Aftermath (episode)

On the planet of Kaller, Jedi Master Depa Billaba and Clone Captain Grey wait for Padawan Caleb Dume to bring reinforcements during a battle with Separatist forces. When Dume returns a few moments later, he brings Clone Force 99 along with him. The Bad Batch defeat the droids without any trouble, and then Wrecker disposes of the AATs by using ropes shot by Crosshair to connect them and then pushes them all off a cliff. They return to Depa Billaba and Grey to inform them that more droids are coming and they should launch a counterattack. Grey objects, but Billaba agrees and all of the clones move out. She asks where her actual reinforcements are, and Hunter tells her that they have been rerouted to the capital. Tech pitches in, and explains that the Clone Wars may soon be over. According to encrypted comm chatter, Obi-Wan Kenobi has found and engaged General Grievous on Utapau.

Billaba states that it is nothing they can control and should focus on the task at hand. Dume asks his master if he can go with the Bad Batch, and she approves. Billaba and Grey remain. Grey receives a transmission and goes to answer it. The caller turns out to be Darth Sidious and orders him to execute Order 66. Grey motions to pull out his blaster, Billaba sees him, and a few clones arrive to assist Grey. They start shooting at Billaba, but she deflects most of the bolts. Dume and the Bad Batch hear the shots and turn around to look, but Dume runs towards his master ready to help her. She sees him, but she tells him to run and leave her. He looks on helplessly as the clones eventually kill her.

   The Bad Batch arrives just in time to see the Jedi's death. Dume becomes very afraid of all the clones and runs away. Hunter tell Crosshair to come with him to pursue the young Jedi. He also tells Tech to gather as much information as he can and Wrecker to watch if any clones come near. If so, Wrecker is supposed to stall for time. Hunter and Crosshair are in the forest when they spot Dume in a tree. Even though he is told to stand down, Crosshair uses live fire on Dume but misses. Hunter again reminds him to stand down. Meanwhile, three troopers go in Wrecker's direction and ask to pass because they need to pursue Dume. Wrecker tells them that 'Hunter is handling it'. The clones address him again, and Wrecker responds with the same answer, and the clones tell him to get out of the way. They move on.

In the forest, Hunter and Crosshair recieve a transmission from Tech telling them that the clones had been told the entire Jedi Order had committed treason. They encounter Dume again just a few moments later. He is in a tree watching them until he trips and falls. Crosshair tries to shoot him but Dume fights back and Crosshair ends up knocked out with his back against the trunk of a tree. Hunter tries to calm the Padawan down, but Dume is too scared at this point and decides to run away yet again. Hunter runs after him, leaving the unconscious Crosshair. Dume continues running until he reaches the edge of a cliff, with a river running down below. Hunter catches sight of him and stops. He tries to calm Dume down, but Dume is still hesitant, and finally, hearing clone voices in the forest, jumps to the other side of the river. Hunter does nothing but stare across the river until Crosshair arrives. He asks about the Jedi, and Hunter tells him that he stunned Dume when he jumped, and 'he didn't make it'. Hunter walks away. Crosshair, feeling doubtful, scans the river, and leaves while troopers arrive.

The Bad Batch, on their ship the *Havoc Marauder*, head back to Kamino, and start discussing how long they have been away. Tech says they have been away for 180 rotations in a standard cycle but galactic changes put it at 205. Wrecker gets confused, but Echo replies that it's been 'a long time'. Crosshair asks Hunter if he is sure Dume died. Hunter again tells him he is sure. Crosshair says that usually when someone falls, people look down, not across. When they catch sight of Tipoca City, two V-Wings fly past them, requesting their security code. The *Marauder* lands in a hanger, and they all get out, only to hear an announcement stating that there is a Level 5 lockdown in place. Wrecker wonders what they missed, while Tech figures that it isn't a drill. A shock trooper explains that the war has ended, and General Grievous' death on Utapau. A few clone troopers walk past with a stretcher with a covered body. As they walk past, a lightsaber falls from the body's hands and onto the floor, showing that the body was a Jedi. The lightsaber is picked up by a shock trooper, who sees Clone Force 99 and informs them that there is a mandatory meeting at 1500.

While walking to their quarters, Hunter spots shock troopers and notices that the 'regs' are acting strange. Tech tests that theory only to be met with a rude comment from one of the troopers he was testing it on. He informs Hunter about the results of his test: they seem the same to me. They enter their quarters to be met with a stinky room. Echo is the first to point this out. Wrecker walks over to the board in their room and marks down 11 more successful missions. He tells everybody but Echo replies that Kaller wasn't a win. Crosshair then points out that Hunter let the 'Jedi kid' escape. Hunter says that he doesn't consider executing commanders as a mission objective. Crosshair replies that on order is an order. Hunter responds with: Since when? Echo points out that it all doesn't make sense. Billaba's troopers had served her for years. He questions why they would turn against her.