CC-3182

**"No Speeches, Lets get this over with."**

CC-3182 Defending civilians during the battle of Denaba

- 501st Legion

- 501st Armored Cavalry Corps

- Besh Company

TK-3182 CMDR 'Crackerjack' Shortly before the engagement at Iridonia

## Biography

### Early life

Crackerjack's Story began on the flooded world of Kamino initially being bred as a Clone Sergeant the Kaminoans intensely studied his personality, finding Crackerjack to posses some Neurotic tendencies as well as being stubborn and overly formal, although these traits could've proven potentially destructive should he be assigned to a higher command position his title of Sergeant fit him well, he exceeded in organizing his men and was proficient in his training as an Engineer eventually he was assigned to the Cresh Corps of Engineers and he was giving command over a squad of Combat Engineer's

### Battle of Geonosis

The battle of Geonosis was comparatively short his squad was deployed outside of the Geonosisan Arena where they were giving the Objective of securing the open fields outside the arena and to establish and Command Center in the arena once the sector was secure, the separatists countercharged after the first few hours, and Crackerjack and his Squad were ordered to hold position against an Armored Column of IG-227 Hailfire Droids, His squad was slaughtered to a man, with those who survived the initial attack eventually dying due to inadequate medical facilities after the battle outside the Arena Crackerjack was taken up to an orbiting Acclamator once the space battle wound down

### Aftermath of Geonosis

Following the Battle of Geonosis Crackerjack was Reassigned to Besh Company and made its XO Crackerjack handled the new responsibility well, but following his promotion to Lieutenant Crackerjack began to show his Neurotic Tendencies once again, sending a lot of his time pacing around his office and doing repetitive maintenance on the ships sub-systems Crackerjack eventually was promoted to Captain, which conferred little new responsibility other than putting him on par with the other captains in Trebuchet

### Battle of Denaba

Shortly after Crackerjack Was promoted to Captain he was assigned to what was supposed to be a relaxing relief mission on the outer rim planet of Denaba, which was currently suffering from a CIS invasion, with the clones powerless to help. A squad of Besh (CC-3182, CT-4952, CT-8787, CT-1782 & ARF-1171) split off from the main group to hand out Food & Water along with Medical Aid to any civilians who needed it, however chaos quickly erupted as the CIS broke through the Militia's defenses and began to enter the capital city where Trebuchet was deployed, as things began to descend into violence Crackerjack and his squad began to grab any civilians they could find, setting up a safe zone inside the old Denaban Planetary Defense Force HQ which they had been using to hand out supplies, the defensive lines outside the building were quickly overrun with droids flooding the streets of the capital, Crackerjack refused several orders to abandon his position and regroup at the capital building, eventually Commander Kattesi Arrived to find out why the Captain was refusing orders, initially upset he quickly understood Crackerjack's reasoning when he explained to the Jedi Commander that he and his men were defending around 21 Defenseless Civilians huddled in the basement of the building; Finding themselves surrounded Besh Company eventually fought their way out of the city but the battle resulted in many casualties both for Trebuchet and the civilian population

### Battle of Jabiim

**"All of Cresh Company - 200 Men Gone in moments"**

Crackerjack informing Command of the Destruction of Cresh Company

The battle of Jabiim was a bloody affair, starting with the Jabiimi Loyalists pleading to the galactic senate to deploy additional forces to aid them in the defense of their planet the 501st was deployed alongside the 43rd Battalion, early into the engagement the forces of Trebuchet Battalion became separated from the rest of the 501st and 43rd resulting in them becoming encircled by Jabiimi Nationalists as the battle progressed the supply situation continually deteriorated, and constant attacks and harassment by the Nationalists lead to large casualties, most of which died of otherwise preventable injuries after the end of the engagement Trebuchet was disbanded due to the massive casualties caused by the engagement, the remainder of Trebuchet were folded into Vanguard Battalion operating under Hoplite Regiment

### Battle of Alderaan

The battle of Alderaan was Crackerjacks first test after being promoted to Battalion Commander, following the death of CBC-6447 'Pandora', the battle began shortly after the arrival of the Invisible Hand in high orbit, while General Grievous and his fleet engaged republic forces above the planet the newly promoted Commander Crackerjack struggled to maintain order in Alderaans Capital - Aldera, although his forces fought bravely the situation quickly deteriorated resulting in a near loss of the city, however Grievous and his fleet retreated after reinforcements arrived in orbit, resulting in a victory over all