500th Legion

The 500th Legion was a unit that served in the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic during the Galaxy-spanning conflict known as the Clone Wars.
Their personnel wore armour with black and grey lines on their helmets. Cavern Company was known for it's fierce close quarters combat capabilities. Lieutenant Jumper led the 50th Armored unit, a group of ARF troopers who mostly fought alongside Rico himself, and were present in every large scale battle the 500th was part of.

Rico was close to Jedi General Nara, the Legion's commanding officer, and wished to remain permanently by her side. The entire unit's armour colouration was done to honour Nara, taking after her skin tone and the black markings on her face.
The 500th Legion respected their dead by removing the helmets and guns from their fallen, even if the dead clones had to be buried in slapdash graves on worlds far away. They placed the helmets and weapons of the fallen soldiers in an honored hall within their unit flagship, the Star Dust, and the hall had the names of the dead engraved on it. The 500th's Legion had a porg for a mascot due to their primary role as an airborne legion.

## **History**

### **Clone Wars**

#### **Origin**

Starting as a paratrooper regiment in the first year of the Clone Wars, the 55th Regiment was largely unseen in their first rendition. They battled across numerous battlefields, adopting various camouflage including their favoured grey sky camo. Near the end of the first year of the war they took on Advanced Recon Force troopers and infantry in plentiful amounts, leading to the formation of the 500th Legion proper.

Though medium and heavy losses were common for several of their units, especially the paratroopers, the 500th succeeded across multiple battlefields and saved many thousands of clones from wading through unfriendly territory and braving various mechanisms designed to keep the Grand Army at bay.

#### **Increase**

Sometime between the late first year and the second year of the Clone Wars, the 500th's successes led to the arrival of various stealth and jet troopers who formed the Devil Dog Company under a newly-promoted captain named Soundbarrier.

#### **Hellish Umbara**

Participating in a mission during the Battle of Umbara, the 500th and all of it's units shored up or went ahead of the Grand Army offensive. The paratroopers and airborne soldiers found themselves attacked by anti-aircraft emplacements, starfighters, militia and hostile wildlife.

Juggernaut tanks and various vehicles made prime targets for enemy artillery, and without the proper support from other units, many of their vehicular and armoured elements were wiped out within a few hours of intense fighting. Rico fought like a maddened acklay to ensure the survivors made it out of there, and the engagement was ultimately a victory. However, it cost the lives of numerous troopers, and some of the 500th considered they had been tossed into the fire without the proper counter-measures. High Command had, they believed, misused the 500th as a military asset. But after saying goodbye to their fallen, all they could do was gear up for an upcoming battle on Aduran.

#### **Aduran Campaign**

The 500th Legion descended on Aduran sometime after word broke out that a Republic base had been incinerated in a large scale explosion. Dividing themselves into small, well-equipped mission elements, they out-fought various Separatist battalions and the mercenaries of the Ironworks Company.

Marshal Commander Rico and a small team were dispatched to fight alongside the 373rd Arrowhead Legion's Hornet Battalion and Wookiee Battalion, whom were working under Regimental Commander Wasp and Jedi General Snrlom. Pressing through Confederate lines and eliminating one of their turreted positions, the group found they were succeeding in their endeavours.

Though entirely situated within the Grand Army, the 500th sometimes received minor tasking by Republic Intelligence and the Special Operations Branch and Special Operations Brigade in coordination with Republic High Command. In Rico's case, he was ordered to eliminate several Ironworks prisoners mid-combat. Rico gunned down two surrendering enemies and grasped a third, using their body to absorb weapons fire from battle droids.

#### **Facing the Music**

Arriving on a Republic-aligned naval world several days later, Rico had his forces resupply. He was present with Captain Guess and Trooper Hock when Wasp and several members of the 373rd Arrowhead Legion arrived. The Arrowheads revealed that the spooks who had sanctioned Rico's battlefield actions were leaving him out to dry, and he was due to be court-marshalled for war crimes.

In an act of pragmatic mercy, Republic High Command decided Rico and the 500th could continue their service in the Grand Army. However, Rico was to be demoted so that he could never serve as the leader of a Legion, Division or Corps in the GAR. The 373rd offered to take him under their wing and the offer was accepted.

After brief negotiations, the remnants of the 500th Legion were integrated into the 373rd Arrowhead Legion. They formed the 55th Paratrooper Regiment, which consisted of airborne troopers, Juggernaut tank crew and standard infantry. Many members of the 55th retained their original grey sky camouflage, though others chose other uniforms to better represent their induction into the Arrowheads. Though their airborne element suffered losses during the Siege of Kavlia, they performed well and their clearing of landing zones and moving Juggernaut tanks into the engagement helped lead the entire 373rd legion into a victory that broke the siege. They later participated in a counter-attack, and despite the temporary scattering of their companies, they rallied with the rest of the Arrowheads to besiege and capture a Separatist fortress.

#### **Quiet Reformation**

Another officer, Barricade, was later promoted to Marshal Commander. He quietly mustered a small number of other survivors and numerous new recruits to rebuild the 500th in Rico's absence.

### **Imperial Expansion**

After the end of the Clone Wars and the fall of the Republic, the 500th Legion was dispatched to worlds where anti-Separatist resistance movements had gained footholds and refused to succumb to the Empire. The 500th utterly destroyed those rebel movements under the leadership of Marshal Commander Barricade, earning them the name of Imperial Punishers.

However, troops in the 373rd's 55th Regiment and in the 500th were not always loyal to the Empire's brutal, oppressive, humaneocentric ideology. Several clones defected, including Captain Domino. Domino killed Marshal Commander Barricade.

Several years later, the legion was reformed into the 500th Coastal Garrison and stationed on various ocean and tropical worlds, including Scarif. Most of the personnel in the legion's roster became shoretroopers, though other elements of the legion contained purge troopers and death troopers throughout the Imperial Expansion and Galactic Civil War. This was due to a working relationship with Imperial Intelligence and the Inquisitorius.

Little information exists regarding the fate of the 500th Coastal Garrison.

## **Unit Composition**

55th Paratrooper Regiment [Dissolved, Reformed in the 373rd Arrowhead Legion]

Krieg Company [Dissolved , Reformed in 373rd Arrowhead legion]

5th Company [Dissolved, Reformed in 373rd Arrowhead Legion]

Devil Dog Company [Jet Troopers]

Cavern Company [Dissolved, Reformed in the 373rd Arrowhead Legion]

Urban Company [Dissolved, Reformed in the 373rd Arrowhead Legion]

Ghost Company [Dissolved, Reformed in 373rd Arrowhead Legion]

Bled Company [Dissolved, Reformed in the 373rd Arrowhead Legion]

Owl Company [Dissolved, Reformed in the 373rd Arrowhead Legion]

50th Armored [ARF] [Dissolved, Reformed in the 373rd Arrowhead Legion]

Firestorm Squad [Dissolved, Reformed in the 373rd Arrowhead Legion]

5th Squad [K.I.A., First Year of CW]

Turbo Squad [K.I.A., First Year of CW]

## **Personnel Roster**

Captain CT-8346 "Ghost" [ Krieg company] [Sharpshooter]

Trooper CT-#### "Racker" [Owl Company] [Sharpshooter]

Trooper CT-#### "Sparks" [Owl Company] [Sharpshooter]

Trooper CT-#### "Flames" [Owl Company]

Trooper CT-#### "Dead-Hood"

Trooper CT-#### "Ho

Trooper CT-2145 "Rookie"

ARC-#### "Sixer"

Sergeant CT-4544 "Sound Barrier"

Master Sergeant CT-0909 "Orso"

Lieutenant ARF-#### "Jumper" [Firestorm Squad]

Captain ARC-3456 "Domino"

Captain CT-#### "Core" [Owl Company]

Captain CT-1204 "Guess"

Captain CT-#### "Soundbarrier" [Devil Dogs Company]

Captain CT-#### "Domino" [Defected, fought the Empire]

Commander CC-#### "Delton" [Bled Company]

Commander CC-#### "Hotshot" [Head of Security]

Commander CC-##### "Torrent" [KIA]

Commander CC-##### "Trapper" [KIA]

Commander CC-##### "Sentinal" [KIA]

Marshal Commander CC-3165-8 "Rico" [Transferred to 373rd Legion w/ most of 500th Legion survivors]

Marshal Commander CC-#### "Barricade" [Led the new 500th Legion] [K.I.A., Captain Domino]

Jedi General Haxx

### **50th Armored**

Lieutenant ARF-#### "Jumper"

Jedi General Nara