Clone trooper

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### Reorganization

47 ABY, as the Grand Army of the Alliance (Clones were technically still apart of the GAR as well)

### Dissolution

From 23 ABY onwards, cloning became rarer and the Republic opened itself to recruitment.

## Other information

### Eras

The Clone WarsBattle of Downsend Era of Malgus Galactic PeaceYuhzan-Vong War

### Affiliation

Galactic RepublicGrand Army of the RepublicSith EmpireStormtrooper Corps

**Clone troopers**, also known as **Republic troopers**, **Republic troops**, **Republic soldiers**, **Regs**, and nicknamed the "**Boys in White**," were highly trained soldiers in the Grand Army of the Republic. Representing the future of galactic warfare, clones were designed to be far superior to stormtroopers. During the first years of the New Republic, clones formed the backbone of the Republic Military that waged war against the recruited and droid armies of the Galactic Empire. The Clone Wars was named after the Republic's clone army, which became symbolic of the conflict that had spread throughout the galaxy.

Clone troopers were grown on the planet Kamino at the request of Darth Sidious, who commissioned the Kaminoans to build an army for the new Sith Order. After The Grand Inquisitor's death the project was taken over by Arya Skywalker which went against everything Sidious wanted. Clones were modeled on a human template, the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett, although their genetic structure was modified to make them less independent and more docile than their progenitor. They were also designed to age at twice the rate of natural humans, accelerating their growth and making them ready for combat in a decade's time.

## History

### Year 8 & Battle of Downsend

During the events of Year 8, the 6 billion Spaarti clones produced complemented the Kaminoan clones and replenished those who had lost their lives in the battlefield which was over 4.5 billion clones. They were deployed to Downsend along with various new military ships and venator-class star destroyers to fight against Sith, Imperials and rogue clone forces who still stayed loyal to them. Clone casaulties during the 6-month battle soared to about 100 thousand a day, nevertheless morale was high.

CT-3851, Commander Colt and his division of elite shock troopers were deployed to the shield generator of Republic City and defended it from sith attacks, however, in the 5th month of the battle. Sith commendant and Allfather descendant Mara with twenty rogue clone commandos began an assault into the shield generator and due to their lack of preparation, Colt as well as all of his men were killed as she destroyed the generator. However, in his dying moments, CT-8421 detonated an explosive destroying the entire facility killing Mara, the commandos and himself thus killing one of the most powerful Sith in Sidious' arsenal.

After the battle ended with Sidious' death and Arya Skywalker's victory, over 100,000 clones were deployed to Republic City to aid with the recovery and rebuilding of it and to ensure all citizens were safe and alright. Meanwhile, high ranking clone troopers and commandos became part of Project Exalefio which sought to eradicate and eliminate surviving Sith and dark side adepts, to which they would have immense success, limiting the Sith Empire to only one planet as their base of operations in 11 ABY.

### Imperial Reminants

Though debate in the senate began for whether the Republic should re-organise its military and command structure, such conversations were delayed when it was discovered Galius Rax had unified some Imperial reminants into a fighting force capable of dealing a fatal blow to the Republic. Once again, clones and Jedi alike were fighting Imperial stormtroopers and battle droids in war to gain control of planets occupied by Rax. Later, Rax' plan was discovered by CT-7567 (Commander Rex of the 501st) and General Arya Skywalker which was to destroy both the Republic and Empire in a suicide attack to weaken them substantially. With this, it was unaminously decided to launch a major offensive and re-take Coruscant, the capital of the Empire and former Old Republic. The 501st, 224th and 100 recon-class commandos were deployed to take the planet and after CT-7567's sacrifice and the subsequent death of Rax, the reminants under his control crumbled and it seemed the empire had finally been defeated. Most clones in the Republic military paid their respects to Commander Rex with a shrine on Kamino being built in dedication for him, Skywalker ensured his legacy would be remembered among all clone troopers.

### Future of the cloning programme

After an attempted heist of Jango Fett genetic material in 10 ABY, which greatly frightened and infuriated the senate, Representative of Kamino Finnis Valorum was sent to Kamino to assess the natives and clone trooper's behaviour ultimately determining if there was any use in the Republic for the Kaminoans. Valorum, who was a staunch aristocrat and also began to advocate for the Republic to suspend cloning and allow recruitment, a thought unheard of for the senate. In reality, he had been voicing these views since the beginning of the Clone Wars, yet the senators and especially Chancellor Arya Skywalker, who was a militarist having served along the clone troopers, viciously rejected his efforts. Regardless of his views towards clones, Valorum was concerned and skeptical of the Kaminoans true allegiance, viewing them as suspicious.

In his inspection, Valorum viewed locked contracts the Republic had with the Kaminoans and discovered they were to expire in 4 months time. Viewing this as the chance to end the contracts with Kamino and no longer renew them, cloning would eventually come to an end and his thoughts of recruitment could be introduced. With this knowledge, he left Kamino and took to the senate, proclaiming that Kamino was not secure and complete nationalization and Republic control was the only way to secure the military. Unlike his previous rants, which wanted the prevention of clones, nationalisation, which the republic had already carried out in the Banking Clan, generating trillions in profit, was of interest to the senators and even to Skywalker, who himself wanted greater republic supervision over entities to ensure their cooperation and to avoid corruption. He also advocated to carry out a vote for this and to discontinue contracts with the Kaminoans.

Meanwhile, clone troopers were not being alerted of any of what was happening and they were carrying out their regular jobs, but more high-ranking and independent clones grew suspicious of what was going on and some even deserted the military, fearing their position in the republic would become comprimised. Later, a vote was held in the senate whether to nationalize the cloning facilities in Kamino and put them under complete Republic control and most people voted for it, with Valorum and Skywalker being the main advocates. As a result of this betrayal and not wishing to be cast away from their own homes, the Kamino Uprising began which saw the Kaminoans age 'Anti-Clones' made of the Jango Fett DNA to fight and destroy the clone troopers stationed there prior to Valorum's arrival.

The Anti-Troopers were aged in one year and dawned Phase I armor, they were only loyal to Kamino. In response, the Chancellor authorised 100 clone recon-commandos to travel covertly to Kamino, kill these anti troopers and arest Lama Su, the Prime Minister and take her scientists into custody. After this, Kamino's cloning facilities came into direct control of the Chancellor.

Arya Skywalker, to the annoyance of Valorum, increased the number of clones developed each year to 8 million, from 4 millio

n previously. However, Valorum did suggest to the senate that in order to show a new era was beginning in the galaxy and the clone wars was over, new armor to be developed for the clone troopers. This was Phase III of the clone trooper armor. This new armor greatly resembled stormtrooper armor and therefore was thrown away and simply refused by many clones. Only 52% of clone troopers ended up dawning this new armor which put a comical image on Valorum. Nevertheless, the armor was more effective and comfortable than Phase II armor.

### Decline

In 23 ABY, the senate signed the '**Public Recruitment Act**' which officially retired clones who were serving in public services, such as police and security and navy clones who served ships. They were replaced by regular humans who signed up to join these public services, but the clones still comprised the actual military of the republic. In 26 ABY, a few recon-commandos began a revolt against their superiors due to their disregard for theri squadmates, which ended up being brought to the senate. As a result, the recon-commando programme was abolished due to the independence and unpredictable behavior of these clone troopers.

More than a decade later, in 39 ABY, it was discovered that the Jango Fett DNA template was degrading and unable to be used for much longer on clone troopers, Jango Fett's son, Boba Fett refused to be used to extract his father's DNA to further grow clone troopers. By this time, Arya Skywalker was no longer Chancellor and replaced by Bail Organa. Despite a supporter of clone troopers, Organa understood if the Fett DNA continued to be stretched and degraded, corruption and anomolies would increase in the Grand Army, decreasing its effectiveness. As a result, Organa began varying the templates used for cloning, using other prominent and strong humans to support the Republic, not just pure Jango Fett clones. Months later, production of Jango Fett clones ceased from 100 million a year, to only 1.2.

During the Yuhzan-Vong war, to replenish the fallen clones, conscription and recruitment was introduced and billions of aliens and humans alike began to take arms in the Republic military. In the latter half of the war, the Fett clones only made up 12% of the 27 billion active soldiers in the Republic military, still an incredibly high number, but scant compared to clones of other templates and recruited men. In 54 ABY, clone troopers from around the galaxy went to Arya Skywalker's funeral as they paid their best wishes to him, acknowledging the sacrifices he made for their continued production and existence. By this time, only a handful of clone veterans who served by Arya during the Clone Wars lived to tell his legacy. One trooper, CT-8890, who was born in 0 ABY and served along side Skywalker during the end of the Cone Wars, wrote a journal in memorial to Skywalker and published it and it became bestseller, showing the public still remembered the clones as well as Skywalker's efforts. CT-8890 was the oldest living Fett clone at 108 years old, he died at the age of 112 in 57 ABY at 56 standard years.

By 80 ABY, only about 1,500 Fett clones were produced each month, a mockery of its former numbers with a 99% decrease in production from over 100,000 units each month. Despite this immense decline in clone production, the **501st Legion** which was the legion that General Arya Skywalker commanded, consisted of pure Fett clones, due to the natural selectiveness and eliteness that specific legion required.

Despite some exclusivity, the Fett clones made up less than 1% (0.25%) of the Galactic military in 100 ABY, which meant there were 80 million clone troopers in the entire galaxy during that time. Ironically, 20 million below the number of clones manufactured in a single year. After the formation of the Fel Empire, remaining Fett clones pledged allegiance to Emperor Roan Fel, including the 501st legion, and some top clones from the legion were indoctrinated as Imperial Knights, some clones stayed with the Galactic Alliance. Nevertheless, during the **One Sith Wars** pure Jango Fett clones were spotted serving in numerous Alliance worlds, particularly the outer rim.