97th Serpent Battalion

The 97th Serpent Battalion was a unit that served in the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. They were a main infantry unit directed towards front line combat and support duties. Their personnel wore white armor with blue and black markings.

## **History**

### **Clone Wars**

Organized in the aftermath of the First Battle of Geonosis, the ninety-seventh were primarily used to support units such as the 7th Sky Corps, 212th Attack Battalion and 501st Legion during part of the conflict. For the remainder of the war, they fought back against the Confederacy's forces on multiple fronts.

#### **Battle at Kashyyyk**

A Separatist fleet moving against Kashyyyk was countered by the 97th's Fleet. There was a gigantic battle throughout the star system, and three Separatist Destroyers suddenly exited hyperspace and hit the 97th's flagship, causing it to crash on Kashyyyk. Everyone aboard who survived the landing was wounded.

The Jedi Hynn Vark went down to the planet to rescue a pilot before the space battle fully commenced, and had taken reinforcements to beat back the invaders. They thought the pilot, Sabre, was dead, but then his heart began beating very slowly.

After defeating a unit of incoming droid forces, the rescue party and crash survivors were extracted by the Republic. "Ranger" was knocked unconscious by an unspecified person before somehow being left behind, discovered and captured by CIS droids. Kashyyyk was overtaken.

#### **Geonosis Operation**

Corporal Ranger was captured by the Separatists on Kashyyyk and brought to Geonosis. The Republic sent troops to retrieve him. While attempting to bomb a nearby droid factory, the 97th's fleet was ambushed by droid starfighters and nearly lost an entire squadron. The only survivors from that squadron were Lucky and Ace, who stood their ground against a droid assault force until the droids were bombarded and destroyed by the 97th's Fleet. After being placed in a bacta tank to heal his injuries, Ranger recovered and was given a new set of armour. G.A.R. personnel questioned the lengths the Separatists went to to capture and interrogate a simple corporal.

#### **Return to Kashyyyk & Hyperspace Sabotage**

The 97th's Fleet's return operation to protect Kashyyyk against the C.I.S. was thoroughly sabotaged by Lucky, though no-one knew it was him. Though ambushed and outnumbered, the G.A.R. troops fell back to their ships and landed on another planet. Lucky's cybernetics had electronic components which had contracted a virus that caused him to behave in a traitorous manner.

One of Lucky's actions involved sabotaging the 97th's Fleet's flagship, causing it to spend a prolonged period of time in hyperspace.

## **Unit Composition**

Hawk Company

Interside Company [Airborne]

Raptor Company

Striker Squad

## **Personnel Roster**

Trooper CT-7125 "Raider" [Striker Squad]

Trooper CT-8384 “Granite”

Trooper CT-1137 “O’Delta”

Trooper CT-1530 "Potato"

Trooper CT-2005 "Contact"

Trooper CT-3145 "Nyl"

Trooper CT-3343 “Ram”

Trooper CT-3919 "Cannon"

Trooper CT-4537 "JJ"

Trooper CT-5415 "Spark"

Trooper CT-2947 "Killstreak"

Trooper CT-2646 “Jet”

Trooper CT-2947 "Copper"

Trooper CT- 1693 “Echo”

Trooper CT-8743 "WhiteAxe"

Trooper CT-9028 "Reggie"

Trooper CT-4311 "Shadow" [Hawk Company]

Trooper CT-2200 "Twenty-two"

Trooper CT-9104 "Krayt"

Trooper First Class CT-2021 "Survivor"

Trooper First Class CT-3477 "Lemon"

Trooper First Class CT-1009 "Marston"

Lance Corporal CT-3019 "Weapons"

Corporal CT-7327 "Ranger"

Corporal CT-2983 "Foxtrot"

Sergeant RC-7819 "Mamba"

Sergeant CT-3919 "Cannon" [Hawk Company]

Sergeant RC-96 "Granite" [Kilo Squad]

Sergeant-Major CT-7446 "Sharpscope" [Interside Company]

Sergeant-Major CT-9112 "Bullet"

Warrant Officer CT-1311 "Canuck" [Hawk Company]

Lieutenant CL-2877 "Tax"

Captain RC-78 "Mamba" [Kilo Squad]

Captain CT-8743 "Cosmics" [Interside Company]

Captain CC-7568 "Tron" [Raptor Company]

Major CT-5647 "Ace" [Hawk Company]

Commander CC-3027 "Tricks"

Battalion Commander CC-2999 "Lucky"

Jedi General Hynn Vark

Jedi General Lucuis Sorati