The 417th Legion
Preface
With the new Star Wars movie coming out incredibly soon I have been in the 'mood' for Star Wars like never before. For anyone who knows me you might be surprised that I love Star Wars even more than DC Comics. (Which obviously holds a very dear place in my heart.) In preperation for the new movie I decided to re-watch/read all canon properties of the universe. (Though I need to catch up on the Darth Vader ongoing title. I ran out of money.)
After deciding to skip over the Phantom Menace (beacuse, meh) I watched Attack of the Clones. (My first ever experience with the franchise. Don't hate, I love that movie despite the terrible romance dialogue.) Then I decided to watch the entirety of the Clone Wars cartoon. I now realize that there is no way to finish my self imposed canon 'journey' as I am only on season 2. I'm okay with that though because I am once again hooked! The show focuses mostly on the main characters (Anakin, Obi Wan, Yoda) that everyone knows and loves but also places a pretty heavy focus on the clones themselves. It gives the feeling that the Clone Wars were fought on an absolutely huge scale. Meaning there was no way the show's crew could cover every single unit in the Clone Army. (There were 3 million clones mature and trained to fight in the first couple of months of the war.)
I want us to create our own original Legion/Brigade in the Grand Army of the Republic. That means every character will be original, from the Jedi, to the non-clone officers, to the clones themselves. We might cross paths with canon characters at some point but not very often.
Our Goal
Each clone Legion contained around 9,200 units and were a part of a larger Corps/Sector Army/Systems Army/Grand Army. Wiki page explaining the organization of the Republic Army We will be fleshing out the 417th ourselves including the fleet and Admiral that brings us to battles and fights in space. You can create pretty much any character you want. I will not be playing as any of the Jedi unless I need to. There will be four, one Master who will act as our general and one of the regiment commanders, a Knight who will be second (think Obi Wan being in charge and Anakin being his second as is evidence by the show) and two Padawans. I will be playing as our Clone Senior Commander and our non-clone Admiral however.
Regiments will be divided into two infantry divisions, one artillery/armored division and one fleet division. As will Battalions, though they have to be numbered. Example: 212th Attack Battalion. Companies and platoons will be generic for us. 1st-4th platoon of 1st-4th company of Battalion Name of the 417th infantry/armored/naval regiment. Naval terms might be different than battalions and platoons and such. If you know these terms please let me know.
Players can play however they like. Want to be a fighter pilot and that's it? Great! Want to make a Jedi? Sure! I myself will be taking command of an entire battalion of one of the infantry regiments. This means I will have many characters and will control all of their fates. I encourage players to take this route. Think of this as a mini nation style RP or something. Or maybe a very closely collaborated fan fiction adventure. Let me be clear about this route. You DO NOT have to write a post for every single character in your Battalion. You have your main character and their supporting cast. I will be writing all of my infantry posts with Senior Commander Blue as the main character with a third person perspective. I will also make expendable officers/grunts that will be characters. Write a single post incorporating as many of your characters as you like. You DO NOT have to write a new CS for every new clone you introduce. If you play as a Jedi you will need to write an individual CS.
Also, if you want to play as a unit but don't want to control an entire Battalion you can create a company of soldiers under another player's Battalion. Though we should try to spread this out a little. I don't want four player Companies under one player's Battalion. Platoons are also not available to create as your sole unit as it could get out of hand. Battalion leaders feel free to make up platoons and companies under your Battalion.
The Legion
The 417th Legion is an elite Legion of Republic Clone Troopers. Over the last ten years they have been growing and training on the planet Kamino along with millions of their brethren. The soldiers of the 417th were all picked from some of the highest scoring soldiers in training, because of this they believe they are the best of the best. This has caused a rivalry between their men and that of the 501st who also think they're the best.
The Clones of the Grand Army of the Republic were cloned from the DNA of Jango Fett, a Mandalorian bounty hunter. Fett and thousands of other bounty hunters and mercenaries have been training the men for the last ten years to become the deadliest army in the known galaxy. Through Kaminoan technology and science a clone ages twice as fast as a normal human. At ten years of age the men of the Clone Army have the body of a twenty year old Jango Fett. They were implanted with a biological chip at birth to make them more docile than the original donor but are still encouraged to exhibit free and creative thought.
While free thought was encouraged, individualism was not. The Kaminoan Prime Minister Lama Su and many of his people often treated clones like nothing more than organic droids often killing or sentencing to maintenance the "failures." Other Kaminoans and many of the bounty hunters saw the Clones as human beings and protected them from Lama Su. Despite individualism being frowned upon by many of the Kaminoans, the clones began giving each other nicknames. Senior Commander Blue was one of the first to be so honored because of the genetic mutation in his eyes. They also began building their own personalities and distinguishing themselves from each other.
As the war grew closer the troops began feeling restless. The men, now ten years old, grew tired of training and were itching for a fight. Finally Jedi Master Obi Wan Kenobi visited Kamino. None of the men knew why he was there but they did know that they would soon be heading off to war. 200,000 of the Phase I Clone Troopers had completed their training and were ready to fight. Another million clones, including those of the 417th, were to be ready within the next couple of weeks. After Kenobi left, Fett disappeared leading many of the clones to wonder what happened.
Not long after another Jedi Master, Yoda, appeared on Kamino and took the first 200,000 clones to battle against the Republic's enemies. The 417th, only one week away from being battle ready, was left behind. When the Yoda and many of the clones returned stories of the Battle of Geonosis against the Separatist Droid army traveled throughout the cloning facilities with tremendous speed. Clones were told that everything they heard about the Jedi was true, they were extremely powerful.
At the request of Master Yoda and another Jedi Master named Shaak Ti, Lama Su allowed the clones to individualize themselves. Within a week many clones had cut, dyed, or shaved their hair, began growing facial hair or received tattoos. Nicknames became ever more common and the troops became more human than they had ever been. Lama Su was startled, within two weeks hundreds of clones had personalized their appearance.
After further Jedi request, the armor of the Clone Troopers was also customized according to Legion or Brigade. The Jedi General in charge of each Legion chose a color for his soldiers. The Officers were the only soldiers actually ordered to customize their armor. Many of the regular troopers still wear plain white or 'shiny' armor.
Two and a half weeks after the Battle of Geonosis the 417th was deployed for the first time. They were given the color maroon as their armor customization and headed to battle. The unit is now deployed over Ord Mantel were a major Banking Clan Separatist droid factory is producing thousands of units for the enemy. Local Republic-Loyalist militia soldiers are fighting back. A mixture of Ord Mantel organic military forces and droid units have been crushing the resistance for three weeks since the Battle of Geonosis. The 417th is here to make sure the planet is brought back into Republic hands.
Rules
- No arguing in the OOC. Take any disagreements into private messages.
- Everyone needs to post a minimum of once every two weeks. Disappear for too long without explanation and I reserve the right to kill your characters and fill your units with "replacements" (Other Players)
- This is the Clone Wars, a lot of Clones are going to die. If you make a unit, make expendable troopers. You don't have to kill them left and right but keep it interesting.
- In IC profanity will be kept to Star Wars profanity. Damn and hell are acceptable, shit and bitch are not. Star Wars profanity includes blast, karabast, blazes, and many others.
- This is high casual/low advanced. A minimum of four-five well written paragraphs per post is required.
- Do not post characters, units, or ships in the character section until they have been accepted. Application can either be put in the OOC or sent to me via PM.
- No super Rambo or Darth Vader characters. We are not canon, we are not invincible. Not even our Jedi Master can take on Count Dooku and an army of droids on by himself.
- Don't do anything that will drastically alter the plot without my okay. In other words no going "OMG there's General Grevious coming to kill us. Where did he come from?"
- Other than that have fun. This is going to be a gritty warfare experience. We are going through the entire war guys.
