combat. As the duel progressed, Reina would try to find out the story behind Kep'lar and what made him join the Collective.

Kep'lar would reveal that he indeed tell her part of the truth back in Sanshu, he was indeed kidnapped, but not from pirates, but from the Jedi. The jedi had taken him from his home and from his mother, but Reina knew that wasn't the whole story. As she tried to get more out of him, Kep'lar would use the rage from the wounds of his past to fuel his powers and almost defeat Reina, Reina would manage to hold her own. Knowing that the two of them faced no match against the acolytes. Reina would use the force to press the button on a blast door panel and a blast door would separate the jedi from the two acolytes. Meanwhile, Evo and his men would regroup with the other group the got into the base from behind, now that they were together they'd look around the huge base for the command center but instead would stumble into a room containing many different artifacts belonging to jedi and sith including the sith holocron from Sanshu. Evo now had a greater priority, to retrieve this holocron since it most likely contained the location of the Red World, but to open the holocron they'd need one of the acolytes too... As they were there looking around they'd encounter a new acolyte named Pharlo. Pharlo would unleash hell on the clones by cutting most of them down including Bishop. Luckily Evo and the rest of his men, including the bounty hunters would hold Pharlo off and Evo would retrieve the holocron. The clones would then begin to escape and Bounty Hunter Atin decides to hold Pharlo off as they escaped. As the clones ran a blast door would separate Evo from the rest of the group. Kalav and two Kyuzo Warriors would step out of the shadows and confront Evo, fortunately Evo would easily take down the two kyuzo warriors and engage against Kalav for a second time. Ever since Evo's defeat against Kalav the first time in Nar Shaddaa he had been training day and night which would serve him on this fight against Kalav.

Kalav still proved to be a worthy fighter. Kalav had everything he needed right in front of him, an Enigma Battalion commander and the holocron so he couldn't afford to lose the fight. Meanwhile, Egathon would regroup with some other clones and escape but Reina would stay back and look around for the other missing group. Fortunately Reina finds them and Click would tell her that they were separated from Evo. Reina then moves on to cutting a hole on the blast door and get to the other side where Evo was dueling Kalav. As Kalav spotted the blue saber cutting through the blast door, he knew his time was running thin. He manages to get the holocron from Evo but he couldn't defeat the Enigma Battalion commander, fortunately he had the holocron so it was at the very least something. Kalav decides to retreat into the shadows before the jedi managed to get through. Reina finishes cutting the hole and regroup with Evo, they'd then try to escape from the base before the remaining acolytes managed to find them and kill or capture them. As the group escaped they'd encounter Tal and Kep'lar blocking their path to the exit but fortunately Tal and Kep'lar weren't aware that they were behind them. Reina then decides to unleash a massive force push on Evo, Precursor, and Click. The three clones fly above the acolytes and manage to get to the other side and escape. Reina then uses the remaining bits of her strength to jump over the acolytes and close the blast door on the entrance. Meanwhile, Atin would still be fighting Pharlo. Pharlo was slowly gaining the upper hand in the fight but then decides to allow Atin to escape since he was only but a bounty hunter, and the bounty hunter proved to be a worthy opponent as well. Atin then escapes and managed to regroup with the rest. Unfortunately for Enigma Battalion, the Anarchy Collective began to leave, they had failed in getting the holocron, capturing the acolytes and the leaders.

But the Anarchy Collective didn't have a total victory this time, since they had failed to capture an Enigma Battalion commander. Kalav would dismiss the slight failure since they'll have many opportunities to do that in the nearby future. As Enigma Battalion got back to the Victorious with another failure in their hands, a trooper would get into the engine room and grab a green and blue triangular artifact from his pouch. The trooper had gotten the artifact from the artifact room back in the Darvannis base. Little did the trooper know that he was possessed from the artifact. He'd study the artifact, the artifact had strange symbols written on it. The trooper then placed it somewhere where no one would find it. As he hid it the trooper would snap out of the artifact's control he'd look around and wonder why he was in the engine room. He'd then walk out without remembering the artifact. As Pharlo escaped from the base he'd be contacted by Kalav and asked if he had deployed the trap which Pharlo would confirm. The Anarchy Collective now moves on to the next phase of their plan as they had now gotten rid of all the bases the Republic had known of, they'd now simply disappear with no trace. Enigma Battalion was back to square one after this, they didn't know where the Anarchy Collective was nor did they know the location of the Red World....

#### Getting Rid of the Trash

*"Well, pretty much we had 3 impostors among us"*

*"Long story. But to put it short and sweet, we had cov ops in our ship"*

*"CovOps?"*

- Enforcer and Evo

The outer rim sieges has begun, and with it, Enigma Battalion has been sent to Cato Neimoidia to assist the 501st legion. As the Victorious was on it's way there, the hidden cov ops among the ship would capture and begin to torture a clone pilot named Deck, for having killed 30+ clones during Umbara where he shot down an enemy fighter that crashed on the clones below and not giving a damn about it. As they tortured him and forced him to confess, Captain Vulcrov would be inspecting each fighter in the main hangar before they arrived to Cato Neimoidia. As he inspected Deck's fighter he'd realize it wasn't prepped. As he looked around for Deck he wouldn't find him so he'd report this to Evo. Vulcrov's report would cause some more suspicions in Evo and Rage, since the two of them have been suspecting that there has been some things going on behind closed doors, especially regarding the Frost situation they had a while back. The comms officer would then send in an announcement in the Victorious ordering Deck, wherever he was, to report to the bridge immediately. After a while Deck wouldn't arrive which would cause even more suspicion for Evo. Arnos (One of the cov ops) would disguise himself in Enigma armor and hack the comms consoles where he played Deck's confessions through ought the ship. Evo would then begin to suspect what was indeed happening. He'd call Rage, Vulcrov, and Click to the officer's barracks where no cameras were to be found and inform them about his suspicions. Evo would explain that for a long while now, there have been rumors circulating of an elite variant of clones tasked with executing deserters and executing other questionable missions. Evo also suspected they have one squad of cov ops in their ship, most likely ordered by the Chancellor after Dat's attempted desertion a few years back.

While Deck was left in the hidden interrogation block to rot, the cov ops would begin working on their new identities. Evo now placed top priority to finding Deck since he may have information on the cov ops. Meanwhile, Reina would be in her room meditating until she'd begin to feel terrible pain and anger coming from somewhere in the ship. She'd then trace it down to the hidden cov ops interrogation block and cut the closed blast doors open. Aquilo and Auster would also be looking around for Deck since they heard screams int he maintenance halls and suspected it to be Deck. Reina frees Deck and comms for some medics. Unbeknown to Reina, Soundwave's (another cov ops) droid was hidden in the room, it would attempt to fire at Reina but luckily Aquilo took it down. Evo then receive's Reina's comm that she had found Deck and he'd arrive immediately. Deck was then taken to the med bay. The cov op's cover was now blown, the entire ship knew they had cov ops among them. Debating what their next move would be, they'd come to the conclusion that Palpatine would most likely execute them, so they came up with the most ironic thing possible, desert. The squad of cov ops would take the Pulsar and use it to jump to deep space and out of the ship. Meanwhile, Medic Sergeant Jaybird would be attempting to treat Deck but unfortunately the pilot had lost a lot of blood and would never be the same again even if he tried to save him. Jaybird then goes with the option of terminating the patient. Enigma Battalion has now solved their cov ops problem, Palpatine may not be too happy when he finds that out, but there was little he could do, especially since he had plans for Enigma Battalion. In summary, the imposters were ejected.

#### Invasion of Cato Neimoidia

The Victorious would jump out of hyperspace right in atmosphere and engage in combat alongside the 501st venators against 6 Munificent class frigates. Enigma deploys its troops in LAATs towards the various bridge cities below. The troops of Enigma battalion would all be equipped with jetpacks which they's use to jump out of the LAATs and fly towards the bridges cities below, especially considering the fact that the LAATs were vulnerable. As the troops arrived to assist Captain Rex and his men on the cities, the commandos of Eclipse Squad seperated from the group and head to the Great Vaults of Cato Neimoidia where it was currently being held by the sepis. The tide of the battle seemed to be going against the 501st's favor luckily once Enigma Battalion arrived, they'd turn the tide of the battle to theirs as Vulcrov and his men would fire at the AATs using rocket launchers from the tops of the neighbouring buildings. The AATs noticed the annoyance Vulcrov and his men were causing and focused fire on the buildings in the meantime as the droids pushed fire at the clone lines ahead of them. Evo would then come up with another plan as he examined the foundations of each building surrounding the enemy line. He'd order Vulcrov and his men to fire a rocket at a building next to the enemy forces. The buildings would crumble right on top of the enemy AATs destroying all of them completely. This gave Enigma Battalion and the 501st another advantage against the now falling back enemy. They'd use the debris to their advantage as they fired at the enemy ahead of them. Unfortunately the droid commander would call for bombers which would eliminate a huge portion of the clone forces, luckily the rest managed to take cover behind the buildings.

The tide now turned towards the enemy's favor as Reina would block the incoming blaster fire from the enemy to protect the clones as they fell back. ARF Trooper Runi would then come up with an idea and relay his idea to Evo, the idea consisted of destroying the foundations of each building surrounding the enemy forces. Together, the 501st and Enigma Battalion would focus fire on the foundations of each building and Reina would cut the closest ones down. The buildings would fall on the enemy forces and eliminate almost all of them. Enigma Battalion would then eliminate the last remaining droids and the commander before he called for additional bombers. Meanwhile, the commandos would find themselves struggling against the enemy forces in the vaults, especially due to the fact that they were being commanded by General Kalani. As the invasion of Cato Neimoidia began to shift to the Republics favor, the enemy would begin to retreat. Evo attempted to contact the commandos where'd they'd inform him that they were having a hard time trying to infiltrate the vault, Evo then sends Vulcrov and his men to get them out of there. As the hours passed and Evo deployed a defense grid along the city, Captain Rex receives a transmission from General Skywalker ordering him to return to Coruscant due to some trouble Commander Tano was facing. Evo agrees to stay in command of the Defense of Cato Neimodia while Rex was away.

Mere hours later, Evo and Reina would receive a transmission from Mace, the Chancellor, and Yoda. They'd show them a transmission from the Anarchy Collective stating that they in fact had captured the three jedi, they'd let the three jedi go on one condition, that Enigma Battalion would be sent to hunt them down once again. Due to this, the 104th led by General Plo Koon would be sent to Cato Neimodia to defend the planet against the next Separatist invasions. Evo then recalls all his men to the Victorious. The Victorious now heads to the coordinates given to them by Kalav, Evo knowing fully well that it was going to be a trap...but it seemed this was their only option.

#### Disaster on Talun-Vir

The Victorious jumps out of hyperspace and orbits Talun-Vir. Upon arriving, they'd spot one venator orbiting the planet. Evo decides to establish communications with the venator where an officer would respond stating that the jedi who were presumed to have been captured had managed to escape and were trying to throw the acolytes out of the ship, but they needed help. The officer also stated that one of the jedi was still captured and being held on the planet below. Before Evo could ask anymore questions, the transmission was suddenly cut from the other side. Meanwhile on that venator, Kep'lar would execute the officer (which he used a mind trick on) and then executes the two jedi on the ship. Kalav then contacts Kep'lar and asks him for the prisoners, Kep'lar then confirms that they were all killed which would anger Kalav deeply, especially since the prisoners were prisoners of war. Before Kalav could say anything, Kep'lar abruptly cuts the transmission and moves on to the next phase of the plan. There was still a huge part of Evo that believed this was a trap, but they had no other options. Enigma had to retrieve these jedi safely. Evo comes up with a plan where Vulcrov would lead a platoon to the surface and retrieve the jedi while Evo and the rest headed to the Venator. Upon reaching the venator, the doors from all hangars on the ship abruptly close which meant only one thing, a trap. With the hangar doors now closed, Enigma's objective was to head to the bridge and open the doors. As they headed there they'd be trapped by Kep'lar and Merrick. Reina and Egathon would fend off the two acolytes while some of the clones headed to the command center. As the fight continued, Reina and Evo would be seperated with some of their men from Egathon and his group.

Reina manages to fend off against Kep'lar and allow the clones to head to the bridge. Upon arriving to the bridge and tossing a thermal detonator inside to clear the room from any hostiles, they'd find the heads of the two jedi laying on the floor. Enigma's mission was already a failure. Reina manages to arrive to the bridge, but Kep'lar still remained a problem since he'd later arrive as well with his droids and kyuzo warriors. Evo then comes up with a plan to eject the enemy off their ship by destroying the viewport that separated them from the void of space. The plan would work and throw most of the enemies off the ship, unfortunately, Kep'lar was able to hold on. The emergency blastdoors would soon close over the viewport. Knowing he was now outnumbered, Kep'lar decides to escape. The hangar doors are now opened which means Enigma Battalion had to escape, but they had to do it quickly since the enemy was now heading towards their LAATs, their only way out. As Enigma headed to the main hangar, Evo thinks of an idea which could help them salvage this mission. He couldn't allow the Anarchy Collective to have this venator in their possession, which means he had to blow up the engine room. Unfortunately he had little time since the enemy was closing in on their LAATs rapidly. Evo decides to separate himself from the group, giving Reina the remote to the detonators. Reina, Egahton, and the rest reach the main hangar and board the LAATs. Evo places the detonators on the engine room and heads back to the main hangar. One by one, the LAATs managed to escape but Kep'lar arrives and uses the force to hold the last remaining LAAT with his grip. Evo arrives to the scene and opens fire on Kep'lar, hitting him on the shoulder which causes him to let go of the LAAT and in turn allow the LAAT to escape. Unfortunately, Evo was left behind and captured. His capture meant nothing to Evo, as long as Reina detonated the thermal detonators immediately.

As the LAATs headed out of the venator, they'd stumble upon a huge battle in orbit of the planet. The Anarchy Collective had sent 2 Munificent frigates to deal with the Victorious. Luckily the Victorious has managed to hold on thanks to the fighter pilots but the Victorious couldn't hold any longer as it was taking damage fast. As the LAATs headed to the Victorious, and Reina contemplated whether or not she should blow up the venator, fearing Evo might still be there. Reina then activates the detonators and the venator blows up, but Evo had already been captured and taken away by the acolytes. The LAATs arrived to the Victorious and Reina attempts to contact Vulcrov and his team below, Vulcrov then says they were in the middle of fighting off battle droids and kyuzo warriors which meant they couldn't get back to the Victorious in time. Knowing they couldn't hold out much longer, the Victorious jumps out of hyperspace leaving some of their men and their commander behind.

#### Betreyal on the Undercurrent

Evo would be taken to the Anarchy Collective's flagship, the Undercurrent, where Kalav Dar and Kep'lar were tasked to extract information from Enigma Battalion's commander. But it wasn't just any information they wanted, they wanted to know something in particular. They wanted to know if Evo knew anything about Reina having any visions regarding a kyber crystal. This question would baffle Evo, since he actually did know she has had visions of that, but how or why does the Anarchy Collective suspect he knew anything about it? As the hours and torture went by, they wouldn't be able to get any information from him. Kalav would get another idea, an idea that may make Evo understand, although he knew it was a longshot. As Kalav entered the cell, dismissing the guards, he'd remove his mask and finally reveal his identity. Kalav's identity would truly shock Evo, causing him to feel as if he'd been stabbed in the back, because in front of him stood Valka himself. Valka's face was badly deformed by burn scars, most likely the ones he received during the Umbara Capital bombing, which caused him to be presumed dead. Kalav, or Valka, would then explain that Chronwe pulled him out of the chaos before the fires consumed him. Once Evo regained himself, he'd call Valka a traitor. Little did he know, this revelation would begin to form a small spark of anger inside of Evo, a spark that will later become an uncontrollable flame. As Evo began to ask why Valka had joined the Anarchy, he'd explain that the Anarchy Collective was his only path to seeing the Republic fall once and for all, the very republic that has been enslaving his brothers. Evo retorts with the fact that Valka was killing his own brothers in the process. This would cause hesitation in Valka, he was only there due to his pure anger against the Republic, but there was still a good part of him behind that mask.

But Evo refused to believe that, instead he was only focused on his anger on Valka, once his friend and brother, now his enemy. Valka knew he wouldn't get anything from Evo now, he had only blocked him further. Which meant there was only one more option, which Valka had a bad feeling about. Later, Chronwe would arrive and interrogate Evo himself, but this time using the force to probe through his mind. A process that often causes permanent damage to someone's head, depending the strength of the person. As Chronwe probed through Evo's mind, he'd see the moment where he and Reina were in the crystal caves of Ilum, where Reina would receive the vision of that huge kyber crystal. Chronwe had gotten all he wanted, he'd then leave Kalav and Kep'lar in the Undercurrent as he left back to the Red World. Chronwe now knew Reina had the power to find what he wanted, he now just needed to learn more about the crystal itself. The Anarchy Collective's objective was now to capture Reina, so they'd send a transmission to her telling her to come alone or Evo would be killed. They'd also give her their location. Reina couldn't risk Evo's life, so she'd take R7 and her Eta-2 towards the location. Upon jumping out of hyperspace, she'd put on a space suit and eject out of the Eta-2 and manual board the Undercurrent. Meanwhile, Kalav would order Evo to be transferred since he still thought Evo was valuable, and a small part of Kalav....no, Valka, didn't want Evo to be killed. As Evo was being taken away, he'd quickly and easily take down the two guards. As the droids moved towards his position, Reina arrives and takes them down. Before heading to the main hanger, they'd stop to the Data Center to figure out the Anarchy Collective's next plan. They'd find out their next target, a Separatist droid factory in the planet of Zanvar. Evo then realizes the Anarchy Collective wanted to build an army, and if they succeeded, they'd become an even greater threat, to the Republic and the galaxy.

As the two of them escaped to the hangar, narrowly escaping from Kep'lar and his droids. They'd get into a Sheathipede-class transport shuttle and escape from the Undercurrent, R7 would follow them piloting the Eta-2. As Kalav watched from the bridge as the Sheathipede-class transport shuttle jumped into hyperspace, he'd find himself feeling relieved, this would surprise him. Deep down, there was still a part of him that was not consumed by hate. As Evo and Reina arrived back to Fondor and the Victorious, where the Victorious was currently being repaired, Evo would brief the COs of Enigma battalion of Zanvar and the Anarchy Collective's plan to take over the facility. Evo knew Enigma wouldn't be sent to Zanvar, which he greatly despised. But as long as the Republic sent someone, he'd be slightly satisfied, because he knew the Anarchy Collective could become an even greater threat. As he worked on his report in his room, he'd see from the reflexion of the mirror Valka's helmet on his desk behind him. Evo then stood up and examined the helmet that belonged to his brother...but he wasn't his brother any longer. With pure rage, Evo shatters the helmet against the wall. He'd then promise himself one thing, he wouldn't allow any more damned traitors come out from this Battalion, even if it meant using crueler tactics....and so the hatred began to grow. Little did Evo know, he was slowly turning into Kalav, a man consumed by hatred and fury, and a man who wouldn't allow anyone to stand in his way.

#### The Battle of Ringo Vinda

Enigma has now been sent to Ringo Vinda to assist the 501st and Commander Doom's unit to eliminate the Separatist presence lead by General Trench. As Enigma arrived, they'd deploy various AT-TEs outside the ring to get behind enemy lines, while the ground forces were deployed inside the ring to converge onto the Separatist command center along with General Skywalker's forces and Doom's unit being lead by Jedi generals Tiplee and Tiplar alongside Commander Doom. As Enigma charged through the corridors and met heavy resistance, they'd be able to take most of them down, including various droidekas which attempted to slow their advancement. But their momentum remained strong until each group on each corridor converged to the blast door that seperated them from the command center. Once they received the go ahead from Doom, they'd all rendezvous inside the command center and attack as one while the 501st converged with Doom's unit on the other side. The momentum of the Republic's attack remained strong until Clone Trooper Tup of the 501st would suddenly execute Jedi General Tiplar at the middle of combat. Jedi Commanders Egathon and Reina would sense this disturbance through the force. As a result of this, the Republic's momentum would quickly die down and force them to retreat back to the Republic zone of the ring. Upon arriving, interrogating, and examining Tup's medical condition, suspicions would arise of a virus the Separatists may have created, or a virus coming from the planet itself. This virus may have caused Tup's sudden behavior. Evo received this news and was told to keep it confidential so as to avoid unnecessary chaos among his men. Tup would then be sent to kamino for further investigation. Little do they all know, this isolated event is due to chips implanted on every clone, chips that contain a mysterious purpose.

This news would cause some doubt in Evo, especially considering the context of the situation. Why would a clone execute a jedi general in the middle of a battlefield? It made no sense tactically speaking. This very same thing would confuse Reina and Egathon as well. Back in the Undercurrent, the flagship of the Anarchy Collective, Kalav would be studying the holos of the recent battle of Ringo Vinda, hoping to learn anything new that could be useful to defeat Enigma. As he examined the holo, he's watch as Tup killed Jedi General Tip'lar. This would interest him, considering this was the only time a clone actually killed a jedi that he was aware of, excluding General Krell during the Umbaran campaign. Soon, Jedi General Falon Tarr would be sent to replace Jedi General Tiplar. He'd order Evo to have his men remain on standby until they receive further news from Tup's investigation. Soon, General Skywalker and Captain Rex would be called off to Coruscant to deal with a situation regarding ARC Trooper Fives. Falon Tarr later received word that Fives had fallen under the same violent condition as Tup, it would then be concluded that this was the cause of a virus. Enigma Battalion would then resume their attack on the command center which would end in a slight success. But they'd receive heavy casualties including the death of ARC Trooper Iger of Typhoon Company as he attempted to capture Admiral Trench but would later be killed alongside his men due to Trench's tactical droid. Trench would then manage to escape and the battle would be over resulting in a Republic victory. The death of ARC Trooper Iger affected Enigma greatly, leadership of Typhoon Company fell under Captain Precursor.

#### Raid on the Droid Facility on Zanvar

The Anarchy Collective has taken over the ocean world of Zanvar, where an old facility, which used to be part of the Separatists once the clone wars had started, is located. The Anarchy Collective's control of the facility presented huge implications to the Republic. If they managed to construct an army, the Republic would be forced to face two different factions which would take a huge toll considering they were already in quite the struggle with the Separatists throughout these 3 years of war. Once Evo had learned of the Anarchy Collective's operation on Zanvar while he escaped their capital ship, the Undercurrent, the Republic would send some of their forces to deal with them while Enigma was ordered to Ringo Vinda. Unfortunately, the forces they sent would be completely obliterated by the Anarchy Collective. Once the situation on Ringo Vinda began to die down, Enigma Battalion would be sent to deal with the Collective's presence on Zanvar, considering Enigma has the most experience dealing with this rogue splinter group. Fortunately, Enigma Battalion would be aided by two 441st venators this time around. Upon jumping out of hyperspace, Enigma Battalion deploys their LAATs and fighters as escort. Unfortunately the decent towards Zanvar would prove difficult considering they had to get through the venator graveyard separating them from the blockade and the planet, once they got through that, they'd have to get through the blockade which would prove to be difficult. The Republic fighters, would deal with the Vulture droids as they attempted to eliminate the LAATs. As the LAATs managed to get through the graveyard, only suffering minor losses, they'd be faced with the blockade.

The LAATs pass through the blockade and approach the planet. The descent towards the facility would prove immensely difficult especially since Zanvar is located right next to a small black hole. The pull of the black hole results in huge tsunamis being formed on the surface of the ocean covered planet. The LAATs risked being swept by these tsunamis if they didn't land on the facility fast enough. As the LAATs approached, a tsunami could be seen in the horizon, the LAATs couldn't back away though. They had to land immediately, as every minute passed, more droids would be constructed and added into the Anarchy Collective's army. The tsunami would arrive and the LAATs would attempt to fly over it, unfortunately one of them would be caught by the huge wave and destroyed. The LAATs carrying the airborne troopers would arrive to the facility and deploy the airborne troopers.

The Airborne troopers would land on the landing pads and clear them from droids for the other LAATs to arrive. The LAATs would then land and deploy the troopers. More droids would rush into the landing pads and prevent the troopers from entering, luckily Rakashir and Reina would manage to cut them all down. Another incoming tsunami could be seen only a few miles from the facility. Luckily all the men would manage to get into the facility before the tsunami swept them away. Once inside, they'd all split up into three groups. General Rakashir and Commander Reina would lead one third of the group while Evo and Egathon lead their respective groups. As Rakashir's group approached the conveyor belts ahead of them, a blast door would separate the jedi from the clones. Before the clones could attempt to open the blast door, an electric field would activate on the blast door and move towards the position of the clones. Luckily they'd manage to escape the energy field by jumped into one of the many conveyor belts constructing the battle droids. Evo's group would encounter the same problem but they'd do the same and land on one of the conveyor belts. The conveyor belts were located in a huge hole that lead to the planet's core, below the conveyor belts, a platform could be seen with the shield generators. If they manage to destroy the shield generators, the facility would be destroyed by the tsunamis, that was the objective.

As the battle continued, this time on the facilities conveyer belts, the clones would be dodging the various machines and mechanisms constructing the battle droids. A few of the compactors would kill a few clones as they tried to dodge them. Realizing the situation was going south, Evo then ordered all clones to head down towards the platform with the shield generator. Unfortunately, one of the mechanical arms would hit Evo across the chest and knock him down. Fortunately, he'd fall on a bridge. Evo would contact Rage and tell him that he'd find another way to get down to the shield generator. The bridge he was on would lead out of the deep hole and into a hallway. Evo runs into the hallway in an attempt to find a shortcut. Unfortunately, a blast door would close behind him, and infront of him stood Kalav himself. All Kalav wanted was to speak to Evo, part of him...Valka- knows that what he was doing was wrong. But Evo wouldn't give Kalav a single chance to speak as he lunged to the Anarchy Collective general and fired at him. The once friends now turned enemies fought as Kalav snapped out of his shame and used all of his remaining rage against Evo and the Republic to fight him and knock both blasters out of his hands.

Evo now found himself outside in one of the platforms as he fought Kalav on the wet and slippery surface. As Kalav noticed Evo's anger and fury he'd say how he and Evo weren't so different after all. This would further anger Evo as he knocked Kalav to the ground and point his blaster down at him. Kalav watched as another tsunami was approaching the facility, it was only a few seconds from hitting.Evo looked down at Kalav as he pointed his blaster right at his masked face. If he pulled the trigger, he'd prove to Kalav and himself that he and Kalav weren't so different after all, two men that have already fallen down the dark pit, and all that drives them was their anger towards their enemies. But Evo pushed the thought away, he now had his chance to end it all once and for all. As Evo pulled the trigger, Kalav, who had seen that coming, would knock Evo to the ground and escape back into the facility. Evo watched as the tsunami was less than 10 seconds from hitting the facility and killing him in the process. Fortunately, he manages to get back into the faiclity before the tsunami struck. He'd then lose sight of Kalav, but that didn't matter no longer, he had to make his way back to his men.

Evo manages to get back to the conveyor belt as Rage and the rest attempted to get down to the shield generator. Reina and Rakashir would then arrive as well. Seeing that time was running short, Rakashir orders all of them to get back to the landing pads as he grabbed the bag full of bombs and jumped down towards the shield generators. The clones would then escape the conveyor belts, although some of them weren't able to get back to the hallways considering there was a huge gap from the conveyor belt to the hallways. Reina then uses all her remaining strength to force push each clone one by one to the hallways. They'd then all regroup and head back to the landing pads and board the LAATs. Another tsunami could be seen in the distance as Rakashir arrived from planting his bombs and boarded the LAAT. The LAATs then take off as Rakashir activated the bombs and the shield generator exploded. The facility could be seen as the tsunami struck and destroyed it like butter. Evo watches as that unfolded, wondering if Kalav was there as the tsunami struck, although it was unlikely.

#### Secrets on Scarif

*"You're fighting style....it's disorganized...unbalaced....sloppy. I had assumed a sith acolyte was more impressive than what you're letting on"*

- Evo to Kep'lar

Enigma Battalion would then be sent to the planet of Scarif, where Calvara's probes followed the Anarchy Collective to. The Anarchy Collective had invaded the planet and taken over the data center that was in the progress of being built. Unbeknownst to Enigma, the Anarchy Collective wanted more information on Republic tactics....but specifically....the inhibitor chips. They hoped the data center contained any information or any answers as to what the purpose of these chips were. Upon jumping out of hyperspace along with the other 3 451st ships, Enigma battalion send sin their LAATs to the surface while the fighters escort them and deal with the blockade. The LAATs would reach the surface and get through the blockade with only minor casualties. Since the Anarchy Collective had established a defense line on the beech shore, the LAATs would be forced to stop and hover above the ocean leading to the island ahead.

The clones trudge their way through the water and attempt to get to the shore, unfortunately, the inconvenience of walking while in water would make it difficult to get to the shore. And not to mention the defense line ahead as the battle droids sniped at the incoming clones. As the clones got closer, they'd activate one of the many mines placed underwater. With the mines in the way, there was no way of getting to the shore. Fortunately, Evo would receive an idea, he comms Rakashir and Reina of his plan. His plan consisted of creating a force push strong enough to push the water, and along with it, the mines away. Since the mines exploded upon movement, the force push would get rid of them. The clones would cover Reina and Rakashir as they gathered their strength and sent out a force push, big enough that it sends a huge wave towards the shore, pulling the mines along with it and causing all of them to explode. With the mines now gone, the clones make their way to the beach, still suffering casualties. As the clones pushed their way forward, with Reina and Rakashir leading at the front, they'd manage to get over the sandstone walls and to the other side. Once on the other side, Rakashir and Reina would slice down any droids as the clones climbed over the wall and helped them out once in the other side. Soon, the droids would be forced to retreat back into the jungles which were burning due to the various explosions and blaster fire. As Enigma pushed their way through the jungles, they'd follow the retreating droids back to their trench line. Upon arriving, they'd engage in combat with the remaining droids and the various bunkers with turrets they had. Fortunately, Enigma brought in explosives and rocket launchers to eliminate the bunkers. As the battle ensued, and the tide began to turn in Enigma's favour, the remaining droids would yet again be forced to retreat but to no avail as the clones eliminate the rest of them.

As the battle began to die down, Rakashir would contact Senior Commander Viper who he and his men carried out an assault on the other islands circling the perimeter of the data center. Turns out they were successful in their assault as well. Enigma Battalion would remain in the trenches to regain their strength as supplies would be sent down from the Victorious which was currently still at a standoff with the Anarchy Collective fleet. Fortunately, the fighters would defend the LAATs carrying supplies to the surface. Another day would pass, during this day Captains Jaybird and Precursor would be sent behind enemy lines to spy and gather any intel on them. As they gathered intel, they'd watch as scientists conducted experiments on a dissected clone body, but it also seemed as if there were doing something else, trying to find something on the clone's brain. As the two captains tried to make their way back to the trenches, they'd be spotted and forces to fight and escape from the droids. They'd suffer injuries but luckily they successfully manage to make their way back to the trenches and inform Evo and the other COs of what they found. This would cause great suspicion with Evo, what would the Anarchy Collective want from a clone? Were they trying to create some sort of virus? Or was there something else to it? But there was only one way of learning more about the Anarchy Collective's plans. And that was to infiltrate the Undercurrent and get any information they could from the data center there. But before they could, The Anarchy Collective would launch an attack on Enigma's position in the trenches, forcing them to retreat back to the jungles. Once they had retreated back to the jungles, they decide to attack the data center once and for all. At the same time, Evo comes up with a plan to infiltrate the Undercurrent with Eclipse Squad.

As Evo headed to the Undercurrent to infiltrate the Victorious Enigma split up with Rage leading the main force to attack various landing pads while Captain Chase lead a smaller infiltration group to seize control of the data center. The main attacks on the pads went rather well with Rage, Jay and Precursor successfully leading a defense of their positions against waves of battle droids. Evo and Eclipse squad would infiltrate the Undercurrent using Eclipse's ship, *The Luna*. Thanks to the Victorious and the other 451st venators that commenced an attack against the blockade, it would make it easier for *The Luna* to attach itself on an airlock. Evo and Eclipse squad get into the ship and try to make their way towards the data center. Unfortunately, they stumble upon a group of battle droids. Luckily, they manage to lose them and enter a random room. Unbeknownst to them, the room they entered was the lab in which Pharlo used to extract the inhibitor chips from the clones he'd been experimenting on. While inside they'd notice the inhibitor chips placed on glass cases, there were 2 of them in total. This would greatly confuse the clones, were the Anarchy Collective trying to develop some sort of secret weapon to place in clones? They had no idea.

Suddenly, Kalav steps out of the shadows. Part of himself wanted to tell them about the chips, to give them a warning of what it could do. But something inside Kalav stopped him from doing that very thing, the part of him that still sought for his revenge against the Republic. Kalav would explain how all they ever were was pawns, pawns in a game, pawns that will soon serve their purpose. As Evo tried to get more answers from Kalav, red lightsabers would impale the entrance and cut a hole. Kalav then slips into the shadows as Evo tossed a thermal detonator at the entrance as magna guards entered. The magna guards were quickly destroyed as Evo grabbed one of their spears. Suddenly Kep'lar and Pharlo walk into the room and engage Evo, Mute, and Frostbite in combat. The clones used what they had learned in their ARC/Commando training to hold their ground against the acolytes. Meanwhile, the space battle outside was beginning to turn to the Republic's favor. The Undercurrent was taking heaving damage as it's bridge and thrusters were destroyed. Soon it began to crash towards the surface below.

The clones are soon able to escape from the lab. As the Undercurrent began to fall, the hallways would end up positioning vertically. If you weren't magnetized, you'd fall till you reach wherever the hallways end. Luckily, Evo, Mute and Frostbite manage to magnetize in time before falling, they attempt to climb to the top where the escape pods were located. As they climbed, droids would fall all around them, forcing them to swipe them away with their weapons. The acolytes soon arrive after them, but they were falling as well. As they fell and approached the climbing clones, they'd ready their lightsabers to cut them in half. Luckily Evo blocks Kep'lar's attack with his magna guard staff while Mute blocked Pharlo's attack. The two acolytes would continue falling until they fired their grapples and entered the main hangar where they'd jump off the open hangar and escape the crashing Undercurrent. Unfortunately, escaping the Undercurrent only meant one thing, falling. Kalav soon arrives in a sheathipede shuttle and manages to pick them up before they fell to their doom. Meanwhile, Evo, Mute, and Frostbite manage to reach the escape pod and take off. As the escape pod was launched out of the burning Undercurrent, a piece of debris would hit the escape pod, opening a hole on it and causing it to spin out of control as it fell. The burning Undercurrent soon crashes on the ocean causing a huge tsunami. The escape pod soon crashed into the ocean as well, as it sunk, it began to flood due to the hole on it. Evo scrambles to remove his armor to avoid sinking. He soon breaks open the hatch and swims towards the surface of the ocean as the commandos activated buoyancy in their armor. They soon reach the surface and wash ashore. Evo then asks Mute if he had managed to gather any evidence from the lab. Mute responds that he had placed one of the inhibitor chips in his pouch, unfortunately, during the fight, Kep'lar landed a slice with his lightsaber on the pouch, destroying all evidence in the progress.

This would deeply anger Evo considering that they weren't able to retrieve any data from the data center, nor the inhibitor chip. The clones soon return to the others, in the way, Evo wonders what those inhibitor chips were for. Why did the three clones the Anarchy Collective had captured have them? Or had the Anarchy Collective created them? Did he have one? Unknown to Evo, he'd soon find out what their true purpose was.....but his suspicions would soon be confirmed by The Chancellor himself. Upon receiving Evo's report on what they had found regarding the inhibitor chips, he'd contact both Evo and Viper personally. He'd then explain how these chips were created by the Kaminoans to maintain loyalty with defective clones, as a result of Jango Fett's DNA being stretched to create more clones. Palpatine then says to both commanders to keep this a secret from the Jedi since they may find this to be...immorale and Palpatine didn't want this unnecessary chaos. Unknown to Evo and Viper, this explanation from The Chancellor was a lie.

Palpatine also orders Evo and Viper to ignore the Jedi Council's orders to capture one of the acolytes, Palpatine orders both clones to kill them when they had the chance. Upon giving the clones this order, he'd use small bits of a force mind trick on Evo...just in case. Now that that was resolved, Evo would ask himself if Reina would read his mind and figure out that Palpatine had given them those orders. He soon pushed that worry aside, Reina wouldn't do that she meditates for the sole reason to block incoming thoughts from other people. Evo knew Reina didn't want to have the abilities of mind reading, it was only but a burden, that's why she attempts to block them out. Now all Evo had to do was make sure the commandos didn't have any doubts regarding the inhibitor chips, he'd follow Palpatine's orders with no questions asked, and if that meant keeping some things secret, so be it.

#### Invasion of the Anarchy Collective's Final Outpost on Nathema

Following the defeat at Scarif the Anarchy Syndicate under Chronwë's orders pulled back to their outpost on Nathema and awaited Enigma, seeking to draw them to the Red World by having them take the sith holocron being kept in the outpost. Enigma soon arrives with three 451st Venators for support and engaged the small defence fleet of 5 Munificents with the fighter wing led by Enforcer defending them as Reina, Rakashir and Egathon led Clone Troopers in Gunships down to the surface. Several Gunships were shot down by rocket b2s. Kalav would lead this b2s as they jump off Anarchy Collective transports and engage the LAATs below. Kalav then jumps down along with them, using his jetpack to get into an LAAT. Unaware to him, Evo was in that LAAT. Kalav gets in and kicks Reina off the LAAT. Soon their LAAT is shot down by a wrist rocket from a battle droid. Fortunately, Reina stops her fall by landing on a b2 and jumping back towards Evo's LAAT in an attempt to save the clones inside. The LAAT soon crashes into the forests below. Meanwhile, the other LAATs soon land and Jay, Rakashir and Precursor led their men through the valleys and woods, defeating battle droids patrols as they went and even encountering a Voreclaw that led to serious wounds on Forger and Jay. Eventually, however, the push led them to the base, meanwhile in orbit despite his best efforts Enforcer failed to prevent the destruction of one of the 451st Venators, however by then most of the Munficents were gone and the others fleeing

Meanwhile, Kalav would be walking away from the LAAT crashsite, he soon realized he now had the chance to escape it all, the Anarchy Collective, the Republic, everything. Evo soon manages to wake up and recover from the crash, he spots Kalav walking into the forest. Evo now had the chance to end this once and for all, as Evo headed towards Kalav, he promised himself not to hesitate to kill him again. Evo soon engaged Kalav Dar in a brutual knife fight which then led into a fistfight only to be stopped by Reina before Evo drowned himself in his hatred and killed Kalav, and as a result of this, fall into the same trap Valka had fallen into so long ago, the dark side's trap. By stopping Evo and using a force push to knock him off of Kalav, he'd be knocked out by hitting his head on a tree. Surprised by these sudden turn of events, Kalav asks Reina why she had saved him, Reina asked herself the same question. Why did she save Kalav? She wanted to stop Evo from doing something he'd regret later on, or has Evo already fallen into the trap? And was it too late to save him? Kalav had fallen into hatred's trap a long time ago, Reina knew who it was behind the mask, Valka. There was only one person who could have affected Evo the way Valka's betrayal did. As Reina opened Kalav's eyes to the fact that he himself can change his path. He couldn't redeem himself from his past, that was impossible, but he could forge a new path for himself. There was still a chance to climb out of the trap Kalav had found himself in. Kalav was hesitant at first, if he left the Anarchy Collective, he'd have nowhere else to go. His brothers would never accept him again. As Kalav left Reina, he'd contemplate on what Reina had told him. Maybe it was not too late, maybe he could change his future for the better. It was time to let go of his hatred towards the Republic, that very hatred had done no favors to him.

Reina would find a survivor of the LAAT crash, Beet. Fortunately, Beet had some bacta with him which they'd use on Evo's wounds to keep him alive. They were soon found by Commando Mars and taken back to the Victorious. The invasion on the Nathema outpost by Enigma Battalion's main force ended in success. During the battle, one of the acolytes, Pharlo, was executed by Viper. And best of all, the sith holocron was obtain. With the Holocron obtained Enigma now had a clear path to the Red World.

#### Stepping into a Dark Path

*"Please Evo, I know what has been tormenting you. I just want to help....please...i care about you. I don't want to see you fall into the same trap Valka had fallen in long ago....I want to help you"*

*"If you really did care about me and really do want to help me, then stop probing into everyone's mind and getting whatever info you desire from them. What goes in our minds is personal got that? PERSONAL. And my personal life has NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU."*

- Reina and Evo's argument

Once the Victorious and the 451st had jumped out of hyperspace, Evo would immediately be taken to the med bay. After the medics had finished their work with Evo he'd remain unconscious for a few hours longer. During his time being unconscious, Evo would have a dream....a dream of everything that had happened to him during the clone wars, and everything he was guilty of. Eventually, he is awoken to find that Reina had been waiting for him all of this time, waiting for him to wake up. She felt responsible for the state Evo was in currently, and wanted to apologize. But Evo wasn't having it as he left the med bay and returned to his quarters. Reina followed him to the entrance of his quarters. Reina finally attempts to apologize to Evo before he entered his quarters. That was the last straw for Evo, he'd lash out at Reina for stopping him from finally killing Valka. Reina attempts to hold her ground and explain how dwelling in ones hatred is a mistake. Eventually she accidentally drops the name Valka into it. Upon hearing her mention Valka's name and that she knew all along, this would anger Evo even more, claiming that she had read his mind and figured that out. Evo soon shuts the door right in her face. This would deeply affect Reina, did this mean she had lost her best friend? Before leaving, Reina would leave the wooden necklace Evo had carved and given to her during life day, as a reminder....Reina soon leaves the Victorious, seeking to be alone.

#### The Battle of the Red World

*“Commander Evo, execute Order 66”*

*“Yes, my lord”*

*“I want the girl....alive”*

- Lord Sidious to Evo

Reina manages to arrive back at the Victorious before it leaves for the Red World. As she arrived she’d stumble into Evo in the hallways. This time, Evo had realized what she had been trying to tell her, he was drowning in his own lust for revenge, but he was still able to swim out of it if he tried. He’d apologize and try to give Reina the necklace she had left on his door but he didn’t get the chance. Everything is cut short when a large separatist fleet jumps out of hyperspace and attacks Coruscant, the heart of the Republic. But there was nothing Enigma Battalion could do, they had their orders, they were to eliminate the Anarchy Collective once and for all, and that meant leaving Coruscant. The Victorious would jump into hyperspace for the Red World as more and more venators would arrive at Coruscant to defend it from the Separatist attack. The Victorious would spend days in hyperspace since the Red World was located deep into the Unknown Regions. During these days, they’d receive word that the defense of Coruscant was a success and that the Chancellor had been kidnapped but rescued by General Skywalker and Kenobi. They’d also receive word that the 501st had been split, part of it heading for Mandalore to retake it from Maul’s rule. Eventually, the Victorious arrives and jumps out of hyperspace, followed by 451st venators. As they jumped out of hyperspace, they’d find a blockade of the remaining Anarchy Collective ships, but they were too little. Before they were deployed, Reina would head over to Egathon and ask him for the sith holocron, which he’d give her.

Enigma and the 451st then launch their LAATs while Jedi General Masei remains in the Victorious for back up with the commandos and a few men. Meanwhile on the surface, Kep’lar, Tal, and Merrick would round up the remainder of their droid army as they got ready to defend the sith temple and citadel. The LAATs approach the temple, Egathon and Chase’s LAAT would split up from the rest and head off to the sith citadel where Anarchy Collective leader, Chronwe, was most likely located. As the LAATs approached the army of battle droid’s, the enemy AATs would open fire, taking down some of the LAATs. Fortunately, the LAATs were able to land and deploy their troopers. Evo would disembark along with Reina and Jedi Master Rakashir as they led the army of clones against the Anarchy Collective army of battle droids led by the acolytes. The two armies would clash head on in close quarters combat with the three acolytes fighting against the two jedi. During the battle, Inquisitor Merrick would attempt to kill Evo. Luckily Evo was able to hold his ground against the inquisitor, but he’d then be force pushed towards the Blood Forests of the Red World. Evo would break through the thin trees as he was thrown by the force push. Fortunately, Reina was able to spot Merrick going after Evo so she goes after them in an attempt to help her friend. In the forests, Evo was able to hold his ground, using his blasters and cover from the trees to keep the acolyte at bay. Soon Reina would arrive and the two of them would overpower Merrick, forcing her to retreat back to the battle. As Reina and Evo stood there in the forests, Evo would remove something from his pouch, the wooden necklace he had carved for Reina. He’d return it to her, thanking her for helping him realize his mistakes, and for everything she had done for him. He’d also promise that he’d always be by her side, no matter what happened next, and she’d promise the same.

As she raced back to the battle, Evo would attempt to follow, but stop when he received an order, an order from The Chancellor himself. A hooded figure would show up as a hologram on Evo’s communicator device, ordering him to execute Order 66. The man once known as Evo was immediately gone as the inhibitor chip in his brain activated, now he was a servant to Palpatine, ready to execute his sole purpose. Everything that he and Reina had gone through in the past, everything they had done for each other, it was all locked away and instead replaced with a sensation of….betrayal. The Jedi had betrayed them, and it was time to bring them to justice. Evo would follow the jedi, hoping to end it once and for all. But Palpatine was not yet finished, he wanted Reina, hoping he could use her to find the Heart of Kyber, hence he’d order Evo to capture her alive. Meanwhile, Reina would reach a clearing to the forest, realizing Evo was not following her. She’d try to look around for him. Unbeknownst to her, Evo was hiding behind a tree, aiming at Reina’s back. The only thing he needed to do was pull the trigger, and it’d be over, but something forced himself to stop and hesitate. Suddenly Reina would sense Evo behind her and turn around. Evo opened fire, but it was too late, Reina managed to deflect the shot in time. Realizing Evo was firing at her, Reina would be confused...afraid...what was going on? Why was Evo...her best friend....someone she valued as a brother...firing at her? She didn’t know the answer to that question. All she could do was escape and head back for her master. Evo kept trying to fire at the jedi, but she deflected them all, trying to avoid sending any back at Evo, she’d then escape back to the battle ahead. Evo would follow after her.

Meanwhile, the battle was beginning to die down in favor of Enigma battalion. The three acolytes were beginning to get corned. Rakashir would be fighting all three of them at once as the clones eliminated the last remaining droids. Suddenly, Viper would receive an order from Palpatine, Order 66. Immediately every clone would turn against Rakashir. But Rakashir sensed it all in time, the rising darkness, the dark side blocking out the light...followed by thousands of screams. Rakashir would rapidly turn around and slice off Viper’s arm and begin to block the incoming shots. Merrick saw this and took it as an opportunity to kill Rakashir, but Kep’lar barged in and blocked her attack from slicing Rakashir on the back. He’d convince them that for once, they needed to work together with Rakashir to help get out of here alive, because it seemed that suddenly his men had turned against him for some unknown reason. Reina would soon arrive, realizing all the clones had turned on them. Why was this happening? There was no time to wonder, she’d join the acolytes and Rakashir as they defended themselves against the clones. But the clones were too many, Tal would be killed by Beet on his tank, followed by Merrick as dozens of bolts hit her all across her body. Only Rakashir, Reina, and Kep’lar remained. Rakashir then realized what he had to do, Reina and Kep’lar...both of his apprentices...had to survive...and that meant a sacrifice in return. Rakashir blocks incoming bolts as he tells the both of them to run. Kep’lar would do as he says and Reina would follow reluctantly. Rakashir promises he’d be right behind them...as the two of them escaped into the forests, Rakashir would remain and fight the clones in one final stand. The jedi master would soon be gunned down and killed. Once realizing Reina and Kep’lar had been able to escape into the forests, Evo would send out an order to find them, to kill the acolyte but capture the jedi.

As Kep’lar and Reina ran through the forest they’d stumble against someone, someone that had been watching them...Valka. He’d lead them through the forest and to his sheathipede shuttle. Valka had returned, hoping to save Egathon and Reina from order 66. As Kep’lar boarded the shuttle, Reina would decide to remain. She believed she could save Evo and the rest, and she still hadn't reached the sith temple, she knew the secrets to the Heart of Kyber remained there...waiting to be unlocked. Valka would reluctantly leave the planet with Kep’lar while Reina remained behind and headed off to the temple. As the clones looked for her, Evo would spot Reina scaling the pyramid-like temple, he’d then order his men to scale the temple and catch up to her. Reina would use her lightsaber to cut some of the ropes of their grapples to slow them down. The sith temple had various levels to it, Reina reached the third but Evo had managed to catch up. He’d attempt to fire stun shots at her. Meanwhile, Beet remained in his tank below, he’d spot Reina and decide to fire a cannon at her. He’d fired the shot but Reina had sensed it coming, she’d use the force to dash to the side as the shot hit the side of the temple, the shockwave knocking Evo off the ledge but he was able to avoid from falling by firing a grapler from his ARC gauntlet. Reina soon managed to reach the top where an altar stood at the center of the platform, the tip of the pyramid served as a ceiling. Reina removed the holocron from her bag and placed it on the altar, then activated the temple and unleashed the spirit kept within. As Reina tried to negotiate with the spirit, hoping to learn the secrets to the Heart of Kyber, the spirit wouldn’t answer any, instead it’d tell Reina that she had made a mistake. If she wanted the secrets, she’d have to pass the trial *within* the temple, this would confuse her. She had awakened the sith temple from its slumber....or so she thought.

Suddenly the sith holocron would explode as it unleashed the darkness kept within, firing a ray of pure dark energy up at the sky. The ray would hit one of the Anarchy Collective ships orbiting the planet, forcing it to crash on the ground. As the black ray shot out to the sky, the once red sky would die down and instead be replaced with a black void covering the stars, covering everything in darkness. The Blood Red trees would wither away in ash and die. The once crimson world became a shell of what it once was, now shrouded in the dark side of the force, all that remained was a grey lifeless planet. This was all Reina’s fault...she had made a mistake, she had awakened the temple. Soon Rage and his men would reach the top and corner Reina, firing stun shots at them. Reina would stand her ground in a final stand as she deflected the stun blasts. As she fought, she’d remember everything she had lost, her master was dead, her friends had betrayed her, and she had awakened the sith temple...killing the planet, all of this combined would unleash the anger and hatred within her, using it to fuel her strength. As she did so, she’d hold all the clones around her in a force choke. Suddenly she’d realize what she was doing and snap out of her hatred, dropping the clones. The sudden use of the dark side had depleted her strength. Soon, Evo managed to climb back up and approach Reina. Reina would try to beg for Evo to stop...but he’d fire a stun bolt at her without another word.

The Jedi had been captured, the mission was a success...but partially, one acolyte escaped and Jedi Knight Egathon was nowhere to be found. In the distance, a venator could be seen crashing into the planet in the distance, but it wasn’t just any venator, it was the Victorious. The Victorious was covered in flames as it crashed through the clouds and fell to its inevitable doom on the lifeless planet, symbolizing the end of an era...and the beginning of a new one….As Evo watched all of this unfold, whatever emotion was underneath the helmet, it didn’t show, and maybe….it was best to keep it that way. He’d look down at the jedi, she had called him his friend, but he knew what she was, a traitor. As the Jedi lay on the ground, an object could be seen in her hand, a wooden necklace. The necklace Evo had made for her, to show his appreciation for everything Reina had done for him, to symbolize their bond, their friendship. But now, all that remained of it was a shattered mirror that only showed the past, one Evo hoped to erase...one day.