Alpha-98 Nate (RP)

Nate in his phase II Alpha Armour

## Alpha-98 Nate

"*imma be frank with you , This Frank guy seems dumb*"
―Nate to Pink talking about Base Commander Frank
**Alpha-98**, known simply as **Nate** and later **Jangotat**, was an Alpha-class Advanced Recon Commando captain in the Grand Army of the Republic. He fought in the First Battle of Geonosis, after which he was promoted to the rank of captain for saving five members of his squad from a *Hailfire* droid. Later, in the Battle of Altair 9, a broca nearly tore his hip off, causing him to require extensive medical treatment from a Republic medical facility. Following his recovery, he was posted to the training world of Vandor-3 to take part in a grueling training exercise aimed at honing the skills of clone troopers.

Due to the exemplary leadership he demonstrated on Vandor-3, A-98's commanding officer offered him a position on an upcoming covert operation, which was vital to the continued war effort of the Republic. With his acceptance he was placed in charge of a group of commando-trained clone troops who would be operating on Ord Cestus under the command of Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Kit Fisto. During his time on Ord Cestus, Nate developed a relationship with a freedom fighter by the name of Sheeka Tull; her love for him helped show him that there was more to life than what he had been created to do. After marrying Sheeka Tull , Nate was invited to join the Muunilinst 10 with whom he went to the 50 moons planet outside of the galaxy to get a planet with almost unlimited resources. Returning from there , he has been called to Brentaal-IV on the behest of their Commander Pink to train the 501st battalion.

## Biography

### Early Military Career

"*This is control to Trooper A-Nine-Eight. Estimated time of ejection one minute twenty-four seconds.*"
―Control, to A-98, during an atmospheric insertionCloned on the planet of Kamino, Nate was one boy among a sea of identical looking beings. Being a genetically-modified soldier, he was bred and trained for one thing—to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic. Eventually, Nate completed his training on Kamino and was sent on his first mission to Geonosis, along with many of his clone brothers, to aid in the relief of Mace Windu and the Jedi with him. During that battle he and the five soldiers of his squad were almost killed when an attacking Separatist *Hailfire* droid unexpectedly entered a reflux pattern which would have caused it to violently explode, killing all those around it. Nate, however, had previously studied power-cell recharge cycles and recognized when the *Hailfire* droid was experiencing the reflux pattern. He quickly advised his squad of the imminent danger and the five of them dove for cover while Nate destroyed the droid before it was close enough to become a hazard to his soldiers or himself. Following the Battle of Geonosis, he was promoted to the rank of captain for his actions in destroying the *Hailfire* droid and for saving his five comrades.

Later in the war, Nate fought in the little-known Battle of Altair 9, where he was severely wounded by one of the planet's native broca, which almost completely tore his hip off. The severity of this wound caused him to be evacuated to a Republic hospital station where he received treatment for his injuries for three weeks. Following his recovery, he was eventually sent to Vandor-3, which served as a training ground for troopers. Along with the other fifty thousand clone troopers posted to Vandor-3, Nate was rotated through a brutal training exercise which was under the direct command of Admiral Arikakon Baraka.

### joining The Muunilinst 10

After coming from the training session on Vandor-3 , Nate was invited to join the elite ARC trooper squad Muunilinst 10 whom he joined and has spent the time with on the ships of The Investment and The Alit while stationed on ARCA Barracks on Coruscant. Having married Sheeka Tull , he seemed to keep quite a busy time on Coruscant without having a particular assignment to work on for quite a long time.

### 50 Moons of the Winding Bridge

Following up on the data the Muunilinst 10 had recovered from the probe droid manufacturer, they infiltrated the probe droid storage facility located on Coruscant, racing against the CIS. With the help of "Not Hawk", the 10 was wiped from all footage taken by the security cameras inside of the facility, making infiltration much easier than it would have been otherwise. Once they retrieved the probe droid, the Muun 10 boarded an LAAT and flew back to Arca Barracks. During the flight, "Not Hawk" secretly made an exact copy of the probe droid, and returned it to the storage facility for the CIS infiltration team to find, along with a note attached.
With the coordinates of the resource planet leading outside of the known galaxy, Grand Admiral Thrawn amassed a fleet and a taskforce to go with it, including himself, the Muunilinst 10, Revan, and Lana Beniko. The first stretch of the trip was an uneventful one for the most part, save for the Muun 10's confrontation with the stowaway clone assassin, Dagger, after discovering that she had previously killed Alpha-01. Once the fleet crossed the galactic barrier to reach the outside of the galaxy, everyone on the ship was blinded by a bright flash, after which they were met face to face with alternate versions of themselves. Most had to engage their doppelgängers in single combat but Nate due to having suffered from injuries missed out on this and had been resting in the bacta tank healing his wounds.

### Brentaal-IV with 501st

After returning to the Arca Barracks , Nate received a call from Director Atris about his new assignment which was to train the 501st battalion back into shape as they went on a mission on brentaal-IV. Having accepted it , he took a TIE Hunter and went on the planet of Brentaal-IV where he met up with CMDR Pink and discussed about his strategy related to getting the 501st back in shape.

On their first mission given by base commander Frank that was to capture enormous bears near there base, Nate with the help of Trooper Howzer captured 3 bears. Nate driving a Speeder with Howzer sitting behind him lured the bears away from the main group and stunned one of them. having used his shock vambrace they stunned a second one too which fell on their speeder. In order to defeat the third bear , Nate using his DP-23 shotgun on stun and Howzer with a Westar-M5 were able to suppress it but Nate got slightly injured after tanking a claw hit from the bear. After they rested for a moment , Nate used his DC-15X sniper to save Sam from getting ambushed from it.

## Personality and traits

Alpha-98 was what one would expect of an ARC trooper: dedicated, brave, and charismatic. Due to his breeding as a clone of Jango Fett, Nate was a natural example of what it meant to be a soldier. During his early military career, he exemplified this when he went out of his way to study his enemy, and, as a result, was able to save the members of the squad from a *Hailfire* droid during the Battle of Geonosis. His soldier qualities were again demonstrated when he took part in an extremely difficult training exercise on the planet of Vandor. His time with the Muunilinst 10 showed him quite capable in the terms of co-operation and teamwork. Though having looked at it , Nate can also be said to be a bit anti-social as he is not much talkative and refrains from joining on into daily pleasantries with the clones.Though some have called him a party animal when he joins in into a celebration (threw a soup bowl at Tarkin in the Arca Barracks). His skills to command and train are being strained as he struggles with a new found responsibility which is to train a whole battalion. Nate also shares a very intimate bond with his lover Sheeka Tull but he has his full devotion to the Galactic Republic and if needed he will not think twice to sacrifice himself or his loved ones if it benefits the Republic.

### Relationships

* Sheeka Tull

He unconditionally loves Sheeka and he loves to spend time with her. She is one of the few people he can trust his life with.

* Muunilinst 10

He considers them as his now forever team and family whom he truly respects each member of it equally and trusts them with everything. Even if not all are perfect and they all have there bad sides , he does not mind it.

## Combat Abilities

Nate having received Alpha Training , Nate shines in close range combat being masterful with close to mid-ranged blaster weapons and hand-to-hand combat while still being highly proficient with snipers , he can take a shot at almost any target from a long distance. Nate prefers head-on combat as he likes the thrill of a fast-paced battle, he will not give up on the chance of taking a speeding vehicle through a base running the enemies over and shooting them while driving it. Nate will use any sort of advantage he has over the enemy to its fullest to secure a win even if it costs him.