525th Attack Battalion

The 525th Battalion was a unit that served in the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.

## **History**

### **Clone Wars**

#### **First Battle of Geonosis**

Captain Handy and several personnel who later formed the 525th Battalion participated in the First Battle of Geonosis. Handy's commanding officer was killed in action when he was crushed by a destroyed AT-TE walker's falling leg.

#### **Founding**

The 525th Battalion was established after the First Battle of Geonosis

#### **Battle of Sullust**

After Sullust seceded, the 525th was sent to destroy tank production factories to keep those tanks out of the hands of the Confederacy.

#### **First Battle of Ve'it Maun**

Personnel from the 525th were sent to the jungle planet of Ve'it Maun, wherein the planetary defense force and local militia fought alongside the Separatist battle droids. It was a loss due to how overwhelmingly outnumbered they were. The ARC trooper Vasquex was killed in the retreat.

#### **Second Battle of Ve'it Maun**

Returning to Ve'it Maun with fresh troops a while later, the 525th utilised their prior knowledge of the planet to turn the insurgency's tactics against them, killing numerous militia and PDF and destroying a significant number of battle droids.

#### **The Defense of Hoth**

The 525th Attack Battalion was sent into this tundra planet to fight back a Separatist attack which they managed to succeeded but the cold combined with the droids caused numerous deaths

#### **Mimban Campaign**

In an attempt to push the Separatists back, the 525th was deployed to Mimban to assist the Mudjumpers. They successfully repulsed the Separatist droid army.

#### **Second Battle of Geonosis**

The 525th entered the Second Battle of Geonosis and assisted the Grand Army forces by targeting a secondary shield generator partially powering the droid supertank foundry.

#### **Battle of Scarif**

The 525th were sent into Scarif in order to capture it from the CIS due to its Dense Metals that are incredibly valuable to starship construction which could further the Republic's War Effort and would be a massive blow to the CIS

#### **Battle of Nevarro**

Equipped with the new phase 2 armour, the 525th Battalion assisted pro-Republic resistance forces with retaking Nevarro taking down a Nevarro City that was changed into a fortified stronghold and major center for supplies. Hawk Platoon made planetfall first and sabotaged a droid starfighter hangar by infiltrating it and planting demolition charges on each of the starfighters. With a lack of Separatist air superiority, the 525th after ramming a LAAT into the Wall that protected the fortified stronghold deployed numerous All Terrain Tactical Enforcers resulting in an extensive engagement between Republic AT-TEs and Confederate AATs, Clones and Rebels and Droids aswell.

#### **Battle of Rishi**

Unlike the many successes of the 525th, the Battle of Rishi resulted in numerous casualties for the 525th Battalion and put a number of holes in their roster.

#### **Second Battle of Bespin**

The Galactic Republic sought to retake the colony it lost on Bespin. They sent in the 525th, who moved in with LAATs and deployed jet troopers to fight the battle droids. Combat took place across various flying platforms as jetpack droids advanced against them. Vulture droid starfighters duelled with ARC-170 starfighters fought throughout the sky, with many casualties crashing into the platforms. After several hours, the fighting moved into a floating city and transitioned into street-to-street urban combat after the grueling hours, they had successfully taken back their colony on Bespin.

#### **Skirmish on Dathomir**

The 525th Attack Battalion discovered Grievous was establishing an outpost on Dathomir following his massacre of the Nightsisters and sought to capture him. Grievous had a hefty battle droid presence, and an intense skirmish took place. After all the droids were destroyed, Grievous retreated. Kel Ferrell began experiencing negative side effects from the planet's dark side energy and the battalion chose to retreat.

#### **Battle of Florrum**

In Dex's efforts to defend his brethren, he was killed in an explosion from a thermal detonator. Corporal Trace was devastated by the loss of his closest brother. He and Handy, enraged, attacked the C.I.S. droids. Handy shot down a significant number of them, whereas Trace went full on berserker and engaged the Separatists. Buzzard convinced Handy to stand down, whilst Trace needed to be subdued

#### **Battle of Kashyyyk**

The 525th Battalion were deployed to stop a CIS attack due to the importance of keeping Kashyyyk on their side and to not lose it to the Seperatists by any means necessary however Trace still not felt like himself due to the lost of such a close brother.

#### **Siege of Anaxes**

Unlike other clone units, due to their unpredictable nature and not sticking to traditional tactics, the 525th weren't effected by the plans getting leaked and managed to hold a base on Anaxes from a CIS siege attempt, however the CIS took note of this and sent droids to occupy the 525th whilst they win against other clone units

#### **Battle of Crait**

The 525th Battalion were sent in to Crait in order to destroy a secretive base that was building new types of droids to be used on the battlefield which were often much more dangerous than standard B1's however they did in fact managed to destroy the base however Trace could not bare any more time without his closest brother and decided to commit suicide.

#### **Siege of Onderon**

The 525th Attack Battalion was sent in to assist the rebels that were resisting the Siege of Onderon despite the attitude of Saw Gerrera. They would make base in a city to protect the backlines of Saw Gerrera and his Rebels with all of them fighting until Order 66 was activated however Handy and Buzzard did not understand or comply with the order with Handy having a minor fracture in his chip which could not be detected but stopped the order with Buzzard not complying with it because of a failure with the chip. The rest of the 525th Battalion would fire a rocket into the building Kel Ferrell, and Captain Handy after the rest of the clones saw Handy was not killing Kel which they survived with Buzzard being outside with his Hawk Platoon which was moving in to finish the job. Buzzard would protect them by immobilizing the Hawk Platoon once they reached into the ruined building. Knowing the 525th would soon come for Kel and Buzzard, Handy would order them both to leave with him ordering Buzzard to protect Kel at all costs and giving Kel his helmet to remember him by. Kel and Buzzard would object, not wanting to lose another friend but they would leave knowing it had to be done. Handy would go to the rest of the 525th trying to speak some sense to them which kind of worked but the chip was too strong and with him labeled as a traitor, he fought his brothers using stun in order to not kill them with them using live rounds and soon enough Handy was killed

## **Unit Composition**

Gills Company

Tor Company

Wano Company

Crimson Company

## **Personnel Roster**

Trooper CT-1671 "Dex" [Medic] [K.I.A., Exploded in the Battle of Florrum]

Specialist ARC-5768 "Vasquex" [K.I.A., First Battle of Ve'it Maun]

Sergeant CT-4691 "Trace" [K.I.A., Commited Suicide after the Battle of Crait]

Lieutenant CL-6781 "Buzzard" [Hawk Platoon/Jet Trooper] [Alive]

Captain CT-1901 "Handy" [Crimson Company's Captain] [K.I.A. due to friendly fire, Battle of Kashyyyk]

Jedi General Kel Ferrell [Unknown]

## **Uniforms**

Crimson Company wore white armour with red markings. It was common for personnel from the 525th often wrote words on their helmets, such as "we're insane but were all the same".