Rico's Brigade

## Description

Rico's Brigade is the titular and primary protagonists' faction in the web series Rico's Brigade, created by Youtuber DaleyTactics. Though called a "Brigade," it is, in fact, an entire military faction; that of the New Republic (though said name was not chosen until several months into the war).

Rico's Brigade was founded by Clone Commander Rico out of every clone trooper he could convince of the doom approaching the Republic, and went with him to the Vergesso Asteroid Field, where they would be cut off from the rest of the galaxy, and could wait out whatever came. The original force was roughly 1 billion strong, and had a single fleet of Clone Wars Era ships and armaments, although it has since expanded.

After Order 66 and Chancellor Palpatine, AKA Darth Sidious's transformation of the Republic into the Galactic Empire, Rico's Brigade emerged from the shadows to battle the new tyranny that controlled the galaxy. Being comprised almost entirely of clones of Jango Fett, and trained to the highest standard, Rico's Brigade soon proved more than a match for the Imperial Army, despite vastly inferior numbers and resources. Battle by battle, planet by planet, Rico has expanded throughout the galaxy for the past few years, liberating formerly Imperial planets. The Galactic Empire would not be their only challenge for control of the galaxy, though. Roughly one year after the war began, Rico's Brigade controlled a sizeable portion of the galaxy, that was re-branded The New Republic and had made an alliance with the Alliance To Restore the Republic, AKA the Rebel Alliance. While these liberated planets prospered, Rico's Brigade continued to battle various hostile factions across the galaxy. They would defeat Jayden Dooku's Droid Army and the Hutt Cartel, and now battle Chaos's Army, and the Droid Rebellion, in addition to the Empire.

However, Rico's Brigade's biggest challenges would not always come from outside threats. Early on, they were betrayed by Rico's former squadmate, Rookie. During the third year of their war, Rico and his former second-in-command, Racket, would grow apart due to Racket's increasingly reckless tactics in battling the Empire, including hiring mercenaries to bolster their lines during a campaign to take Bothui, which resulted in their flanks being left open when the mercenaries fled. Racket was demoted just as he learned of intelligence claiming of an upcoming vulnerability in Coruscant's defenses, which could lead to them striking a critical blow against the Empire. Rico refused to allow Racket to pursue the information, so Racket gathered up numerous commanders known for taking risks in battle to make the attack themselves. Although neither side intended it to play out as it did, this act of insubordination soon turned to a full-blown civil war between Rico's Brigade and what was dubbed "Racket's Regime." Because of the heavy casualties Rico's Brigade inflicted on Racket's forces, the attack on Coruscant proved unsuccessful, and Racket and a few survivors returned to the Brigade. Rico decided to welcome Racket and most of the survivors back in, though Badger remained in prison.

Roughly five years since the conclusion of the Clone Wars, Rico's Brigade and their Rebel allies control about 1/3 of the galaxy.

Following a series of traumas, not the least of which was being possessed by an ancient Sith entity known as Chaos, Rico decided to step down from leadership, leaving Racket in charge.

## Members

* Rico's Brigade (Generic clone soldiers)
* Rico's Personal Guard
* Rico (Former Military Leader and left the brigade)
* Racket's Soldiers
	+ Racket (Current Military Leader)
* Flak
* 501st Legion (Not to be confused with Darth Vader's 501st)
	+ Rex
	+ 55
* Walters
* Elton
* Tanker (Formerly)
* Kipper (now a cititzen)
* Galactic Marines
* Ghost Unit
	+ Clocker (Formerly)
	+ Phantom
	+ Whipper (Formerly)
* Wolffe Pack
	+ Wolffe
* Mental
* Rookie (Traitor)
* Hoppy
* Tony
* Delta Squad
	+ Boss
	+ Fixer (Formerly)
	+ Sev
	+ Scorch
* Badger (Formerly)
* Blitzer
* Steve and Rich (Formerly)
* Thunderbolt (Formerly)
* Glasden
* Comet (Formerly)
* Brutus (Formely)
* 9th Fountain Legion
	+ Aqua
* Tethos (formely)
* Sub Squad
	+ Mapes (formely)
	+ Nano (formely)
	+ Red-Eye (formely)
	+ Intee (formely)
	+ Quarantine (formely)

## Enemies

* Galactic Empire
	+ Darth Sidious
	+ Darth Vader
	+ Vader's Fist
	+ Commander Cody
	+ Commander Fox
	+ Dutchman
	+ Joshua Bolga
	+ Stormtroopers
	+ Sand Troopers
	+ Magma Troopers
	+ Imperial Officers
	+ Snow Troopers
* Jayden Dooku's Droid Army (Formerly)
* Hutt Cartel (Formerly)
* Droid Rebellion
* Chaos' Army
* Racket's Regime (Formerly)

## Allies

* New Republic (Represents)
* Rebel Alliance
* Mace Windu (deceased)
* Rahm Kota (deceased)
* Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Tucker
* Sandra (Formerly)
* Gungans

## Appearances

* Clone Baptism By Fire (first appearance)
* Fortress of Ryloth
* Imperial Retaliation
* An Unexpected Ally
* Droid Army Ressurection
* Amphibious Clone Assault
* Downed Gunship Rescue
* Enemies and Allies
* Clones Driven By Anger
* Clone Legions Ambushed
* Fiery Clone Landing On Geonosis
* LAAT Gunships Ambushed
* Captain Rex Trapped In A Droid Factory
* Clone D-Day On Kashyyk
* Guerilla Warfare
* Under Siege