CA-1968 “Blaze” (RP)

## CA-1968 “Blaze”

**CA-1968**, later known as **Blaze**, is a female Clone Assassin of Isabet Reau who serves as one of the many clone troopers within the Grand Army of the Republic. She specializes in Close Quarters Combat, with a preference to flamethrowers. Alongside the rest of the Clone Assassins, she was trained to fight against force users, specifically the Jedi.

While on Kashyyyk for a campaign against the CIS, ‘68 met Wrench. The two fell in love despite her later finding out that she was actually a Sithspawn. Their relationship was at threat once he started considering deserting from the Republic as he feared what would happen to him. Wrench took the opportunity of being invited to a Sith wedding as his chance to leave, but unbeknownst to him ‘68 tagged along so she could be with him one last time. They attended both the private and public wedding ceremonies, the event of the latter resulting in Wrench abandoning his notion of deserting and ‘68 taking the name Blaze.

Blaze and Wrench returned to be with the 415th Exploratory Corps on Coruscant. The clone eventually met Leslie Kryze, a mandalorian woman who worked as an advisor with the 415th. She would learn skills from both Leslie and the 415th to broaden her arsenal of attacks. The duo would put their skills and teamwork to the test after taking up the opportunity to screw over the Pyke’s business on Coruscant.

## Biography

### Early Life

CA-1968 was created in 31 BBY to serve as a member of the Clone Assassin Division. ‘68 would be trained to combat the Jedi if Order 66 was ever issued. One such skill she learned was the legendary hand-to-hand style Teräs Käsi. She also grew attached to using flamethrowers and seeing things burn.

During the her training, ‘68 bonded with fellow Clone Assassin CA-1170, also going by Bishop. The pair developed a friendship that would last for years.

### The Start of the Clone Wars

Once the Clone Wars kicked off in 22 BBY with the Battle of Geonosis, ‘68 was assigned to assist in the war under one of the clone groups participating in it. She took part in battles like the Siege of Mandalore and the Third Battle of Geonosis.

Eventually, most of the Clone Assassins, and several other clone groups, reunited on the Wyvern for recon mission. Their goal was to explore the planet Salteract. While ‘68 did not partake in the scouting of the planet, she did train in her skills and mastered the use of Arm Vibroblades.

### The Start of the Clone Wars and Salteract

Once the Clone Wars kicked off in 22 BBY with the Battle of Geonosis, ‘68 was assigned to assist in the war under one of the clone groups participating in it. She took part in battles like the Siege of Mandalore and the Third Battle of Geonosis.

Eventually, most of the CAs, and several other clone groups, reunited on the Wyvern for recon mission. Their goal was to explore the planet Salteract. While ‘68 did not partake in the scouting of the planet, she did train in her skills and mastered the use of Arm Vibroblades.

After a couple months and a couple hundred deaths, the CAs left Salteract’s orbit and headed to Eridau. They encountered enemy ships along the way, but those ships were handled with little difficultly. Their time at Eridau would not be for long as the Wyvern approaches Kashyyyk. On the forest planet the diversion regrouped with System Army Alpha (SAA) to fight against the Confederacy of Independent Systems’ (CIS) forces. Unbeknownst to ‘68, her life would change as she met a special someone during the campaign.

### Meeting Wrench

The start of the Kashyyyk campaign was slow. There was the occasional battle to gain ground and limit what the CIS could do. One day when ‘68 went to check on her flamethrower *“Flame”*, she encountered ARC-2574 aka Wrench, a Beta Arc Trooper who was working in the 415th Exploratory Corps. Wrench was scared of ‘68 at first, assuming that she was there to hurt him or something even worse. Fortunately, that was not the case. ‘68 started sleeping in a chair in the Engineering Bay after this.

This would continue to happen for weeks and the two started developing feelings for each other. Bishop, who was also there, recognized this even though they didn’t. This was clear when Wrench suffered a painful injury on his side. ‘68 ended up sending a lot of time with him and they started watching terrible movies with each other.

However, the two’s relationship almost ended. Wrench accidentally revealed to ‘68 that he was actually a Sithspawn and not a clone of Jango Fett. He merely was blending in after a 415th mission on Aridus, where he was staying beforehand. ‘68 felt distraught after learning the truth about Wrench and stopped talking to him. She pondered what she should do with this new knowledge about her crush. The clone decided that she would not care about him being a Sithspawn and accept him for who he is, as she fell in love for the person, not the identity. ‘68 returned to talk to Wrench and they made, solidifying their relationship.

Months went by and a ceasefire was called between the GAR and CIS. Around the time that was declared, Wrench had been invited to the wedding of Kára Volshe, former physician in the 415th who ran away once it was discovered that she was force sensitive. ‘68 and Bishop both decided to assign themselves to the 415th so they could be with Wrench after Kashyyyk. However, the Sithspawn was considering deserting from the GAR for his own safety. Realizing this might be the last time she would ever see Wrench, ‘68 impulsively chose to tag along with Wrench, only telling Bishop. She hid on the ship as it traveled to Naboo for the wedding.

### The Sith Wedding

Shortly after her arrival on Naboo, ‘68 revealed herself to Wrench. He was surprised, but glad, about her sudden appearance. The couple spent some time together while waiting for the wedding to happen. ‘68 even got a nice short, orange dress for the ceremony.

One of the things they talked about before it happened was about Wrench’s plan of deserting. The clone feared what would happen to her boyfriend and did as much as she could to convince him not to. She was unsuccessful. In an attempt to ignore the depressing reality of their situation, they conversed about potential names for her. Eventually, ‘68 took a liking to “Blaze”.

In early 19 BBY it was time for the wedding to begin. ‘68 and Wrench saw as Volshe and her fiancé, Nihl, confessed their love to each other. Afterwards, ‘68 just watched everyone else party and have a good time. She quite honestly found this wedding to be a bit boring. What made that worse was that most of the people here were darksiders or related to one. Once it was over, ‘68 joined the couple and their friends on their ship to the second wedding on Valahari. ‘68’s wishes would be answered as the wedding there was a lot more interesting.

Hours before the second ceremony, ‘68 noticed a lot of individuals that she would never expect to see attending a Sith’s wedding. Jedi Fay and Anakin Skywalker, an Alpha Arc, former Naboo Senator Jar Jar Binks, the General of the 415th, and so many others. Something was definitely going to happen here.

The ceremony itself went as expected, but ‘68 was bored as she already witnessed it. The guests headed to the area where the celebration of the newly wed couple, which is where the Jedi chose to strike. Fay announced that she and the other Jedi were there to arrest all of the Sith present at the wedding and for them to stand down without a fight. Of course, this meant a fight broke out. To make matters worse, an unknown but powerful Sith Lord showed up and engaged in a battle with the Jedi Master. Due to all of the chaos going on, ‘68 was separated from Wrench so the former chose to hide. She stayed there for a hour or two until Jedi Master Mén made it possible for her to escape without too much risk.

Now free, ‘68 was able to reunite with Wrench. While she was hiding, he was stuck dealing with several Sith who were also at the wedding. He told her that he would no longer be deserting which made her ecstatic. Once all of the remaining Sith were captured, they and ‘68 went onto the ship of Jedi Arye Prays. She would strike up a conversation with Jedi Padawan Willow and finally adopted Blaze as her name.

### Coruscant Shenanigans

Upon arriving on Coruscant, Blaze met up with Bishop and the two talked about what had happened. Unfortunately because of the chaotic wedding, Blaze lost her bodyglove and had to get a new one. After that Blaze mainly just picked up some skills from the 415th and sat around, being bored out of her mind.

Things changed when Mandalorians Leslie Kryze returned to work with the 415th once again. Blaze met Leslie and both of them immediately hit it off after the latter took the clone to go drinking for the first time. Days later she would also teach Blaze Mandalorian Hand-to-Hand.

Now that some time had passed, Bishop contacted Blaze about helping him take down the Pyke Syndicate with another CA, CA-1865. Blaze invited Leslie to join as well, and after completing a mission on Bunduki CAs CA-1963 and CA-0004 tagged along. The group rented out an apartment in one of Coruscant’s lower levels to act as a base of operations. For their part of the mission, Blaze and Leslie would act as bounty hunters and take jobs to see If they could eventually be hired to do something related to the Pykes. To help make her less conspicuous, the duo got Blaze a new outfit and blaster pistols.

Then not long after, the 415th would be invited to attend the grand opening of the Coruscant Museum of Galactic Cultures’ “Recovers Mysteries” exhibit. Blaze went along with Leslie, Bishop, Sights (the 415th General), Emiliana Volshe (Kára Volshe’s sister), and several others. Soon after their entrance, the museum was attacked by thieves who wanted to rob it. Blaze and Leslie managed to get away and proceeded to work their way up to the manager’s y on the top floor. Some of GAR’s Special Forced infiltrated the building and met with Blaze and Leslie. All of them returned to where everyone else was being held captive and freed them. Then the two ladies and the newly freed Emie went down to the basement where Sights had gone earlier, jumped onto the ship the thieves were using, and killed the leader of the attack. Through all of this Blaze made it out unscathed, but Leslie was not as lucky and received several injuries.