CT-5432 "Claws" (RP)

"Our brothers are giving their lives up there, and we're just sitting here like nothing's happening?! I don't want to get myself killed, but if this war has taught me anything...It's that we need to fight back against these creatures, they're killing our brothers, and we can't just stay in these barracks as they're being gunned down."-Claws in Umbara, 20 BBY.

CT-5432, also known as Claws, is a clone trooper who was born on Tipoca City, Kamino. He trained for many years to become a clone trooper, and was then assigned to serve under command of the 501st Legion (RP). He was originally assigned to the 104th Wolfpack Corp (RP) but was reassigned to the 501st for some performance reasons. He has been fighting since the first battle of Geonosis to the current day. Many battles later, the 501st eventually got dispatched on Umbara, along with the 7th. The battle caused the death of many of Claws' brothers, and to make things even worse...They were being tricked this whole time by Marshal Commander Vaukh. Claws was shocked, and because of this, he wanted to kill Vaukh and every single of the Umbarans, but he was stopped by his fellow brothers. Fortunately, Vaukh later faced the consequences with 3SA. The 501st and the 7th later left the planet to head for Iego, where they went to battle against a large group of separatist battle droids, super battle droids, droid commandos, droidekas, and even more almost immediately after they had arrived. There were many outcomes to this battle that cost the Republic a great deal: The 7th went missing, Claws went in a coma, multiple 501st troops died and other were heavily injured. Multiple search teams looked for the 7th, but they didn't succeed in finding them. The battle on this mysterious planet had surely come at a great cost, but nevertheless...The 501st was forced to continue the mission on Brentaal IV, an icy planet which they used to train. It all seemed normal for a while, the training sessions had 1 or 2 incidents, not as bad as Iego. Unfortunately for the 501st, they had to suffer a series of events such as being trapped in ice caves and destroying some droids that turned evil. Eventually, the 501st managed to get out of these problems and continue on their objectives, which led to them following a distress signal. In the process of trying to help out whoever sent said distress call, Claws got kidnapped and was listed as either KIA or MIA. Claws was not aware of what was going on outside of the room he and a group of other clones were locked in, but he still witnessed the horrific death of Gears, one of his brothers who got his face burnt. Even though it seemed like there was no escape, a group that belonged to the 501st Legion managed to save the kidnapped group(The ones left, of course) from the locked room, and Claws managed to head back to the Harbringer to heal all his wounds.

## Personality

Claws is usually a friendly clone, as he can socialize correctly. However, he is not always like this, as he can sometimes be really closed to himself. Even if he's angry at one of his brothers, he'll come around and make up for it. Unfortunately, Claws kinda looks for revenge constantly, especially when a trooper dies in front of him. This will cause him to try and kill the enemy himself, as if he were going on a rampage. Usually, he likes to hang out with his friends/brothers, fix and modify Metal(Mouse Droid) or clean his armor.

## Physical Appearance

### Hair color

Black

CT-5432, also known as "Claws" is a clone trooper that was born on Tipoca City, Kamino. He and many others were trained on Kamino in order to become clone troopers, as this is a cloning facility that specializes in creating a strong army of clone troopers. He currently fights for the Grand Army of the Republic, with the Sergeant position in the 501st Legion

## Early Life

#### Kamino

CT-5432 was born at the cloning facility located in Tipoca City, Kamino. He spent the first years of his life completing the standard clone training in order to fight against the Separatist Droid Army. Once his training was finally complete, he was assigned to the 104th Battalion under the command of General Plo Koon and his loyal commander, Wolffe.

However, Claws' skills and aggressive attacks didn't exactly fit with the 104th's protocol, so he was reassigned to the 501st Legion. At first, Claws felt ashamed of himself, as he thought he was a failure. Fortunately, Claws realized he was being transferred to the 501st Legion, instead of being grounded on Kamino for the rest of his life. Over time, Claws learned that maybe this wasn't that bad after all. He noticed that the 501st Legion was as incredible as the 104th, maybe even better, and felt proud of himself for being a 501st trooper.

## Battles

#### Geonosis

Claws was deployed into the rocky desert planet of Geonosis to reinforce the Jedi, where he fought against the Separatist droid forces. Claws and his brothers fought hard against the droids and didn't give up, he eventually managed to destroy a Homing Spider-Droid along with some of his brothers. The battle continued, but this time, it was going in favor of the Republic. The clone forces fought hard against the Separatists, not giving up even at the most dangerous circumstances. The battle ended, and the Republic came victorious. Claws was then assigned to serve under the 501st Clone Battalion, he and his brothers saluted to their high-command and headed back into the fight.

#### Christophsis

The 501st Legion was sent to Christophsis to fight against the Separatist Droid Army, Claws fought hard and tried his best to eliminate as many droids as he could. The separatists kept sending more battle droids and equipment, but the 501st tricked them and knocked their heavy artillery down. This gave the Republic a change of tide and helped them defeat more droids, Claws and a small squad of clones went through the side and knocked down more droids. The Republic came to reinforce the 501st, making the droid army outnumbered and eventually defeated once again. Claws felt honored of being a part of the 501st Legion, and he returned back home along with the other members of the 501st.

#### Geonosis(2nd Battle)

CT-5432 was assigned to the Second Battle of Geonosis, he was sent with a squad of clones on a gunship. Unfortunately, the gunship got shot down and crashed into the ground, killing his brothers. A different squad of clones went to aid the survivors in the crashed gunship and helped Claws get out of the wreckage, the clones helped him with some Bacta and returned to battle. The 501st fought valiantly against the Separatists and Geonosians, they managed to destroy many of their weapons and equipment.

Claws tried his best to hold off the battle droids from the Republic's side, the battle continued, but it seemed like the Separatist Forces were defeating the Republic. Just when it seemed like there was no hope for the Republic, the factory blew up into pieces. This struck the Republic with strength and force, the clone army would defeat the droid forces and win the battle, taking control over Geonosis.

#### Battle of Umbara

Claws was sent into battle with the 501st on the dark planet of Umbara, the 501st ran straight into battle against the Umbaran forces. Claws killed a couple of Umbarans and continued fighting, The Umbarans knocked him down and unconscious with their powerful weapons. Presumed to be dead, his brothers had to continue fighting. Claws woke up some time later, he was being carried by one of his brothers who didn't leave him behind. Claws and the clone walked through the dark planet, trying to re-encounter the 501st Legion. They saw the 501st walking through the Umbara and headed towards them, but they got ambushed by an Umbaran. The Umbaran would jump on them and shoot the clone, killing him. Claws would get angry, grab his fallen brother's blaster pistol and hit the Umbaran's helmet. The helmet's visor broke, making the Umbaran unable to breath and die.

Claws takes the clone's blaster, in honor to him and regroups with the 501st, as they already had the barracks conquered. He sits in the barracks, feeling angry and sad at the same time. He started venting to his fellow clone brothers about how bad he wanted to shoot and kill some battle droids and Umbarans, some of the clones agreed with him but others didn't. They all started discussing about fighting, but eventually came to an agreement where they said that the droids were easier to kill than Umbarans. Everything seemed fine for a while, but Claws was still going on about the topic after that.

##### The Pink Armor

Unfortunately, Claws continued ranting about it so much, that the clones decided to prank him when he was gone. Claws went out of the barracks for a while, and then, his brothers painted Claws' whole armor pink. Claws returned and asked Crash, Zaxy, Ringo, Hammer and Owl where his armor was, unaware that they painted it pink. His brothers tried telling him it was the pink one, but he refused and got angry. Owl confirmed that it certainly was the pink armor, Claws was so embarrassed of the armor, but he wore it to cover his embarrassment. Crash, Owl and some of his brothers then decided to prank him even more and some left the barracks to go get something, they came back with another pink clothing. Only this time, it was a bra. Claws tried to get out, but his brothers held him still. One of them took off Claws' upper clothing and replaced it with the bra, making him look feminine and "Submissive and Breedable". They made fun of Claws for a long while, that is, until Snek told them to stop messing around and stop making fun of him.

##### Back In The Fight

Claws got angry at Crash and decided to fight him, but it didn't come out as he expected it to. Crash was an ARC-Trooper, Claws was just a regular 501st trooper. Crash ended up defeating Claws, making him go to bed angrily. Zaxy and Ringo felt bad for Claws and decided to repaint his armor, they stayed up all night doing it but finished. Claws was grateful but looking at his armor reminded him of the battle, he gave an emotional speech to his brothers about how he felt about this battle and his brothers assured him that they would return to fight again. The 501st spent some days waiting, until they were finally sent to battle once again, but they would use the Umbarans' equipment this time. Claws, Hammer, Zaxy and Ringo were walking side by side along with the rest of the 501st Legion. They managed to confront the Umbarans and fought valiantly, the Umbarans used their cannons, tanks and weapons to defeat the clones.

##### Tricked and Mistaken

The clone army were struggling to beat the Umbarans' technology but they managed to penetrate the capital city, they walked by the capital, being cautious of every surroundings. The battle continued, it became rougher though. The 501st fought with incredible faith and strength, they managed to eliminate their targets. The 501st was told that more Umbaran forces were going to attack, so they returned to fight. They fought for a long time, that is, until a clone realized something terrible. The Umbarans they were fighting just now, weren't Umbarans. They were clones, from the 7th. Waxer was hurt, dying for that matter. CC-4200"Boil" (RP) realized what happened to Waxer and kept blasting, aware that they were clones, but insanely angry. His brothers came to disarm him, but Boil was hurt as well. Claws watched as the 2 clones sat side by side as they slowly faded away, Waxer and Boil talked and laughed...together. The clones decided they weren't going to just let this slip by, they rounded up and headed to kill General Pong Krell. Many clones got killed in said incursion, but they managed to shoot down Krell. The clones eliminated General Krell but Claws and his brothers then realized this wasn't the right option, he wasn't the one who betrayed them. They were too late, they were tricked and mistaken. However, the Republic sent a shuttle to Umbara to pick the 501st and 7th up and take them back home. Claws thought deeply about Umbara for the next days and weeks, he thought about his fallen allies, his brothers. The fact that he was betrayed by his own, it just made Claws feel conflicted. But nevertheless, he moved on and continued to serve in the 501st Legion as a true soldier would, the battle of Umbara was finally over.

#### Battle on Iego

The 501st Legion was sent to Iego, a mysterious planet located inside the Iego system. As soon as they got there, they had to set a camp in order to survive. After that, the battle had already started. The 501st Legion took cover behind a wall to fight back, the battle had been going on for a long time and Claws started to get annoyed of this. Nevertheless, he continued to help his brothers fight against the droid forces. At some point during the battle, a thermal detonator which was rolled towards a Droideka, bounced back and landed right next to the 501st troops. Hammer tried to kick said detonator, but it went off, causing a big explosion. Hammer was left defenseless, out in the open. Claws looked at his knocked down brother, and attempted to grapple him to safety. He managed to perform the strategy, but got shot in the shoulder. When Hammer was back in safety, Claws sat down, with his back resting on the wall. His shoulder was hurting, so he injected a bacta-stim into himself. He then got up, and continued to fight for the rest of the battle. The battle advanced through different locations, and they moved to some sort of staircase equipped with some cover the 501st could use to protect themselves while fighting back against the droid forces. Some time later, Claws tried to aid the 501st by risking his life and spam-shooting at the droid forces located on the upper side of the staircase, unaware of what was about to happen. Just when he least expected it, an IG-100 MagnaGuard jumped him. The MagnaGuard kicked the hell out of Claws, making him fall down the staircase and snap his neck, putting Claws in a coma. Everything was quiet for a long time, he didn't hear the screams of his brothers or the sounds of blaster fire. Some days later, Claws finally wakes up. It would seem like the battle was over, at least that's what he thought. He heard some rumors about the 212nd disappearing, without nobody knowing where they went. The 501st were all setting up some tents, so Claws helped them. Unfortunately, Claws did not like this task, so he decided to walk off unnoticed to look for the 212nd. He explored the area for a while, and then walked into Hammer, who was doing the same thing. They both decided to look for the 212nd together, so they did, and searched the area for a long time. A couple minutes came by, and Claws got distracted by some weird-looking "rock". And before Hammer knew it, Claws was gone. Hammer looked for Claws and even asked for help through his comms device, but they were unable to find Claws for a while as it was nighttime. A day or so passed by, and Claws woke up inside a creature's hole located on the outskirts of Iego. The creature was gone to hunt and eat, but Claws couldn't get out of the hole. He tried to climb, but he couldn't do it. He tried to make a hole, but the ground was too solid. Fortunately, there was a search crew on speeders passing by. Claws tried to make some noise in order for them to hear him and he succeeded, they helped him out and headed back to the tents, where he got lectured by Ringo. Claws was really pissed off, because he thought that the 501st didn't even try to look for the 212nd. So he vented towards Ringo, which ended up becoming an argument, and Claws got thrown in the brig. He spent a couple days in there to learn his lesson, he had visits from different people, who spoke to him and helped him understand the situation. Everything was eventually resolved, he apologized to Ringo and the rest of the command and tried to follow orders better.

#### Brentaal IV

Claws and the 501st Legion were sent to the Brentaal System. They landed on Brentaal IV, an icy planet with a large amount of mountains. As soon as they got in the planet, Claws was dispatched in a training session with the rest of the 501st troops. Unfortunately, Claws did not quite understand what the task was and started cleaning his helmet. The rest of the 501st were fighting against bears for training purposes, while Claws was doing nothing to help them. Just when Claws was about to finish wiping the front side of his helmet, a bear approached him. Claws saw the shadow of the bear and stabbed the bear with his Vibro-Knife. The bear wasn't pleased with this at all, and so he struck at Claws, sending him literally flying. Luckily for Claws, Sam was there to save him. Sam used his jetpack and grappled Claws, allowing Claws to live, as it was a life-or-death situation. He was immediately sent to the medical bay to be treated, he had to rest for a long time after that. A couple days passed by, and he was now ready to go back to the field. Claws tried his best to help the 501st do the work that was needed to be done, as he had already learnt his lesson.