This is an official declaration of Baulder's movement to the Catacombs. It makes no sense for him to be at the hunt unfortunately.
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Final GM Warning
Tonight I'm time skipping to the next scene at Midnight my time, which is in under 2 hours.
PLAYERS: Your duty is simple, determine where you're placing your PCs. As mentioned prior there's two missions: Lyn's Hunt (AKA the Naga Hunt) or the Catacomb Chaos.
GMS: You both know your duties, what we discussed and how to progress the events. Have your posts ready to go before long.
Baulder to the hunt!
@Heat Coming at ya hot with an actual post this time lol.
"Since this is the first time you've paid for my services I'll give you the rules I give all my clients: Firstly, if I say jump you will jump, that is how you live. Secondly, I really don't care what you do, but I will charge you for starting a fight. Lastly, if you refuse to pay me, I will collect. Any other questions?" Kell said in his unique clone accent.
"Oh quiet you, I know the rules. Reahc told me them when he recommended you. The only reason I hired you anyways was because the Stars have been crawling all over that damned place. I'm half tempted to have you remove everyone of those damned aliens from my sight when we get there, filthy creatures." Correl said, the light brown skinned human with a shaved head currently wrapped up in a black quote. Kell was being paid to escort the Pure hand member to Zem's brothel for a "business meeting". He knew this was not the case but he really didn't care, he knew as much as he needed too. He also knew the pay was good since this man had been recommended to him by another Pure Hand member, one who paid on time and in full. This was good enough for him to accept the job. He was curious about who Correl had pissed off to make him so scared of the Stars, but he almost preferred he this question was never answered.
"I doubt you could afford that fight." Kell said as he brought the rather none descript looking speeder around and in for a landing near the brothel. As he landed the speeder he shoved his back pack into a lock box underneath the back seat and locked it. This mission wouldn't last more than an hour, it also helped that the area hadn't seen any real fighting between the gangs for the past couple of days. Kell opened the side of the speeder and stepped out being careful to not get his cloak caught on anything. Since they were going in not looking to fight he figured it was best to adorn his armor with a rather worn looking brown cloak that covered his armor from the neck down. While his helmet would still be visible his weapons would not be. He was armed rather heavily what with his pistols strapped to his legs and his rifle hanging from his waist. If a group got frisky with them he certainly had enough ammo to deal with them all, but everyone else didn't need to know that. He came around to the Pure hand member and let him out of the speeder. As he stepped off and touched the ground he closed the door behind him and locked the speeder. "After you." Kell said without a hint of sarcasm.
The pair stepped out into the grimy streets from the parking pad and began making their way towards the brothel. Kell hovered close behind the man, slightly overtaking him in height but primarily due to his boots and helmet. They stepped through the dirty crowded streets with most people moving just slightly enough for the two to pass through the middle of crowd. Kell's helmet got him few stares these days as the memory of the Republic had begun to fair and the shininess of his helmet began to move towards a more dull metallic grey, though he supposed his helmet was never very white to begin with. But then Correl suddenly stopped and Kell had to stop himself from running into him. It only took him a second to figure out why, the man had frozen in fear. To their left a group of Blackened Stars had grabbed a girl and were holding a knife to her throat. He figured that the hostile gang members had spooked him but he found a much more interesting detail rather quickly. There was a Mandolorian talking to the group in Mando'a. That made him pause for a moment. He hadn't heard that since.... well the clone wars. Kell quickly brushed off the memory and put his hand on the clients back. "They don't care about us right now, let's not give them a reason to."
Correl took this as him being told to move forward. Truth be told they looked busy and hopefully the Mandolorian would handle the group so he didn't have to on his way back. But then Correl spoke up "You should kill those dogs, they aren't worthy to touch a Human like that!"
"Pay me, otherwise keep moving." Kell quickly responded with his voice being modulated by the helmet. Correl grunted and kept moving forward obeying his order. This was really not a good place not to get into fight when out numbered, they would be surrounded pretty quickly and killed or captured. Kell had no intention of dying in some stingy basement asking for a bullet. Besides they weren't that far away from the brothel anyway, he could get his whore and they could be out of here sooner if he didn't have to kill people. The two continued moving through the crowd leaving the situation behind and making a gradual pace to the brothel.
When they finally entered the doors of the whorehouse he followed Correl till he could talk to a waitress, he wasn't exactly sure what he asked her for but he was busy scoping out the room. Aside from the red Mandolorian standing against a wall he didn't see much security. Which surprised him given the place's reputation, he figured it wouldn't be long before a couple of members of the the other gangs dashed the mando's head against a rock and took the place over. Though that wasn't to say he had never heard of the Mandolorian before. There were a few tales attributed to him but he was a believer in tales being meaningless stories about events that may or may not have happened. He had even considered the possibility that it wasn't a real Mandolorian in the suit. Though he couldn't be sure, he wasn't a jedi after all. But this line of thinking brought his mind back to the Mando'a words spoken outside. Turned back to his charge and saw him being lead off by a blue skinned Twi'lek with the grin of a nerf herder's on his face. Taking this as his signal not to follow the clone made his way over to the bar and took his helmet off and set it down on the counter with a credit chit he had pulled from his waist. "Something to take the edge off." In reality he hadn't planned to drink anything but if he was going to be left alone with his thoughts for an hour he needed a way to keep the ghosts away.
"Oh quiet you, I know the rules. Reahc told me them when he recommended you. The only reason I hired you anyways was because the Stars have been crawling all over that damned place. I'm half tempted to have you remove everyone of those damned aliens from my sight when we get there, filthy creatures." Correl said, the light brown skinned human with a shaved head currently wrapped up in a black quote. Kell was being paid to escort the Pure hand member to Zem's brothel for a "business meeting". He knew this was not the case but he really didn't care, he knew as much as he needed too. He also knew the pay was good since this man had been recommended to him by another Pure Hand member, one who paid on time and in full. This was good enough for him to accept the job. He was curious about who Correl had pissed off to make him so scared of the Stars, but he almost preferred he this question was never answered.
"I doubt you could afford that fight." Kell said as he brought the rather none descript looking speeder around and in for a landing near the brothel. As he landed the speeder he shoved his back pack into a lock box underneath the back seat and locked it. This mission wouldn't last more than an hour, it also helped that the area hadn't seen any real fighting between the gangs for the past couple of days. Kell opened the side of the speeder and stepped out being careful to not get his cloak caught on anything. Since they were going in not looking to fight he figured it was best to adorn his armor with a rather worn looking brown cloak that covered his armor from the neck down. While his helmet would still be visible his weapons would not be. He was armed rather heavily what with his pistols strapped to his legs and his rifle hanging from his waist. If a group got frisky with them he certainly had enough ammo to deal with them all, but everyone else didn't need to know that. He came around to the Pure hand member and let him out of the speeder. As he stepped off and touched the ground he closed the door behind him and locked the speeder. "After you." Kell said without a hint of sarcasm.
The pair stepped out into the grimy streets from the parking pad and began making their way towards the brothel. Kell hovered close behind the man, slightly overtaking him in height but primarily due to his boots and helmet. They stepped through the dirty crowded streets with most people moving just slightly enough for the two to pass through the middle of crowd. Kell's helmet got him few stares these days as the memory of the Republic had begun to fair and the shininess of his helmet began to move towards a more dull metallic grey, though he supposed his helmet was never very white to begin with. But then Correl suddenly stopped and Kell had to stop himself from running into him. It only took him a second to figure out why, the man had frozen in fear. To their left a group of Blackened Stars had grabbed a girl and were holding a knife to her throat. He figured that the hostile gang members had spooked him but he found a much more interesting detail rather quickly. There was a Mandolorian talking to the group in Mando'a. That made him pause for a moment. He hadn't heard that since.... well the clone wars. Kell quickly brushed off the memory and put his hand on the clients back. "They don't care about us right now, let's not give them a reason to."
Correl took this as him being told to move forward. Truth be told they looked busy and hopefully the Mandolorian would handle the group so he didn't have to on his way back. But then Correl spoke up "You should kill those dogs, they aren't worthy to touch a Human like that!"
"Pay me, otherwise keep moving." Kell quickly responded with his voice being modulated by the helmet. Correl grunted and kept moving forward obeying his order. This was really not a good place not to get into fight when out numbered, they would be surrounded pretty quickly and killed or captured. Kell had no intention of dying in some stingy basement asking for a bullet. Besides they weren't that far away from the brothel anyway, he could get his whore and they could be out of here sooner if he didn't have to kill people. The two continued moving through the crowd leaving the situation behind and making a gradual pace to the brothel.
When they finally entered the doors of the whorehouse he followed Correl till he could talk to a waitress, he wasn't exactly sure what he asked her for but he was busy scoping out the room. Aside from the red Mandolorian standing against a wall he didn't see much security. Which surprised him given the place's reputation, he figured it wouldn't be long before a couple of members of the the other gangs dashed the mando's head against a rock and took the place over. Though that wasn't to say he had never heard of the Mandolorian before. There were a few tales attributed to him but he was a believer in tales being meaningless stories about events that may or may not have happened. He had even considered the possibility that it wasn't a real Mandolorian in the suit. Though he couldn't be sure, he wasn't a jedi after all. But this line of thinking brought his mind back to the Mando'a words spoken outside. Turned back to his charge and saw him being lead off by a blue skinned Twi'lek with the grin of a nerf herder's on his face. Taking this as his signal not to follow the clone made his way over to the bar and took his helmet off and set it down on the counter with a credit chit he had pulled from his waist. "Something to take the edge off." In reality he hadn't planned to drink anything but if he was going to be left alone with his thoughts for an hour he needed a way to keep the ghosts away.
@frapet Fun fact, if you're upto date on your NuCanon (Since disney took over) you may have noticed Besalisks have become increasingly popular.
You'll notice the more kid friendly NuCanon.
Alright's all around?
I'm good to go for the timeskip unless someone wants to interact with Baulder.
Name - DL-058
Nicknames "Del" and "Kell" (the later being his mercenary name.)
Species - Human (Clone)
Gender - Male
Age - 23 (has the body of a 46 year old)
Occupation - Mercenary - Most recent contract with Pure Hand Syndicate
Appearance -
Apparel - Katarn-class commando armor
He typically is not seen much outside of his apartment with out his armor on, when he is though he will typically wear a brown mechanic jumpsuit.
Weapons - DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon Systems, 2 DC-15s side arm blasters, LJ-50 Concussion Rifle (Trandoshian make), Knuckle plate vibro blades, 3 EMP grenades, 2 Bore bangs.
Equipment - Backpack: Bacta spray, Datapad, Several days rations, DC-17m weapon attachments, 20 Ft. of thin metal cord, Tools for maintenance of weapons.
On body: Extra ammo, Modified magnetic commando boots.
Skills - DL-058, as he was known in his past life, has participated in many actions both covert and overt in his relatively short life. His skills were best utilized however off the front lines and deep in enemy territory conducting sabotage on hostile factories and guerrilla style fighting in unknown territory. While his time in the brutish underworld of 3030 has forced him to retool to include assassinations and asset to his list of skills he has still found a market for his particularly military approach to subterfuge.
Flaws -
Personality - Del could be described as a sad old man by some standards, however it is not without good reason. He is rather solemn and only speaks when is really necessary, the most anyone working with him will hear him talk is during the planning stages of any contract or action. When he's working it helps him forget where he is and who he now is, this is a feeling he longs for every day of his life. When he is doing his job however he returns to a demeanor like when he was still with the Grand Army of the Republic, this does not mean however he holds the same moral code as he did then.
Goals - Survive, he also hopes he will die in combat before he is no longer able to fight. The prospect of no longer being able to defend himself is a grim one for Del. He also secretly wishes for something to believe in again, his life currently feels devoid of meaning to him.
Backstory - Like all clones created for the Grand Army of the Republic Del began his life on Kamino. There he was given extensive flash-learning and training. However, he along with several thousand other clones were picked out masses for a special purpose. They were to be trained by the Cuy'val Dar, a group of Mandolorian bounty hunters called to the world by the bounty hunter Jango Fett to train commandos. While not quite as independent as their earlier brothers, also known as the ARC classes of commandos, they would be given much more intense training by these professional mercenaries. Del's "pod" or squad was just one of the 26 different groups under the command of Rav Bralor. While they were run hard compared to some of the other commando unit's the primary trait they picked up from their trainer was an intense sense of family among the pod's and especially within them.
Like many other clones in the commando groups though his pod was not able to say goodbye to their Mandolorian handler before being shipped off to Geonosis. Del's squad was given the designation "Green Squad" and handed over to Jedi knight Guncur Elstsab to act as his personal guard. Due to the vast deployment of Jedi and clones to the planet Guncur decided it best to ignore the front lines and go after one of the many core ships attempting to leave the battle on the world. While the secondary goal was to destroy the craft the primary was to retrieve the schematics of an experimental B2 battledroid entering it's first production run on the ship. The ships defenses provided a strong resistance to the commando's and the knight however they were successful in their mission. The clones however did take a causality when one of the first of these new droids ambushed the group near the control room. The Jedi took pity on the clones for their loss and elected to keep the group with him after the infiltration of the Core ship. While they engaged in several more subterfuge operations during the battle they incurred no new casualties in these more minor operations.
Many more operations similar to their first one were conducted for close to a year and a half with their most notable engagements being on Christophsis where the squad and their jedi companion were tasked with destroying a captured anti orbital canon on the surface of the planet. Their mission had them first move across the top floors of multiple massive buildings and then move from building to building via cables to flank the separatist position and destroy the canon so that the sepratists did not get retreating shots off on the incoming Republic fleet. This ended in the death of yet another squad member however when they were forced to abandon a collapsing building via LAAT/i. The most crushing blow came later during the battle of Mygeeto. Tasked with the elimination or capture of a recently turned Jedi the ragged but now battle hardened Green squad accepted the mission. After an initial bout with separatist forces and smashing their position at a former embassy the clones and the Jedi slipped into the area the dark Jedi had last been spotted. The dark Jedi had set up an ambush for them using several crab droids and his own lightsaber prowess. While the two Jedi fought the clone squad went to work on the crab droids. The fight lasted a near solid 20 minutes before one of the commando's was mortally wounded by one of the crab droids but Del and his brother continued on with the mission. They finished off the droids before moving in to help Jedi. Del elected to set up a sniper position while his brother went to assist the jedi in more close range combat. But just as Del found a elevated position to get a shot on the rogue Jedi more B1 droids showed up. While Del was occupied with the droids His last remaining clone brother took a deep cross cut to his chest trying to assist in the duel with dual light saber wielding Jedi.
Del after having once again finished up with droids he turned back to find his final clone brother dead and the Jedi knight run through with a light saber by the dark Jedi. Del swapped quickly back to his sniper set up and shot the occupied and gloating dark Jedi. Del waited four days with the bodies of his comrades before Republic forces showed up. He had fought several dozen more attacks by droids in that time and was forced to scavenge what he could from his dead allies. After being given an irregularly long leave Del was reassigned to another squad, though he was lucky in that this squad was all with commandos trained by Rav Bralor. This made transitioning to a new squad easier as they all had those same ideas of family among the squad given to them by the Mandolorian. They frequently speculated however that they were among the last few commandos trained by her, seeing as her company had a 50% death rate during the First battle of Genosis. Regardless Del was able to put the past behind him while this group was in operation.
The group fought together for the latter half of the clone wars efficiently and were quick to take on new doctrine to fight the similarly adapting separatist army. This meant they did not lose a single man for the rest of the war. When the separatists invaded Coruscant at the end of the war the commando unit which was now called "Sicaro" squad, recalled to the planet for defense. Unfortunately, when they got there the fleet had already been defeated and the squad was tasked with ground side clean-up. The squad was kept on world to move and efficiently deal with any droids that cropped up inside of the crashed separatist ships on the planet. They saw little action in the closing days of the clone wars though as there was a build up of commando units and of the 501st legion on the planet, thus making missions scarce for everyone due to the large number of units to spread them out to. The reason for this build up became clear to them soon though.
Order 66 was given by the chancellor, this news stunned Del having worked with a Jedi for so long so closely before protested the order initially. This did not last long though as his squad convinced him that it was not their place to question orders. Disillusioned by this Del went along with his squad as they were deployed down into the underbelly of the city world to deal with a well known Jedi on the level. As they entered the level they were quickly informed of where the Jedi was suspected to be. It was highly likely that the jedi would try to escape the level and reach the temple so they rushed to a car port that they were given reason to believe he would use. When they arrived there the Jedi hailed them to pick him up. It became apparent to them that he did not know yet. The LAAT gunship opened fire on the Jedi instantly vaporizing him and destroying the car port. After having the clones rappel to confirm the kill they found part of the Jedi's lightsaber on the ground. Del was thankful that he didn't have to actually kill the Jedi but he was also questioning why they were even sent down there. As the gunship moved to pick them up a missile was fired at the craft and destroyed it. The clones figured it was a gang thinking that they were invading their territory but Del never got a chance to find out. Their communications devices did not work that deep into the planet so the squad had devise a way out as the full force of some gang began to bear down on them.
The problem became however was that the gangs had surrounded them and were throwing about as many men at them as the separatists did. They were pinned down and unable to move. With no hope of escaping the clones decided their only way out was to blow through the ground into the sewer system below them. The prime problem being that they would have to leave cover to actually plant the explosive in the right place. The group decided that Del would stay in cover to try and give them enough time to plant the explosives. While he did his best their demolitions expert was mortally wounded while planting the bomb the other two clones retreated back to cover with Del while the wounded clone stayed behind to detonate the explosive. When the explosive went off it blew a hole into the sewer as expected but it had another unintended consequence. Since the buildings in 3030 were of questionable build the street began collapsing in towards the hole. The squad then made a bee line for the escape route as the building collapsed in on them. Del was the only one to ever come out of the sewer. Del even back tracked to the place topside and when he arrived he found nothing but a cleaning crew and gang members guarding the area. Del made it his mission for the next month to see if he could track down his clone brothers. He never found anything more than a helmet of one of his squad mates, he later heard that they pulled bodies from the wreckage, never clones. It was at this point aswell that he realized the Republic had forgotten about him. He even stayed near the area where the gunship went down. Months went by, nothing.
It was then Del questioned if he even wanted to go back top side. Was the Republic still even the Republic as he knew it? The last order he was given after all was to kill the very generals he had been working closely with for 3 years. He made the decision that he didn't want to go back, there was nothing left up there that he wanted. Realizing that he would need credits to survive he turned to the only thing he knew, violence. He realized that he was becoming what Rav Bralor had always been, a mercenary.
It's been 10 years since all of that, to Del it feels like another lifetime. His most regular employer has become the Pure Hand Syndicate recently. While he isn't a "pure" human so to speak the Pure Hand had come to tolerate him, besides they needed his talents. While he personally didn't care much for the ideology it paid good, he couldn't ask for much more.
Nicknames "Del" and "Kell" (the later being his mercenary name.)
Species - Human (Clone)
Gender - Male
Age - 23 (has the body of a 46 year old)
Occupation - Mercenary - Most recent contract with Pure Hand Syndicate
Appearance -
Apparel - Katarn-class commando armor
He typically is not seen much outside of his apartment with out his armor on, when he is though he will typically wear a brown mechanic jumpsuit.
Weapons - DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon Systems, 2 DC-15s side arm blasters, LJ-50 Concussion Rifle (Trandoshian make), Knuckle plate vibro blades, 3 EMP grenades, 2 Bore bangs.
Equipment - Backpack: Bacta spray, Datapad, Several days rations, DC-17m weapon attachments, 20 Ft. of thin metal cord, Tools for maintenance of weapons.
On body: Extra ammo, Modified magnetic commando boots.
Skills - DL-058, as he was known in his past life, has participated in many actions both covert and overt in his relatively short life. His skills were best utilized however off the front lines and deep in enemy territory conducting sabotage on hostile factories and guerrilla style fighting in unknown territory. While his time in the brutish underworld of 3030 has forced him to retool to include assassinations and asset to his list of skills he has still found a market for his particularly military approach to subterfuge.
Flaws -
- Del has begun to grow old much like the rest of his clone brothers, due to the accelerated aging which saw him in the body of a 20 year old at the age of 10. While it hasn't affected his ability to shoot or think yet he has been having problems with any hand-to-hand combat lately.
- Del is a sad soul who has been left to stew with his own sins for the past 10 years since his second squad was killed at the hands of the gangs of the underworld. He has found himself breaking down into tears whenever he thinks about his brothers, thus he has been trying to keep his mind and hands busy.
- Most of his equipment is a patchwork of replacements and homemade improvements. While all clone weaponry and armor was made the same more or less he's been struggling to find parts to fix his unique weapons and armor. He is unsure how much longer he will be able to string out the aging equipment.
- Del has refused to get close to anyone since the death of his squad, even if he feels he's starting to get attached to his landlord he will move. This deep fear of companionship has caused him issues when working with other mercenaries on occasion. From what he's guessed however other clones will start to age out of service and may begin to end up in the seedy underworld, this terrifies Del.
Personality - Del could be described as a sad old man by some standards, however it is not without good reason. He is rather solemn and only speaks when is really necessary, the most anyone working with him will hear him talk is during the planning stages of any contract or action. When he's working it helps him forget where he is and who he now is, this is a feeling he longs for every day of his life. When he is doing his job however he returns to a demeanor like when he was still with the Grand Army of the Republic, this does not mean however he holds the same moral code as he did then.
Goals - Survive, he also hopes he will die in combat before he is no longer able to fight. The prospect of no longer being able to defend himself is a grim one for Del. He also secretly wishes for something to believe in again, his life currently feels devoid of meaning to him.
Backstory - Like all clones created for the Grand Army of the Republic Del began his life on Kamino. There he was given extensive flash-learning and training. However, he along with several thousand other clones were picked out masses for a special purpose. They were to be trained by the Cuy'val Dar, a group of Mandolorian bounty hunters called to the world by the bounty hunter Jango Fett to train commandos. While not quite as independent as their earlier brothers, also known as the ARC classes of commandos, they would be given much more intense training by these professional mercenaries. Del's "pod" or squad was just one of the 26 different groups under the command of Rav Bralor. While they were run hard compared to some of the other commando unit's the primary trait they picked up from their trainer was an intense sense of family among the pod's and especially within them.
Like many other clones in the commando groups though his pod was not able to say goodbye to their Mandolorian handler before being shipped off to Geonosis. Del's squad was given the designation "Green Squad" and handed over to Jedi knight Guncur Elstsab to act as his personal guard. Due to the vast deployment of Jedi and clones to the planet Guncur decided it best to ignore the front lines and go after one of the many core ships attempting to leave the battle on the world. While the secondary goal was to destroy the craft the primary was to retrieve the schematics of an experimental B2 battledroid entering it's first production run on the ship. The ships defenses provided a strong resistance to the commando's and the knight however they were successful in their mission. The clones however did take a causality when one of the first of these new droids ambushed the group near the control room. The Jedi took pity on the clones for their loss and elected to keep the group with him after the infiltration of the Core ship. While they engaged in several more subterfuge operations during the battle they incurred no new casualties in these more minor operations.
Many more operations similar to their first one were conducted for close to a year and a half with their most notable engagements being on Christophsis where the squad and their jedi companion were tasked with destroying a captured anti orbital canon on the surface of the planet. Their mission had them first move across the top floors of multiple massive buildings and then move from building to building via cables to flank the separatist position and destroy the canon so that the sepratists did not get retreating shots off on the incoming Republic fleet. This ended in the death of yet another squad member however when they were forced to abandon a collapsing building via LAAT/i. The most crushing blow came later during the battle of Mygeeto. Tasked with the elimination or capture of a recently turned Jedi the ragged but now battle hardened Green squad accepted the mission. After an initial bout with separatist forces and smashing their position at a former embassy the clones and the Jedi slipped into the area the dark Jedi had last been spotted. The dark Jedi had set up an ambush for them using several crab droids and his own lightsaber prowess. While the two Jedi fought the clone squad went to work on the crab droids. The fight lasted a near solid 20 minutes before one of the commando's was mortally wounded by one of the crab droids but Del and his brother continued on with the mission. They finished off the droids before moving in to help Jedi. Del elected to set up a sniper position while his brother went to assist the jedi in more close range combat. But just as Del found a elevated position to get a shot on the rogue Jedi more B1 droids showed up. While Del was occupied with the droids His last remaining clone brother took a deep cross cut to his chest trying to assist in the duel with dual light saber wielding Jedi.
Del after having once again finished up with droids he turned back to find his final clone brother dead and the Jedi knight run through with a light saber by the dark Jedi. Del swapped quickly back to his sniper set up and shot the occupied and gloating dark Jedi. Del waited four days with the bodies of his comrades before Republic forces showed up. He had fought several dozen more attacks by droids in that time and was forced to scavenge what he could from his dead allies. After being given an irregularly long leave Del was reassigned to another squad, though he was lucky in that this squad was all with commandos trained by Rav Bralor. This made transitioning to a new squad easier as they all had those same ideas of family among the squad given to them by the Mandolorian. They frequently speculated however that they were among the last few commandos trained by her, seeing as her company had a 50% death rate during the First battle of Genosis. Regardless Del was able to put the past behind him while this group was in operation.
The group fought together for the latter half of the clone wars efficiently and were quick to take on new doctrine to fight the similarly adapting separatist army. This meant they did not lose a single man for the rest of the war. When the separatists invaded Coruscant at the end of the war the commando unit which was now called "Sicaro" squad, recalled to the planet for defense. Unfortunately, when they got there the fleet had already been defeated and the squad was tasked with ground side clean-up. The squad was kept on world to move and efficiently deal with any droids that cropped up inside of the crashed separatist ships on the planet. They saw little action in the closing days of the clone wars though as there was a build up of commando units and of the 501st legion on the planet, thus making missions scarce for everyone due to the large number of units to spread them out to. The reason for this build up became clear to them soon though.
Order 66 was given by the chancellor, this news stunned Del having worked with a Jedi for so long so closely before protested the order initially. This did not last long though as his squad convinced him that it was not their place to question orders. Disillusioned by this Del went along with his squad as they were deployed down into the underbelly of the city world to deal with a well known Jedi on the level. As they entered the level they were quickly informed of where the Jedi was suspected to be. It was highly likely that the jedi would try to escape the level and reach the temple so they rushed to a car port that they were given reason to believe he would use. When they arrived there the Jedi hailed them to pick him up. It became apparent to them that he did not know yet. The LAAT gunship opened fire on the Jedi instantly vaporizing him and destroying the car port. After having the clones rappel to confirm the kill they found part of the Jedi's lightsaber on the ground. Del was thankful that he didn't have to actually kill the Jedi but he was also questioning why they were even sent down there. As the gunship moved to pick them up a missile was fired at the craft and destroyed it. The clones figured it was a gang thinking that they were invading their territory but Del never got a chance to find out. Their communications devices did not work that deep into the planet so the squad had devise a way out as the full force of some gang began to bear down on them.
The problem became however was that the gangs had surrounded them and were throwing about as many men at them as the separatists did. They were pinned down and unable to move. With no hope of escaping the clones decided their only way out was to blow through the ground into the sewer system below them. The prime problem being that they would have to leave cover to actually plant the explosive in the right place. The group decided that Del would stay in cover to try and give them enough time to plant the explosives. While he did his best their demolitions expert was mortally wounded while planting the bomb the other two clones retreated back to cover with Del while the wounded clone stayed behind to detonate the explosive. When the explosive went off it blew a hole into the sewer as expected but it had another unintended consequence. Since the buildings in 3030 were of questionable build the street began collapsing in towards the hole. The squad then made a bee line for the escape route as the building collapsed in on them. Del was the only one to ever come out of the sewer. Del even back tracked to the place topside and when he arrived he found nothing but a cleaning crew and gang members guarding the area. Del made it his mission for the next month to see if he could track down his clone brothers. He never found anything more than a helmet of one of his squad mates, he later heard that they pulled bodies from the wreckage, never clones. It was at this point aswell that he realized the Republic had forgotten about him. He even stayed near the area where the gunship went down. Months went by, nothing.
It was then Del questioned if he even wanted to go back top side. Was the Republic still even the Republic as he knew it? The last order he was given after all was to kill the very generals he had been working closely with for 3 years. He made the decision that he didn't want to go back, there was nothing left up there that he wanted. Realizing that he would need credits to survive he turned to the only thing he knew, violence. He realized that he was becoming what Rav Bralor had always been, a mercenary.
It's been 10 years since all of that, to Del it feels like another lifetime. His most regular employer has become the Pure Hand Syndicate recently. While he isn't a "pure" human so to speak the Pure Hand had come to tolerate him, besides they needed his talents. While he personally didn't care much for the ideology it paid good, he couldn't ask for much more.
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Just because it's really long I'm gonna just take it away from here.
@Heat New plan, gonna work on a Clone Commando if that doesn't get an auto disapproval.
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