Clone trooper

A clone trooper

> They'll do their job well. I'll guarantee that.
>
> - Aleroc Barnich

**Clone troopers**, also known as **Federal troopers**, **Federal troops**, **Federal soldiers**, and nicknamed the "**Grunts**," were highly trained soldiers in the Terran Federation. Representing the future of galactic warfare, clones were designed to be far superior to the Uv'oin battle droids.

Clone troopers were grown on Afekan Station on the planet TRAPPIST-1e at the request of Aleroc Barnich, having commissioned cloners to build an army for the Terran Federation. The project was overseen by the Ministry of Defence. Clones were modeled on human templates, married couple Satele Shan and Jace Malcom, although their genetic structure was modified to make them less independent and more docile than their progenitor.

## History

### Origin

> "They are totally obedient, taking any order without question. We modified their genetic structure to make them less independent than their original hosts.*"
> "*And who were the original hosts?*"
> "*A married couple named Satele Shan and Jace Malcom."
>
> - Aleroc Barnich and TNN reporter

Years before the Droid War, Aleroc Barnich came to believe that Terra would soon become engulfed by war. He therefore advocated for the creation of an army to ensure the defense of the Terran Federation, with his views somewhat accepted by his peers and he was giving a huge grant from the Ministry of Defence. The Ministry of Defence soon contacted many scientists who were experts in cloning, and moved them all to Afekan Station and commissioned them to create an army of clone soldiers for the Terran Federation with somewhat authorization from Parliament.

Shortly afterward, Aleroc Barnich soon recruited married couple Satele Shan and Jace Malcom to serve as the genetic templates for the Terran Federation's Clone Army. Various modifications were made to the genomes so that the clones would be more susceptible to following orders. Hyper-aggressive and volatile tendencies were tailored. The genetic structure was further modified to make the clones less independent and more docile than their templates. However, the clones were also designed to be capable of creative thinking, making them far superior to battle droids according to Aleroc Barnich. Indeed, the married couple themselves had some pride in the army, stating they were more than the cloners' creation and viewing them as soldiers rather than cannon fodder.

Each clone trooper had an identifying code inserted in his/her left wrist. During the Droid War, the codes were linked to the file of every individual trooper in the Terran Federation's military database. The files, which could be accessed by via the scanning of a clone's identifying code, contained the clones' designation, rank and overall service record, as well as any specialized training and the units that he/she was affiliated with. Most all of the clone troopers also shared their templates Satele Shan and Jace Malcom physical characteristics.

## Training

In order for the clone army to become excellent soldiers, the clones were subscribed to years of rigorous training programs on the Virtus Station. All clones went through enduring nonstop training, simulations, and testing. Letter and number identifications were assigned to the clones to remove any sense of identity, as the cloners on TRAPPIST-1e viewed them as pieces of a machine, and not people, except Aleroc Barnich who viewed them as "pure soldiers". Endless mental and physical drills bled into the clones' "recreation," where they participated in sports and games that resembled battle situations. Any bouts of anger or rebellion were dealt with by placing clones in retraining pods, essentially isolation tanks.

Clone education was very slow, and their learning consisted of intense classes that used screens and focus-enhancing helmets to help clones memorize information that might have one day been useful on the battlefield. Young clones were assigned to wear either an "odd-class" or an "even-class" helmet, in order to foster a sense of teamwork and competitiveness. Helmets that had gold-fittings were "odd-class", and helmets that had black fittings were "even-class.

As children, clones held the rank of officer cadet and were organized into multiple squads for the purpose of learning cooperation and teamwork. Officer cadets had a special kind of instructors; younger and older clones were monitored and trained by volumetric displays of famous dead people.

While the clones were grown on the Afekan Station, the clones lived and trained in Virtus Station, a military station of TRAPPIST-1e, throughout their time as officer cadets. Naturally, clones came to regard TRAPPIST-1e as their homeworld, just as official records did. Training and studying under the soft white lights of the Virtus Station, most never saw the outside until they left for combat. Still, from the moment of their birth, the clones received encouragement from Aleroc Barnich, their trainers and genetic engineers to leave TRAPPIST-1e, and become true soldiers among the stars.

Clones were taught multilingualism, the many languages of Terra. Those who spent a lot of time stationed on a specific planet could adopt a patois of the local language. Clones tended to litter their speech with jargon and slang—such as "UGVs" for droids—incomprehensible to a civilian unfamiliar with military culture.

As they progressed, command allowed clones to pursue hobbies within limited parameters to supplement their off-duty training and improve mental health. This improved morale and recovery; however, it also gave clones insight into the "other side" and how the civilian population lived.

## Morality Training

Clone morality education was also very slow, and like their learning consisted of intense classes, used the same focus-enhancing helmets to help clones to have a sense of morality based on the information from comics to movies.

### Morality Information List

* *Bruce Lee*
* *Captain America*
* *Wonder Woman*