5387 Chatterbox

## MSGT 5387 Chatterbox

5387 Chatterbox was a Master Sergeant medic within the 212th, who formerly served with the 21st, but resigned from the 21st after he evaluated himself of being unfit for active duty due to an unsound mind. After doing so, a medic within the 104th treated him and provided medication. With this medication, Chatterbox was fit for duty again, this time within the 101st.

After spending some time in the 101st, Chatterbox was accepted as a Medic. His Medic skills got him noticed by Commander Cody, who personally invited him to the 212th. After spending a long time as a medic, Chatterbox transitioned to heavy. After a traumatic incident he was unfit for duty for several months. After an experimental treatment, he returned to the 212th and became their Lead Medic.

## *Biography*

Chatterbox was one of the final phase 1 Clones produced before the switch to Phase 2. His training finished a mere month before the switch to Phase 2. Chatterbox's training on Kamino was characterized by him struggling with discipline at first. He failed the citadel a few times due to inadequate teamwork. However, after remedial training, Chatterbox did a complete 180 and gained an appreciation for working as a team. After this, Chatterbox and his batch easily passed the citadel. Chatterbox came out of Kamino a chatty Clone, gaining his call sign with his incessant talking. Transferring to the Valkyrie, he performed well in simulations and events and would eventually try out for the 21st Nova Corps.

Within the Nova Corps Chatterbox performed well, if not exceptional. He did nothing to impress and was not promoted. But Chatterbox was set to stick with them, hoping to climb the ranks. This all changed during the Insane Missions.

### Cracking

During these missions, Clones were exposed to a hallucinogenic drug. They hallucinated invisible enemies, impaled bodies, and pike wielding ghosts resembling Darth Nihilus. All of which killed brothers, over and over and over. Of course this was only the drug inducing seizures within clones. But it was all real to Chatterbox and after seeing his brothers die over and over and over, he broke.

During the second deployment under the effects of the drug, Chatterbox did not use his gun. He left it in the barracks. Why would he, these spirits were invincible! Instead he did what he did best. He talked. Whenever a hallucination would appear he greeted them like an old friend, politely asking them to not kill him.

After the mission was over, Chatterbox nearly cracked when told that it was all due to a drug. In a small instant of sanity, Chatterbox resigned from the 21st due to being unfit for active duty, due to having an unsound mind. He then went to the medic bay for treatment. A medic from the 104th Wolf Pack, callsign John, treated Chatterbox and prescribed Vitalin. These pills subdued his hallucinations and other symptoms, but it still took him about a month to be fit for active duty. During this time, Chatterbox memorized the 101st regimental manual. Now fit for active duty, Chatterbox was back to being his friendly, chatty self. With a habit of quoting the manual.

With Chatterbox returned to active duty, he participated in what seemed a standard mission. He performed normally during the majority of it, but suffered a relapse at the tail end. Downing all his pills in desperation to make it stop, Chatterbox fled to the waiting LAATs and nervously shifted all the way back to the Valkyrie. When they got back, Chatterbox calmed down in briefing as the meds worked their wonders. Afterwards he went to the medicbay and got his pills refilled by a 41st medic.

### Recovering

While there he struck up a conversation with SGT Cutiepie of the 101st. Having grown to appreciate medics over the course of his *'condition',* Chatterbox mentioned the possibility of becoming one. Cutie immediately put him through training, which Chatterbox took well too. After completing the beginning course, Chatterbox was certified a Trainee Medic, only needing some actual field experience to qualify as a full medic.

Appreciating the ability to restock his own pills, Chatterbox quickly became an official medic after 1 mission. Chatterbox uses his new *"*power*"* to mess with his patients, a favorite line of his is, "I can't remember if I cleaned this syringe or not." However, he's a legitimately qualified medic. While his patients may come away doubting the effectiveness of his treatments, they can rest assured that whatever Chatterbox actually says, he's done his job as well as he could.

After spending some time as a 101st medic, Chatterbox would distinguish himself on a mission. During this mission the 212th lacked medics and Chatterbox would fill the gap, keeping many a 212th trooper alive (despite their best attempts to get themselves killed). This would gain the notice of Commander Cody, who would personally invite Chatterbox to the 212th. While Chatterbox had banned himself from applying to any battalions after he deemed himself unfit to serve in the 21st, this invitation was a great honor. Chatterbox accepted and was made a 212th medic.

### The Battle of Teratus

*"Quit whining you babies! Thyferra wishes it had half the bacta us medics are throwing out! We'll live through this yet!"*

-Chatterbox mid-airstrike.

By Chatterbox's luck, his entry into the 212th would quickly be tested by a trial by fire. The 212th, along with the other battalions of the Valkyrie Venator, were deployed to Teratus and stationed to guard Bunker 5. What started as boring guard duty turned into a desperate fight for survival, as countless droid waves were thrown at Bunker 5. The 212th, as well as the 327th and 41st, took many casualties, but the clankers couldn't crack Bunker 5. Chatterbox's copious usage of bacta played a part in keeping many clones alive.

But the separatists grew tired of figuratively throwing metal at Bunker 5 and started doing it literally. The CIS started pounding Bunker 5 with artillery. Copious usage of bacta grenades by medics such as Chatterbox kept some clones alive, but the CIS wasn't done. Many Napalm Shells fell on Bunker 5, mixing in with the regular artillery. The final shell blasted Chatterbox to safety and he dumped most of his remaining bacta into himself, healing the worst of his wounds, but leaving him scarred.

Chatterbox was fit for duty again after a week in a bacta tank, but the scars of Bunker 5 would never fully heal.

### Lasers in the Snow

The 212th was deployed to a city on a cold planet, with a mission to defend the city. Despite it being mostly abandoned, there was still enough electricity to run the city's trolleys. The 212th being the 212th decided to board one and had a lovely ride. However this ride led straight into CIS territory. The other 212th bailed before they got close to the droid lines, but Chatterbox obliviously stayed on. This sent him rocketing straight past a CIS guard post and right into the droid's rear.

Chatterbox took this opportunity to slowly and methodically take out the 30 strong droid guard post. When some 41st charged in, the droid guard count was in the single digits. Chatterbox would fall in with the 41st and some other troopers, falling back into a support role as a medic. However Chatterbox is not a clone gifted with a good sense of direction and would become separated from the larger force again. Not completely alone however...

Going off the beaten path in an attempt to link up with the 212th, Chatterbox found valley pass filled to the brim with droids. Chatterbox began to slowly thin the herd and two 21st linked up with him, lending their guns to assist. With the help of 1879 CrowBoy and 7557 Why, the three clones cleared a path through the droids and came across a prison center.

A burning, panicked prisoner ran out of the prison facility only to burn to death at Chatterbox's feet. As much as this made him burn to rush in and start blasting, the only way to do this without getting killed was slowly and carefully. The 3 clones slowly bled the prison guards until the path to the cells was open. By the time reinforcements arrived, the 3 had cleared the majority of the guards. Rushing into the facility interior, the now reinforced clones ran roughshod over the remaining droids, but found only empty cells.

They had been too slow.

Chatterbox ended the mission with 74 confirmed kills. Chatterbox would return to *The Valkyrie* with the city successfully defended, but the taste of failure in his mouth nonetheless. For their exceptional performance in the line of duty, Chatterbox, CrowBoy, and Why were each recommended by Master Kit Fisto. Commander Cody would promote Chatterbox to the rank of Specialist. Soon after, the promotion to Lance Corporal came.

### Relapse

Chatterbox went with the 212th to a cold icy planet. During the mission he experienced a relapse and had a seizure. Because of this, another medic had to carry Chatterbox off the battlefield. While he was recovering Chatterbox kicked his dependency on Vitalin.

### Tunnel Rats

> *"Is that the best you got?!"*
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*-Chatterbox after he, 5961 Cheddar, and 4060 Walleye fended off The Deathwatch Commander.*

5387 Chatterbox would deploy to a unspecified desert planet after recovering from his relapse. The mission was an airdrop via LAAT into an arena, pursuing a Deathwatch Commander with orders to kill. But it was a trap, the second clones stepped off the LAATs Deathwatch popped out of hiding. Everyone was in the open with no cover, so Chatterbox took charge and yelled out, *"Run to the tunnels!"* 5961 Cheddar of the 212th and 4060 Walleye of the 501st followed him into the tunnels. Meanwhile the Clone Advisor ordered the LAATs to take off, leaving many clones stranded.

While the clones that retreated to the Venator tried to organize a rescue operation, Chatterbox, Cheddar, and Walleye holed up in the tunnel and prepared to hold out for reinforcements. Minutes felt like hours as Chatterbox used every drop of bacta he could to keep Cheddar and Walleye alive. The Deathwatch Commander himself came with a flamethrower to try to burn them out, but judicious use of bacta grenades kept them alive through it and sustained fire forced the Deathwatch Commander to retreat. Chatterbox's armor got pretty scorched and his burn scars from Bunker 5 started to itch terribly, but nobody died.

Eventually reinforcements arrived and from then on it was a pretty standard clearing operation as the 3 survivors fell in with the other clones. The only further notable event was when Mace Windu found the Deathwatch Commander and ordered a capture, not a kill. It took Chatterbox a few more seconds then the other clones for him to put his gun on safety. But the Deathwatch Commander was taken to the Venator and executed.

Chatterbox smiled when he heard the blaster shots.

### W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad

As part of a reorganization of the 212th, Chatterbox was assigned as the squad leader of W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad, a 3 man squad consisting of him, LCPL 1567 Longshot and SPC 5961 Cheddar. W.H.I.S.P.E.R was an abbreviation for Wound. Heal. Infiltrate. Secure. Protect. Evacuate. Raid, a list of the squad's capabilities. W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad's first operation would take them to a desert planet, with orders to capture or kill a Trandoshan politician.

W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad would be at the vanguard of the attack, scouting out an island fortress and being one of the first to find the main CIS base. At the base, the Trandoshan politician was found. Due to what he knew of Trandoshans and expecting further CIS attacks, Chatterbox declared the Trandoshan a threat and ordered him executed, which W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad carried out.

Afterwards *heavy* CIS attacks ensued, with countless drop pods and harassment from Hyena bombers. Many clones lost their lives there, but Chatterbox's leadership kept W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad alive, though wounded. When the evac order was given by the Clone Advisor, Chatterbox gave the order for W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad to board the LAATs and W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad made it back safely to the Valkyrie Venator.

After several missions, the other two members of W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad were both promoted, with 1567 Longshot being promoted to Corporal and 5961 Cheddar gaining the rank of Lance Corporal.

### Naboo Defense

The 212th, consisting of 5387 Chatterbox, 1020 Lady, 5961 Cheddar, 5867 Card, and 8888 Solar, were deployed to a Nabooan city after the Valkyrie Venator received a distress call from a Naboo senator. The city came under heavy CIS drop pod attack, but the Valkyrie clones dealt with them handily. Air support was provided by clone pilots using Naboo starfighters, whose bombs blasted many a droid.

The Valkyrie clones found two senators, but one was already dead. The second was placed under heavy guard and escorted to evac, but the guard failed to take down an assassin droid. Said droid placed a laser bolt into the senator's skull, placing him in a coma. The senator would die of his wounds on the Valkyrie. Despite the senator's death, the operation as a whole was considered a success by Chatterbox. The city was held.

### Promotion and Promotion

*"Thank you, sir!"*

-Chatterbox responding to his second promotion.

After returning to the Valkyrie, during debrief something unexpected happened. When time came for promotions and recommendations, many brothers of Chatterbox stood up and personally recommended Chatterbox for promotion. This consisted of the 212th, but also the 327th. Chatterbox was *extremely* grateful to his brothers for their recommendations, and Attack Regimental Commander Bloodwolf promoted Chatterbox to Corporal.

After showcasing his leadership abilities within the 212th and as the W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad leader, Chatterbox was promoted to Sergeant by Attack Regimental Commander Bloodwolf. Chatterbox was very thankful for this honor and gratefully accepted it. As a Sergeant, a whole new level of responsibility was on Chatterbox's shoulders. He cooled his nerves by chattering on a holocomm to his old friend, Caden. His excited babbling kept the retired clone up late.

### A Friend in Need

After deciding that there was an over saturation of 212th medics, Chatterbox went through heavy training and became a heavy. The heavy training was actually overseen by his former W.H.IS.P.E.R Squad member, Longshot, who had been promoted to Heavy Lead in 212th. Chatterbox was very proud of the ex-W.H.I.S.P.E.R member. However this relatively minor occurrence would quickly be superseded by a crisis of a good friend of his, Staff Sergeant 3456 Preacher.

Staff Sergeant 3456 PREACHER would suffer a sudden severe attack of hallucinations due to PTSD triggered by spice. After holding up in the armory, threatening to blow it sky high with a thermal detonator, PREACHER was escorted by Shock to a cell. Chatterbox along with the rest of the 212th part participated in an improvised group therapy session, where the horrors that PREACHER suffered on Kashyyyk were laid bare. Chatterbox was sympathetic to his brother and did his best to help. Eventually as far as Chatterbox could tell, PREACHER was of sound mind and PREACHER was released from prison. His mind at ease, Chatterbox was ordered to another part of the Valkyrie Venator. The next time Chatterbox saw PREACHER he was back to his old self, running some shinies through the ringer.

Much later while sharing a drink of Shtööhb with PREACHER, Chatterbox would hear the story of how PREACHER took his fellow 212th hostage and held up in the medbay. Chatterbox could only laugh, shake his head, and say, "Brother, we may be clones, but you're one of a kind PREACHER."

The two clones gave a toast to that.

### Fall of the Valkyrie

*"Goodbye Valkyrie..."*

-Chatterbox on the LAAT, as he saw the final shots send the Valkyrie spiraling into a nearby planet.

Chatterbox was awoken in the middle of the night by the sounds of klaxons, blasterfire, and explosions. The Valkyrie was being boarded, bombarded, and anything else the CIS could do to destroy it. In a frenzy of activity, Chatterbox tried to meet up with the 212th, he was once within spitting distance of Cody. But in the end, despite his best efforts he was separated from his brothers. When the evac order game, Chatterbox made his way to a LAAT and flew out. It happened so fast, he barely had time to register the events that had happened.

Chatterbox, along with the rest of the surviving 212th, landed on a planet where there was a mysterious facility. Many 212th bodies were found around the crash site. The facility had rooms tailor made for each battalion, with the 212th clearing theirs quickly enough. The 212th decided to guard their room and be on the lookout for any further CIS attack. With a moment to breath, a photo was taken by Commander Cody. After the mission, Chatterbox would acquire his own copy, and keep it with him as a lucky charm.

After the photo was taken, Chatterbox would guard the door to the 212th's room, along with Buck. The two would raise the alarm when commando droids attempted to sabotage their fellow clone's advance. Like a vengeful mob, the 212th would swarm out and trash clankers.

Eventually all the survivors were evaced and taken to a Republic base, to await a new Venator.

## Opinions on the Clones

Chatterbox's opinion on certain individuals and battalions aboard the Valkyrie Venator and beyond.

### 101st

Chatterbox views the 101st with fondness due to his time spent as a medic there. It was in the 101st that Chatterbox qualified for medic, under Cutiepie's tutelage. He admires Commander Cutiepie's control of the 101st and the fact that the 101st is reorganizing into a proper battalion is admirable.

### 21st

Chatterbox deeply respects the 21st, due to his time spent within it. He's grown comfortable with not being in the 21st anymore, but he's left with a lasting fondness for the purple boys.

### 327th

Chatterbox has almost as much respect for the 327th as he does for the 21st, having collaborated with them during combat when he was in the 21st and during his time as a 212th. He became good friends with Caden, a officer of the 327th. Caden would eventually retire, but Chatterbox would keep in contact with him via weekly holocalls.

### 212th

Chatterbox feels great loyalty for his Battalion. Chatterbox has been in the 212th for so long now that he can never see himself leaving and he doesn't want to. If Chatterbox were to poke a hole in his vein, he half expects to bleed orange at this point. Chatterbox views the 212th as his family, having especially strong bonds with 1567 Longshot and 5961 Cheddar, with Cheddar serving as his infallible second in W.H.I.S.P.E.R Squad. He also is very close to 3456 PREACHER, in many ways trying to follow PREACHER's example as a Sergeant, for better or for worse.

### Jedi

After spending some time side by side with Jedi on the front lines, Chatterbox has overcome his previous hallucination induced distrust and respects them as comrades on the battlefield. Kit Fisto in particular is a Jedi who stand above the others in Chatterbox's eyes. Chatterbox and Fisto collaborated on the healing of a 212th addicted to spice. This experience was crucial in Chatterbox coming to trust Jedi.

## Personality Traits

Chatterbox is very talkative. Its how he got his name. He's in general pretty friendly and happy, amicably greeting people he knows. Chatterbox's talkative nature is a nice fit for a heavy, as he must be in constant communication about his position. Less necessary is the over the top boasts and bloodthirsty taunts.

One of Chatterbox's hobbies is practicing at the gun range. When there's nothing going on, he likes to practice his accuracy and as such, Chatterbox is a pretty effective marksman. After becoming a heavy, Chatterbox has spent many hours trying to attain a similar level of accuracy with the Clone Minigun. He thinks he's as close as he can get.

Chatterbox has recently picked up a new hobby, something to pass the time during noncombat hours. Namely, producing propaganda for the 212th. In many ways its a way for Chatterbox to cope with the trauma from Bunker 5 and other battles.