Captain CT-8529 "Nark"

“Good soldiers follow orders. The best soldiers, do what’s right,”

Captain CT-8529 also known as Nark.

Captain CT-8529 of the 457th Legion

CT-8529, codenamed Nark, was a Clone Captain, and the commanding officer of Lavender Company, which was part of the 457th legion. Nark was known to value the lives of his men over the mission. Because of this, Nark had one of the lowest casualties rates in the 457th even tho it damage his success rate. Nark was also known as a caring Captain. Armor wise, Nark used clone paratrooper trooper armor even tho Lavender company was not paratrooper company. Nark also used a brown Karma, a brown medic bag, and an ammunition belt. Decorating upon his armor included lavender and orange markings, the statement “No clone left behind," printed on his left peck, the republic’s symbol on his left shoulder, and small tally marks on his right shoulder representing every soldier he lost. On Nark’s DC-15a, Nark fashioned a piece of shrapnel onto a bayonet during the battle of geonosis and left it on for the rest of the war. Nark also had a special bond with with two other troopers, Lieutenant CT-4932 or Blade and Private CT-8582 or Bait. He lead both of them into battle many time starting from Geonosis to long after the Clone wars. At the time of order 66, Nark, Blade, and Bait defied the orders and went rouge.

## Clone Wars

### **Activated on Geonosis**

#### The first half

Along with the rest of the Grand Army of the Republic, Captain Nark with Lavender company was activated to fight on Geonosis. There first mission was to eliminate a CIS fortification in the Hummec Ridge the detainee or execute a CIS officer with in the catacombs. The fortification trench line the ground, several sandbag defenses with a turrets, and a LR1K sonic cannon. Within minutes of landing, Lavender company managed to clear the droid force and only took a small handful of injured. The forces then infiltrated the catacombs and located the officer that appeared to have only a small amount of protection. Nark and the squad with him ran into the room that the officer was in, blaster he droid protection, and slapped holocuffs on the officer. As the captured him, large droids forces entered the room with an ambush and began a fire fight. In the fire fight the officer and Nark's second, Lieutenant Hatter, were kill along side a few other troopers. Nark covered his men as the began falling back out of the room but CT-4932 would not leave him. Shortly after the two got out of the room and started falling back though the catacomb with droids right behind them. Blade ran out of ammunition for his blaster so he managed to obtain a vibroblade from a commando droids. Eventually Nark set off a grenade and purposely began clasping the catacombs but the two managed to escape the tunnel before being crushed. Once Nark was out, command gave him orders to take Lavender company and lunch another assault with them. Nark suggested he take a squad and flank their objective while the rest of the men charged head on. While on The mission around there were to stop at a distress beacon and aid any survivors at it. With a set mission in plan troopers loaded into there transports and headed for the new objectives.