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writingforfun0714 · 2 years
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I was rewatching CW Clone Cadet arc (Domino Squad/Rishi Moon/Attack on Kamino) and thought I’d share some of my Rancor Battalion headcanons (I’ve been working on my Halloween costume and haven’t had the time to work on any fics—sorry)
*All clones are alive and live happily here*
Warnings—Not a fic, headcanons for Rancor Battalion, spoilers for CW, part 1?
Members—Havoc, Blitz, Colt, Hammer
—Colt is the oldest followed by Blitz then Hammer and finally Havoc
—They all have a ❤️MOM tattoo on their shoulder/biceps in honor of Master Shaak Ti, since they all view her as their ‘mom’
—BFFs with 99 obviously
—Defended 99 from Brick the bounty hunter guy who trained Domino Squad
—When 99 says “I’m a soldier! Like you!” I wholly believe that Rancor Battalion taught him all the classic soldier-y things like disarming a bomb, learning ship specs, and how to shoot. I can just see Colt adjusting 99’s grip and aim while Hammer gives advice on his stance. Havoc shares helpful advice about the recoil and safety while Blitz looks on silently with a ‘proud older brother’ look.
—Because Rancor Battalion trains cadets in all stages, if they have a problem, they go to 99, who gives Uncle Iroh-advice lol
—Colt is the squad leader. Strong, slightly assertive type that follows the rules
—Blitz is the medic. Quiet, smart and a gentle soul
—Hammer is the weapons expert. Hammer is a secret artist. Like this man can draw! Think Meelo from Legend of Korra lol
—Havoc is the pilot and the squad joker/fun-loving one
—Havoc is an animal lover and loves hanging with Sergeant Hound and Grizzer, Hound’s tracking massiff
—Blitz loves plants and gardening, especially when it comes to vegetation with medicinal properties
—You wouldn’t know it but Colt’s superstitious
—No one believes Havoc, Hammer or Blitz when they explain why Colt avoids stepping on lines/cracks between floor plates, and keeps a 7-leaf clover Blitz grew in one of his utility belt pockets. Only Shaak Ti knows/believes them.
—They’re all great with the young cadets (the kids)
—Preferring to keep to their squad, they often have 99 join them whenever they have free time/during meals
—All of them are fiercely protective of Shaak Ti and 99.
—They once heard Lama Su speak ill of Shaak Ti and the Jedi. They refused to take orders from him for weeks until they all got court marshaled and Shaak Ti had a talk with them.
—They also overheard Lama Su and Nala Se discuss whether or not to terminate 99 and boy it was a good thing Shaak Ti was there when they confronted the Kaminoans. Cuz they were all ready to kill Lama Su and Nala Se. Shaak Ti talked with them, learned what was going to happen and ordered that 99 be kept.
—*Big bro mode* activates any time a clone makes fun of 99.
—*Big bro mode* also activates any time Shaak Ti brings a jedi youngling/padawan to observe and train a bit. They love all ‘little jedi babies’.
—They also love getting together with Delta Squad for drinks (is the clone bar called 79’s? For some reason I thought that’s the name)
—The kid cadets all aspire ‘to be like Rancor Battalion’
I think that’s all I can think of for now, but am definitely wanting to continue. I also have HCs for the 501st boys, the 212th boys, Delta Squad, Bad Batch, 99, Jango/Boba/Omega, the Wolffepack and a few specific clones like Monnk and Bly.
I’m almost done with my Halloween costume and only have a few accessory pieces to sew. I’m not a seamstress or anything (I just found out about patterns which are like tracers to cut fabric—would’ve been helpful when I was putting my shirts/shorts together) so it’s taking a lot longer than usual, but I’m happy with what I have. I don’t think I’ve said what I’ll be so I want to keep it a surprise until I finish everything. Thanks for being patient with me Readers. I’ll post more once Halloween’s over.
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🩶 Commander Colt ❤️
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First doodle of 2024 and it's the *other skull helmet-design Clone who's in the show for all of two episodes before getting impaled by Ventress' lightsaber. 🥲
(*I'll get around to doing Hunter's helmet eventually.)
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clonememesfrikyeah · 1 year
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prankprincess123 · 1 year
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Does someone who knows how to make edits want to make a really dumb Clone Wars meme for me? Cause this idea is currently stuck in my head...
*Bluey intro theme*
*as instrumentals play pics of various Jedi flash on screen with captions of how their troops address them*
"MUM!!!" *picture of Shaak Ti*
*instrumentals and slideshow of Jedi resume*
"DAD!!!" *picture of Plo Koon*
*instrumentals and sideshow resume* (trail off and video ends before next name sung)
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barkandshark · 1 year
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Tiny Rancor Battalion
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jgvfhl · 1 year
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The Number Lad Is A Menace
And of course by Thee Number Lad, I mean my darling Sevenset :) This is one more chapter of silliness for everyone to enjoy! I'll be honest, the next chapter might come a little later than April 1st because of my chock-a-block full schedule right now, but it will happen in April!!! We gotta start the next arc!!! I'm so excited!! Thank you to everyone who's been reading these chapters, I really appreciate it.
Words: ~4100 Warnings: None Link to the Masterlist of Chapters Link to the story on Ao3 if that's easier for folks (it's still 1 chapter behind, but it'll be up to date by the next installment)
Sevenset looked up from his little sketchbook, finally noticing the bunks around him in the temporary barracks on Rancor’s Venator cruiser were filling up. He checked the time on his vambrace.
Huh.
Okay, well, he hadn’t meant to spend almost two hours designing his next tattoo, but these things happened. He added the last few lines and snapped the book shut around his pencil, wrapping the elastic band around the book and tucking it under his pillow.
Upon attempting to stand, his body informed him he had been sitting in a horrible position for almost two hours, and standing so quickly was not possible right now.
“Ow,” he muttered, stretching his legs out and leaning down to touch the toes of his boots.
“Yeah, it looked like you were doing your best impression of an ithorian down there.”
Sevenset looked up, finding his squadmate Buster lying in his bunk, prepped for sleep cycle, which was due to start for them in a few minutes.
“Was it any good?” he asked, finally standing up slowly to stretch his back.
Buster frowned. “Dunno, you don’t quite have the face for it.”
A lump in the bunk underneath Buster grumbled. “Would you shut up ‘n sleep?”
Buster smiled, leaning over the side to look down. His field partner Sketch valued his sleep like a dragon did its hoard, and right now, only the man’s mohawk and little strips of the pink-dyed buzzed hair either side were visible over the edge of the blanket pulled up over his face.
“Sorry, Sketch,” Sevenset said, a little quieter. “I’ll leave you to your beauty rest.”
Sketch grumbled again and Buster gave a small smile before settling back on his mattress. “Have fun on the night shift,” he said.
“Oh, I always do,” Sevenset replied, finding his kit and putting it on. He wasn’t being sarcastic, for once. He really did enjoy the night shift. He’d always been a bit… off as far as circadian rhythm (his squad on Kamino had hated it), so it made perfect sense to him to take the later shifts while he was at his best, and rest when the weirdo “morning people” were up and functional.
He was by the door when Buster called his name–quietly still, so he didn’t wake anyone.
“What?”
Buster held up a datapad. “I forgot to drop this off with the commanders,” he said, handing it down to him. “Do you think you can do that?”
Sevenset considered it. “Well, as long as I know which room I’m going to, shouldn’t be a problem.”
The other ARC rubbed his head, squinting in efforts to recall. “I think Colt is in one-eighteen C? It’s near the bridge, one level up from us.”
He stared at Buster, knowing very well he had no idea the gift he had just given him. He nodded solemnly. “Consider it done, vod,” he said as seriously as he could muster, adding a sharp salute as well.
Buster just rolled his eyes and lay down, shuffling his blanket around as he got comfortable. “Maker help us, you’re somethin’ else, Sevens,” he smiled.
Sevenset grinned back, turning off the lights as he left the room and headed to the briefing room for his shift assignments. Nothing too dramatic, considering they were hurtling through hyperspace, and the truly important people—the engineers, the navigators, the bridge officers—were all taking shifts as well, keeping them on track towards Kamino. But, his light duties did mean he had plenty of time to get them done in a timely fashion, then go see about room 118C and hope its occupant was out of the room…
As was often the case, Sevenset was given inspection duties. He had notable attention to detail and a quick eye for making sure everything was ship-shape in no time, so the COs had no issues handing it off to him time and time again, and he had no issues completing it time and time again. Tonight, it was weapons lock-up with Tracer, one of many ARF troopers that had accompanied this most recent mission.
It was good to have company, given the sheer number of weapons on the cruiser. They divided the work between them and went to it. There was something incredibly satisfying about checking all the boxes off as he went down the racks of blasters and ammunition lining the room. He was done before he’d even had time to properly enjoy the mindlessness of it all.
Tracer glanced over at him when he’d been standing still for too long. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. Everything’s accounted for.”
Tracer blinked. He was almost done, maybe a few racks away from completion. “You’re done?”
“Yeah, I like this kinda gig,” he explained as simply as he could. “Figure it’s why I keep getting the same assignments,” he added with a grin. “Listen, I gotta go drop something with Commander Colt, do you mind if I head out?”
Tracer shook his head. “Nah, go for it.”
So he did. He dropped off the datapad with the inventory with one of the lieutenants, then made his way to a lift and went up the level and towards the bridge in hopes of finding his commander’s room empty and unguarded.
Hopefully.
Force, if he managed to pull this off… He grinned to himself wickedly.
Would it undoubtedly result in disciplinary actions? Yes.
Would pranking Colt be worth it?
Oh hells yeah.
He found room 118C right where Buster had told him. Now, it was normal for a commander’s door to be locked or otherwise secured from the outside, and Sevenset respected this and knew why it was the case. It hadn’t stopped him from creating a device capable of slicing a simple door panel as a one-time-only deal in case of emergency urges to start some shit.
Colt might kill him.
It was a worthy sacrifice.
He knocked on the door and waited, listening intently for a response. Just to be sure, he knocked again, louder, throwing glances down the corridor in either direction to take stock of how many people were around. Not many. When no one answered the door the second time, he tried pushing the button to open it, on the off chance the door was unlocked. It wasn’t.
Time for plan B.
He reached into one of the compartments in his utility belt and found a small electronic device which he stuck to the door control panel. He did his best to be quick, not wanting to attract undue attention while messing with the commander’s door. He pressed the device’s singular button and knocked a third time, waiting for the device to do its work.
In a few seconds, the door slid open, and he snatched the device from the panel and stepped inside.
This ship wasn’t often used, so most of the living and sleeping quarters onboard were sparsely decorated if at all. Troopers were much more likely to leave anything of real sentimental value on Kamino; it was considerably safer. Commander Colt was no exception, and might have had even less stuff in his room than some of his subordinates.
Sevenset set the datapad from Buster down on the desk. He wasn’t a complete asshole: he wasn’t going to get Buster in trouble by making his report hard to find. Surveying the desk, he found a couple stacks of similar datapads, a few crumpled pieces of flimsi, a few loose pencils and styluses, and a mug of stone-cold caff from the mess. Hm…
Looking over to the bed in the same room, he saw it was impeccably made to regulation, the corners tucked in just so, the blanket pulled up and over the pillow. Oh, now that was an idea….
Without waiting to think (because the commander could be back any second), he went to the bed and picked up the entire mattress, awkwardly maneuvering it until he could put it back down 180 degrees from its original position. He tucked the blanket and sheet back in, making the bed up fit to make any CO proud.
Any CO but Colt, actually.
Next, he went to the desk, knowing it would be bad on a few levels to rearrange the datapads and paper on the desk, so he settled for moving the entire piece of furniture two or three inches farther away from the wall. It was a little tricky, because the desk had to be secured to the floor for safety’s sake. But, it was easy enough to unhitch it and slide it down the tracks in the floor a little bit, then fasten it back down. He pushed the chair to the same relative position he’d found it in, and then quickly rearranged the writing utensils and the mug on the desk, leaving the datapads and filmsi untouched.
Stepping back, he took in his handiwork, his mind whirring as he sought out anything else he might be able to do in the precious few seconds he was allowing himself.
His eye fell on the doorway leading to the refresher. Lucky bastards with their own showers, commanders. Well…. He hurried over, his eyes flicking around the room in a heartbeat until they landed on the bar of soap in the shower, and the mirror over the sink.
Perfect.
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Sevenset was still buzzing with happy anticipation as he grabbed his “midnight meal” from the mess and found a table to sit down. The night shift was light, as usual, and truthfully, among those present, he wasn’t sure how many would really appreciate his company. He was an acquired taste. So, he found a table along one wall and sat there people-watching while he ate, his eyes always drifting back to the doors, waiting for the inevitable storm his latest prank would bring down.
He finished his meal in peace, dropping the tray and utensils off to be cleaned before heading out again. Until his shift was officially over, he didn’t have much to do except to stay awake and make sure the others not on shift got their rest. Maybe he’d go find a viewport and draw…. Changing trajectory, he started off down the hall back to his barracks room to get his sketchbook and pencils, already planning to take his clunkiest armor pieces off outside the room so he wouldn’t make too much noise. Stealth training could only do so much with all this plastoid clattering around. No one else seemed to notice how loud it was, though. Maybe it was just in his head.
When he turned the corner into the corridor with his room in it, he just as quickly slammed his body back around the corner out of sight upon seeing Commander Colt at his barracks door.
He heard the door slide open, and stuck his head around the corner to see Colt march into the room, switch the lights on, and yell, “Buster! Get up! On your feet, double time, trooper, let’s go!”
Sevenset winced slightly. The commander wouldn’t have known Buster had told him to deliver his report. In reality, he would have walked in, seen the upset, seen a report that had not been there before the upset, and would have immediately sought out the author of said report.
So much for not getting him in trouble.
He crept around the corner and quickly and quietly made his way down the hall until he was just outside the room. He could hear grumbling and creaking bunks from inside, as well as Colt demanding Buster’s explanation as to why his room had been tampered with around the same time his report had appeared on his desk.
Buster, Maker bless him, was not a morning person, and was having considerable difficulty processing the situation.
“I didn’ do anything, sir! I did the report, it’s there–”
“The report is not the karking problem, ARC!”
Plastering an easy smile on his face, he slipped into the room as quietly as he could. Buster was standing at rigid attention looking completely baffled at the commander, who was standing with his fists on his hips, looming over him. Other disgruntled faces poked out from blankets in the other bunks. Sketch looked positively murderous.
“The problem is in fact everything other than the report!” the commander went on, his attention undivided.
Sevenset saw his sketchbook sticking out from under his pillow just to Buster’s left, so he feigned innocent ignorance and went to step around the commander, watching his arms in case his tirade grew more animated all of a sudden.
“You had the audacity–the utter stupidity–to think that was funny–” Commander Colt froze, his helmet turning slowly as he registered Sevenset’s sudden presence at his right shoulder.
“Evening, Commander,” Sevenset chirped, giving a small salute. “Just here for my sketchbook.” He crept closer to it. “Oh, Buster,” he added, “I got that report on his desk just like you asked, don’t worry about it.”
Buster’s rigid stance relaxed out of pure shock for an instant, before jolting back when the commander opened his mouth.
“You.” His hand shot out and grabbed the collar of Sevenset's chestplate. “You did this?”
“Uh… I have been known to do a lot of things, sir,” Sevenset replied. “Some specificity would be greatly appreci–”
“Did you rearrange my kriffing room, Sevenset?” the commander growled, pulling him even closer.
Sevenset made a great show of scrunching his face up as he seemed to think about his answer. “Eh… I’m not sure what I did truly constitutes rearranging, sir. Maybe a little redecoration, a little–auck!”
His response was cut off by the commander turning and dragging him bodily out of the room. He managed to hit the lights on the way out, apologizing to his squadmates as best as he could with the commander’s knuckles pressing into his throat.
When they were outside and half-way down the hall, Commander Colt finally released him. Sevenset had just reached up to adjust his armor back to where it sat most comfortably when he found the commander’s gloved hands grabbing either side of his face.
“What the ever-loving kriff is wrong with you?”
“That’s a loaded question, sir,” he grinned, a little thrown by the odd method of restraint. “You didn’t appreciate the little affirmation I left you?”
The commander’s helmet tilted to one side. “You wrote, ‘Hey there, handsome,’ on the mirror with my bar of soap.”
“It’s always good to start your day with a compliment, sir!”
Commander Colt let go of his face, then flicked his nose, and he yelped.
“Laps,” he said. “Five of them. Now.”
Five wasn’t so bad. He’d be done in no time. He saluted sharply. “Can do, sir!”
As he started to jog down the corridor, he heard the commander call, “This is supposed to be a punishment! Don’t look so kriffing happy about it!”
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Rancor Battalion was back on Kamino in another rotation or so, most of the troopers returning immediately to the barracks or to requisition replacement gear for the damage suffered on the mission. Standard practice, at this point. Sevenset was used to the routine, and he liked that it never changed too much, a bit like the Guard back on Coruscant. He went with his squad back to their barracks to put his things away, give Beskar a pat on the dome for taking care of their space in their absence, and maybe grab a snack. Everyone else was settling in for the night, hoping to readjust their internal clocks as fast as possible, and Sevenset reasoned he could do the same, but he had more pressing matters to deal with.
He’d told Do-si-do he’d have to host the Numbers meeting this time around, because he’d had no idea if he would have been back in time, and he hadn’t been. Not quite. He could still catch the tail-end of the meeting, if he was lucky. He got to his usual hidey-hole in a rarely-used conference room and lit up the holotable, tuning it to the correct frequency with barely a thought.
Various holograms appeared at once as he connected to the transmission. It appeared the 212th and the Wolfies were on duty, because the meeting was missing Nines and Loops, but everyone else was there, including the commander.
“Sevenset!” Do-si-do beamed. “Dude, you’re just in time. Elevens was gonna tell us about Commander Thire messing with the Chancellor!”
Oh well, this he had to hear. “I am all ears, little bro,” he grinned, leaning on the table in front of him.
Elevensies smiled back. “Okay, so, I heard this from one of my squadmates, who heard it from Captain Iode when he was talking to Commander Stone,” he began. “So it might not be quite what happened.”
“Does it seem like we’ll care if it’s true?” Fives asked. He and Echo were smushed together at one end of a bunk, presumably so Echo could rest his leg on the mattress. “We just care if it’s funny.”
“Okay, yeah.” Elevensies went on. “So, Commander Thire was leading the Chancellor’s escort this morning–like his security detail, right?”
Sevenset nodded, remembering serving exactly one day on that detail before Fox promptly moved him elsewhere. He never did find out if that was because the Chancellor had asked, or if Fox had gotten pissed off…
“So, it’s a lot of standing still while people talk to the Chancellor, and following him around the Senate building and his office–not very exciting.”
He vividly remembered that.
“Commander Thire was standing right next to the Chancellor at some point,” Elevensies continued. “I dunno, maybe the hallway was small, but that doesn’t matter. What matters,” he said with a grin, “is the Chancellor’s robe had a thread loose on the hem.”
Sevenset’s mouth dropped open. “He didn’t.”
Commander Sixes shook his head, rubbing his face. “He absolutely did.”
“He totally did!” Elevensies laughed, throwing his hands up and leaning back against the wall behind him. “He stepped on the thread and unraveled the Chancellor’s robe half-way to his knees!”
Sevenset and most of the others there joined him in cackling at the mental image of the ever-cool and collected Chancellor Palpatine suddenly finding himself bare-legged from the calves down. Oh, he would have paid to have been on that escort. Actual credits. The man probably hadn’t even blinked! He probably had just been politely shocked and been swept off to a room to wait for a new robe to be delivered, but holy Force, that was hilarious.
When the group had largely collected themselves again, wiping damp eyes and suppressing the remaining giggles, Do-si-do raised a hand. “So what kind of shoes does the Chancellor wear?”
That set Sevenset off again–Maker only knew why. “Why do you wanna know?” he asked through the new fit of laughter.
“So I can judge him!” his friend shot back. “Please tell me he wears old person shoes.”
Elevensies was giggling again too, and he shook his head and shrugged. “I dunno, I didn’t hear that part.”
“What if he wears sandals?” Fives asked. “Like sandals with socks?”
Do-si-do snorted, slumping further in his pilot’s seat. “No! No one should do that! I will call the fashion police!”
“No, no, no,” Sevenset cut in, “hear him out. I think he’s onto something.”
“No!”
Echo smirked. “What if he wears sandals without socks and just had his wrinkly old toes sticking out for everyone to see?”
A chorus of groans erupted after that remark, Sevenset not hesitating to join them. No one needed that image haunting their nightmares. Not even Fox!
“What if it’s boots?” Trees hazarded.
Sevenset might have been more tired than he’d originally thought, but it was okay, because Do-si-do was apparently right there with him on a lack of verbal filter and a severe lack of situational awareness.
“Like stripper boots?” they both said in unison.
While everyone else (except the commander) started wheezing with laughter again, Trees just stared at them like they were the most concerning specimens he’d seen to date. Sevenset caught Do-si-do’s eye, and they both lost it again, laughing until tears came and Sevenset found it difficult to stand upright.
“No, not like stripper boots!” Trees replied indignantly once the noise had died down a little. “That was kriffing creepy, you two!”
It only made them laugh harder, and Sevenset found he could no longer keep himself upright. Finally, he managed to pull himself back up and steady himself against the table, wiping tears from his face and feeling his face start to ache from smiling. This group had been his best idea ever. Where else was he going to get a debate about the Chancellor’s footwear? With a commander in the room not stopping them? It was a miracle.
Speaking of…. “Hey, Commander,” he said, his voice a little raw from laughing.
“What?”
“How–how is it,” he said around a hiccup of laughter, “we’re all dying, and you haven’t broken a sweat, sir? You gotta admit, the Chancellor in stripper boots is funny.”
“Try harder next time,” the commander replied, with a faint but distinct upward curve to his mouth.
Oh it was like that, was it?
“Alright I will,” he said, pointing at the hologram. “I will find something to crack that prickly ol’ shell you’ve set up, mark my words.”
“I’m shaking in my boots.”
“Oh, come on!”
“Should I start a tally?” Zero offered. “Keep track of what he doesn’t laugh at, see if we can narrow it down?”
“Absolutely, Zero,” he said. “We’re gonna science the kark outta this.”
The commander raised an eyebrow at them, one of his scars buckling on his forehead. “You’ll fail.”
“Why?” Sevenset challenged. Was the commander worried they’d actually find something? Was he truly that confident they wouldn’t?
Before he got an answer, someone else appeared behind Commander Sixes.
Zero waved. “Hey, Dad.”
“Hey, Zero,” Commander Nero said like nothing had happened. That would be a fun joke for Colt…
“Something wrong?” Commander Sixes asked, looking up at him.
The other commander knelt down next to his chair, placing a datapad on the surface out of frame. “Yeah, nothing big. Got the new recon intel, we might have to shimmy up the positions a bit for the first assault.”
“Wait, really?” Zero asked, and was ignored.
“Okay.” The commander blinked at him.
Commander Nero stared back, completely serious. “I’d suggest banana.”
Sevenset looked around, glancing over the other faces present. Most of the other Numbers wore similar expressions of vague confusion, with the odd flicker of mirth because who the hell called battle strategies banana?
But then he saw it. It was faint, but he saw Commander Sixes’ mustache twitch like he was trying to fight back a smile. The muscles in his neck flexed almost imperceptibly. Commander Nero remained stony, staring him down, like he was daring him to break.
That couldn’t be it… Commander Death’s weakness couldn’t be…
After what felt like an eon of strained silence, Commander Sixes spoke. “You little bastard.” His voice cracked on the last word, an unmistakable grin fighting its way onto his face as he tried to hold himself together.
“You don’t wanna use banana?” Commander Nero said innocently, his eyes flicking towards the holoprojector beside them.
The dam broke. Commander Sixes leaned his elbow on the desk beside him, putting his face in his hand, his shoulders shaking as he laughed. It was quiet and rough, like the rest of his personality, but no one could deny that was laughter.
“Oh, Maker help you,” he breathed, looking to the other commander, who was grinning like a loth cat who’d found the fish. Sevenset found himself riveted to the hologram in front of him, drinking in the biggest smile he’d ever seen on the commander’s face since he’d met the man.
“Help me?” Commander Nero said.
“Yeah. ‘Cause I’m gonna get a banana and shove it so far down your throat, you’ll be seeing yellow for weeks.” The threat lost a bit of an edge due to the huge grin still stuck on Commander Sixes’ face and the repressed bursts of laughter that had almost cut him off, and the fact that the other commander burst out laughing as soon as he said it, disappearing from view as he collapsed to the floor. “Karking hell,” Commander Sixes muttered, reaching over and turning off his holoprojector, disappearing from the meeting.
There was silence for a moment, even from Zero.
Finally, after a generous moment to process what they had all witnessed, Sevenset addressed the main point.
“Banana jokes?” he said, putting his hands on his hips in mock severity. “That’s all it would have taken? Bananas?”
“Well, they are very a-peel-ing to some people,” Echo replied without hesitation.
Fives shoved him off the bunk gracelessly.
Ta-da!! Sevenset being a menace! I hope you enjoyed! @23-bears @theultimatesandwich @mercurydancer @rndmpeep @beskarmermaid @persimminwrites @darth-void @soclonely
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ravensilversea · 2 months
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Victory Comes Late
Summary: Victory came too late for Ponds and for so many other brothers. Three years of war plus some months of hashing out a peace treaty written in the blood, sweat, and tears of his brothers but makes no mention of them at all. It’s a Senate proclaimed accomplishment, like they hadn’t refused to even consider peace for three years.
Tags: Canon Divergence, Palpatine Dies AU, Post-War, Light Angst, Grief/Mourning, Reunions, Bittersweet Ending
The largest exhibition hall in the Jedi Temple is almost too small for the sheer number of clone troopers in it now. Really, it is actually too small, but none of them are too concerned with the concept of personal space when this is the first time they’ve all been together for three years.
And yet, Fox pulls his helmet off and tucks it beneath his arm. His guard brushes past him, calling out into the space that’s already echoing with brothers trying to find each other. And yet, they aren’t all here.
Rancor Battalion is still on Kamino and participating in negotiations alongside General Ti to hopefully place the cadets and tubies into the custody of their brothers. The thought alone is almost inconceivable: entire batches of clones who never have to serve on a battlefield, who can stay together and stay alive for years longer than their elder brothers could.
“You joining the party, Fox?” Stone asks, coming to stand beside him.
“You really think Salvo would let us miss it?” Fox walks into the exhibition hall instead of just hovering in the doorway. “Besides, someone has to tell them all how the chancellor really died.”
Ao3
Stone coughs into his hand. “Would that be the actual story or another one of your tales this time?”
Fox refuses to learn about any of the details of Chancellor Palpatine’s, unfortunate, accident. It would ruin the fun of coming up with stupider and stupider ways the late chancellor died and sharing them around the caf brewer. Call it his own personal revenge against the man who insisted on calling each and every one of his brothers by CC or CT number and number alone, the way the Guard all but tiptoed around him, how many of his brother assigned to the chancellor’s guard when traveling off planet simply disappeared without a trace, and every single shiny who the chancellor sent down into the lower levels who came back in a body bag, if at all.
“I have a list of stupid ways for asshole politicians to die, and this might be my only chance to share any of them,” Fox says primly. “Allow me my fun.”
Stone shakes his head. “If you say so.”
They weave through a particularly thick crowd of brothers, and someone flags them down. “Hey commanders, I think your squads are meeting over on the stands!”
“That’ll be Cody’s idea,” Fox mutters as Stone thanks the brother for the directions. “Always did need to be on top of things.”
“Not sure the stands top Tipoca City’s comm tower.”
Fox looks up at the ceiling that rises so high above their heads it can barely be seen and then gives Stone a look.
“Okay, so maybe they could.”
The commander squads are gathered in a clump in the middle of the stands, and sure enough, Cody’s yellow-orange paint is higher than anybody else, shining like a beacon. Fox and Stone pass Alpha Squad on their way up the stands where Wolffe and Thire look about two seconds from murdering a squadmate or two.
“I’m sorry,” Gregor says just as they pass by, “but do you think you could repeat that? Or maybe replay it? I’m not sure I heard you correct-ly!” His voice rises sharply as he falls back under the weight of two brothers, and Fox hops up a handful of rows. Stone jumps back with a curse.
Poet looks up from their padd with a distinct ‘can you believe I’m stuck with them?’ expression of their face. Fox bites his lip and shakes his head, mentally wishing them good luck. 
Force, Alpha’s only missing Blitz whose stuck on Kamino. They all made it, the lucky bastards.
“Fox! Stone!” Salvo slams into Fox with a broad grin and pulls Stone up the remaining steps to wrap his arm around him too. For a moment, the three of them just breathe. “It’s good to see you again,” Salvo whispers.
“Yeah,” Fox pulls away and meets Gree’s eyes over Salvo’s head. “Wait until you hear what happened to the chancellor.”
“The old one, right? Cause the one we have now is an upgrade.” Gree throws a thumb back over his shoulder. “C’mon, we grabbed a spot by Chimaera.”
Fox starts laying out the first ‘So this is what I heard from somebody who heard it from somebody’ as they walk lengthwise along the stands until Gree and Salvo pull them down onto the benches. Just above them sits Chimaera Squad with it’s three near-silent members. As he tells his story, Fox watches Neyo try to get Keller and Faie to say more than a few words strung together, and it suddenly hits him that both Lock and Colt were dead.
The story ends, and his brothers make noises of disbelief. “Oh really?” Fox says. “Well, how about this one that I heard from a janitor who heard it from his sister’s husband’s brother’s friend.” Stone buries his head in his hands with a groan.
Ponds would have told Fox to stop by the second story, but he’s not around to hear them. The lack of protest from that quarter sits heavy in Fox’s chest. He barrels through the story anyway, almost even more spitefully. 
Victory came too late for Ponds and for so many other brothers. Three years of war plus some months of hashing out a peace treaty written in the blood, sweat, and tears of his brothers but makes no mention of them at all. It’s a Senate proclaimed accomplishment, like they hadn’t refused to even consider peace for three years.
Almost four years of war because of one man who strung them all along like dew drops on a tent-line.
Fox’s eyes land on a small empty space in a sea of brothers, and his next words die in his throat. There’s a brother standing in the middle of the empty space. He’s thin with shaved hair and implant scars. What’s left of one arm is in a sling across his body, and Fox knows who he is even without the blue of the 501st edging his almost shiny-white, probably borrowed armor.
Come get your Dominoes, Rex had messaged three years ago.
Unless they’re commanders, I don’t claim them, and even that’s debatable, he had messaged back.
Within days, Rex had informed him that due to the sudden death of their commanding officers and the subsequent lack of collection by Fox (Fox had rolled his eyes at this), he was personally taking them under his wing. Rex then spent every other message to Fox bragging about ‘his Dominoes’ like there wasn’t hundreds of Domino training squads spread throughout the army.
For a moment, Fox selfishly wishes that Echo truly had died on the infamous Citadel mission. Seeing him standing alone in a sea of reuniting brothers when Fox is the one who killed his last squadmate…
Victory really did come too late for Rex's Domino squad. 
The reunions and conversations continue on around Fox, blurring into the background. A sea of noise and color turning into a drone as a time seems to slow, but Echo never blurs. He continues to stand alone, seemingly in the middle of a swirling galaxy of brothers without a single person to welcome him home.
Fox finds his feet moving without any input from him. He's halfway down the stairs before Salvo asks him where he's going. “To get another Domino,” he says, almost under his breath, but his squad hears him just the same. 
The floor of the exhibition hall seems to echo with his footsteps. Which is impossible. First of all, the sheer number of clones in the room alone would drown out any noise Fox could possibly make even if they weren't talking at loud volumes. Second of all, there was no way in hell that the Jedi didn't sound proof this room within an inch of its life given the number of lightsaber duels- duels between children at that!- this room must have been used for.
Maybe his footsteps are echoing through him, Fox muses. He takes another step and feels it in his chest.
Time and sound suddenly crash into Fox. Conversations burst into a roar, suddenly Fox can hear so many squadname jokes all at once. It no longer feels like he's stepping through taffy, and all he can do is stand there. Like an idiot. Just in front of Echo.
Force, all he has to do is lift his arm and he could touch this orphaned shell of a brother.
Well, maybe not a shell, he reconsiders as Echo straightens, jutting his chin out a bit and brown eyes flashing with a challenge. There's still quite a bit of fight left in his one, which is more than Fox can say for the Chimaera commanders back on the stairs. 
“Echo,” Fox says, figuring that's as good a start as any.
“What do you want, commander?”
Fox falters. Opening and closing his mouth, he glances back at his squad who have ceased any and all conversations to stare at him trying and failing to talk to a CT.
“If you're here to apologize, don't. There's nothing you can say,” Echo continues, and Fox winces. If it was his squadmate shot and killed by another's hand, he doesn't think he would have said those words so mournfully acceptingly. No. Every trooper in this hall would likely have to hold him back from trying to beat the shit out of the one who killed his squadmate.
He flexes his hands, tries not to imagine how Aurra Singh's neck would feel wrapped in them as he squeezes the life out of her for what she did to Ponds. 
“It's not something that can be forgiven, no matter how much I regret it,” Fox says. “But that isn't why I'm here, trooper... Echo.”
“Then why, sir?”
For a moment, Fox hesitates, unsure of whether his invitation, his touch would be welcome, but he decides to do it anyway. He reaches out and gently grabs Echo's remaining wrist and lightly tugs it in the direction of the stadium. “Come on. No Domino gets left behind.”
He waits for Echo to take the first step, watching his brother's eyes blink, widen, and then sharpen. Echo looks past Fox towards the Domino commanders, and whatever he sees there, convinces him.
Fox settles Echo down in the empty spot where Ponds should be, and the way Echo looks around with brighter eyes and a harsh swallow tells him everything about how Rex's little dominoes must have gathered too.
Setting that aside, Fox turns back to his brothers. “Now, where were we? Oh yes, so the Chancellor had ordered breakfast and for some reason, this involved fish. And you know how fish have these tiny little bones they don't always manage to get out when preparing them?”
Gree sighs loudly as he realizes where Fox is going with this latest story about Palpatine's death, and Salvo begins slapping Fox's knee like that's going to stop him. Behind him, Echo muffles a snort, and Fox grins.
Victory came late, but not too late. There are still brothers here who were saved after all.
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YukiPri - Star Wars 2021~, General Art Masterpost - Part I
This is my general standalone Star Wars fanart compilation for content created 2021~onwards, Part 1!
I created a separate post for this content due to hitting the maximum link limit on my Main Star Wars Masterpost.
To see my various AU content (including links to my Star Wars comics and fics!), as well as other crucial general links, please check out the link!
This Masterpost is marked is marked Part 1, because as of making this Masterpost, I am already close to the maximum link limit again. When I reach it, this section will be replaced with a link to Part 2.
Click here for the latest version of this post!
Thank you!
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MASTERPOST KEY:
[COM] - Comic
[ILL] - Illustration
[FIC] - Written fiction
[TXT] - Text headcanons
All shippy/pseudo-shippy things will be marked with a *
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Links to Art:
[ILL] Commander Cody
[ILL] May 4th 2021 with Grogu + Din + Boba + Jango + Cody + Rex
[ILL] Cody & his General doing reports, *Cody x Obi-Wan
[ILL] The 212th Attack Battalion
[ILL/COM] Jango Fett is alive and is a pain in the ass *Cody x Obi x Jango
[ILL] Echo’s cyborg spine thing
[ILL] Rex
[COM] Bad Batch Ep 7 comic
[ILL] Obi-Wan & Tea
[ILL/COM] The Anakin & Padmé Meme in Four Parts
[ILL] Cody, Wooley, & Longshot in training gear
[ILL] Captain Howzer
[ILL] The 212th and their General *212th x Obi-Wan
[ILL] Captain Gregor
[ILL] Jangobi vs Codywan*
[ILL] Cody - Inside helmet
[ILL] Casual Autumn Vibes with the 212th (Wooley & Waxer)
[ILL] Undercover Cody & Obi-Wan (*Long Hair!Cody x Beardless!Obi-Wan)
[ILL] Halloween Grogu
[ILL] Alpha-17
[ILL] Alpha-77 | Fordo
[ILL] Echo & Fives
[ILL] Happy Boba Day!
[ILL] The Book of Boba Fett Ep 2 art
[ILL] Tusken Warrior, version 1 (WIP)
[ILL] Tusken Warrior, verstion 2 (Final)
[ILL] Fennec Shand
[ILL] TBOBF Ep 5 Sketch
[COM] TBOBF Ep 5 mini comic
[ILL] TBOBF Boba Sketch
[ILL] Young adult Boba
[ILL] Boba through the ages, Version 1 (WIP)
[ILL] Boba through the ages, Version 2 (Final)
[ILL] Valentine's Day~White Day Project 2022 #1 Cody x Obi-Wan*
[ILL] "Cute Kid." Boba, Din, Grogu, Rancor
[ILL] TBOBF mini comic: in which Luke hears something shocking
[ILL] Paz Vizsla doodles
[ILL] Jaster Mereel sketch
[ILL] Cad Bane mentoring young 1313 Boba
[COM] An upgraded bag for Grogu! (or not)
[ILL] Fennec with red chrysanthemums
[ILL] Cody & Obi-Wan (Kenobi Trailer Day)
[ILL] Beskar or Mithril? Grogu & Frodo, SW x LOTR Crossover
[ILL] Young Adult Boba - Remembrance
[ILL] Boba & Tooka
[ILL] Jaster & Young Jango
[ILL] Glitch, the Force-sensitive (?) clone
[ILL] Thor Padmé vs Vader, SW x Marvel Crossover
[ILL] May 4th 2022 with 30 characters
          [ILL/TXT] May 4th 2022 Bonus Version with commentary!
[ILL] 20th Anniversary of AOTC - Phase I shiny clone trooper
[ILL] Vanity Fair photoshoot - Obi-Wan & Din
[ILL] Plo Koon & Bros
[ILL] Adult!Boba & Jango - Lego Star Wars-inspired
[ILL] Obi-Wan - Sad Man in the Sand Week
[ILL] Obi-Wan & Watto - Bad Disguise
[ILL] Kenobi premiere
[ILL] Cody from the Bad Batch Season 2 Trailer
[ILL] Clone Merman for MerMay
[ILL] Obi-Wan Kenobi Ep 3 - Ghost Anakin
[ILL] Obi-Wan & Quinlan Vos
[ILL] Obi-Wan & Alpha-17: the Last Stand on Jabiim
[ILL] Obi-Wan Finale
[ILL] Obi-Wan & Cody: the Clone Wars
[ILL] Cody princess-carrying Obi-Wan *mild Codywan
[ILL] Reva & Grogu
[ILL] Cody holding a knife to Obi-Wan's throat - Scrapped Kenobi movie script
[COM] Desert Husbands - Domestic Cody & Obi-Wan on Tatooine
[ILL] Cody Caf Break
[ILL] Alpha-ØØ | “Boba Fett”
[ILL] Face Your Art meme - Clones Faces Compilation
[ILL] 212th Attack Battalion - Wooley
[ILL] 212th Attack Battalion - Waxer
[ILL] Ahsoka
[ILL] PREVIEW - Durge x Obi-Wan N/S/F/W Patreon Preview*
[ILL] Clonetober 2022 Challenge Completed! Compilation of 31 Portraits
     All individual portrait links HERE!
[ILL] Grogu and Dust Bunnies, Incorrect Prediction
[ILL] Grogu and Totoros - An Imposter
[ILL] Rex Winter Fashion - Inspired by the Columbia TCW Collection
[ILL] Fordo Sketch
[ILL] Yaddle
[ILL] Happy Holidays 2022 - Inspired by the 2022 Lucasfilm Holiday Card (Codywan*)
[ILL] Happy Holidays 2022 - Codywan only variation*
[ILL] Echo & AZI: a projection of Fives
[ILL] Captain Wilco
[ILL] Cody - Glory Gold, fades to Gray...
[ILL] Fordo showing you General Kenobi
[ILL] Wyler & Nova
[ILL] Omega, TBB S2
[ILL] Echo, TBB S2
[ILL] Cody sketch
[ILL] Slip & Cade
[ILL] Long-haired Rex
[ILL] Valentine’s Day 2023 (*Jangobi, Codywan?)
[Tutorial] How to draw Obi-Wan’s beard
[ILL] Paz Vizsla Big Tiddies Meme
[ILL/Merch] Filigree Clone + Fett Helmets Laptop Case
[ILL] Sad Super Battle Droid
[ILL] Ahsoka
[ILL] “Tiny” - Smol Paz + Din
[ILL] More Smol Paz + Din
[ILL] Mayday
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Commander Havoc 💙
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Just like Havoc after the Battle of Kamino, the second page of clone trooper helmets is officially done. That was dark, sorry.😅
Art taglist: @the-hexfiles @your-slutty-gf @msmeredithrose @lonely-day3636 @dukeoftheblackstar
You can find more of my art by searching my art tag or clicking on my masterlist.
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Give me troopers all day long.... STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION ARC COMMANDER BLITZ Retail Price: $16.99 / Available: Fall 2023. A Walmart US and Zing Australia exclusive. (likely more for the UK/EUR.) Fans can celebrate the legacy of STAR WARS, the action-and-adventure-packed space saga from a galaxy far, far away, with this premium 3.75-inch scale ARC COMMANDER BLITZ figure inspired by Star Wars: The Clone Wars in time for the animated series’ 20th anniversary. Along with Havoc and Colt, ARC Commander Blitz was a member of Rancor Battalion who supervised cadet training on Kamino and helped identify potential new ARC troopers. This figure features premium detail and design across product and packaging inspired by the original Kenner line, as well as the entertainment-inspired collector grade deco and a special 20th Anniversary logo on the packaging. Includes figure and 5 entertainment-inspired accessories. — view on Instagram https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/320232993_5629682260477973_1102903613335930517_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=Bdqz85jiNIEAX8GiKhG&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfAkaoFh3tJ4m3t8TYfacC6DCwWYnXDKpE8vNuPkWxs_tg&oe=63A003CE
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Today, #StarWars #BringHometheGalaxy continued with the fourth week of this epic, Star Wars gift giving celebration. As part of this week’s celebration, @Hasbro revealed two new figures from #StarWarsTheVintageCollection – ARC Commander Colt and #BobaFett ! Both will be available for preorder tomorrow! STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION BOBA FETT (HASBRO/Retail Price: $20.99 / Available: Summer 2023) Fans can celebrate the legacy of STAR WARS, the action-and-adventure-packed space saga from a galaxy far, far away, with premium 3.75-inch scale STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION BOBA FETT figure. This Boba Fett action figure is inspired by the character’s appearance in the STAR WARS: THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT live-action series. With his customized Mandalorian armor, deadly weaponry, and silent demeanor, Boba Fett was one of the most feared hunters in the Star Wars galaxy. The figure features premium detail and design across product and packaging inspired by the original #Kenner line, as well as the entertainment-inspired collector grade deco. Includes figure and 2 entertainment-inspired accessories. Available for pre-order 11/9 at 1pm ET exclusively at @Target STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION ARC COMMANDER COLT (HASBRO/Ages 4 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $16.99 / Available: Summer 2023) Fans can celebrate the legacy of STAR WARS, the action-and-adventure-packed space saga from a galaxy far, far away, with premium 3.75-inch scale STAR WARS: THE VINTAGE COLLECTION ARC COMMANDER COLT figure. This ARC Commander Colt action figure is inspired by the character in the STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS animated series. Colt served in Rancor Battalion with ARC Commander Havoc and helped manage cadet training on the world Kamino. Colt protected Tipoca City during an attack on Kamino by assassin Asajj Ventress, where he faced Greivous-and eventually Ventress herself. The figure features premium detail and design across product and packaging inspired by the original Kenner line, as well as the entertainment-inspired collector grade deco. Includes figure and 5 entertainment-inspired accessories.  Available for pre-order 11/9 at 1pm ET exclusively at @Walmart https://www.instagram.com/p/CktpJTpu-K8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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muguathepapaya · 2 years
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VOD PERSONAL TRAINING & PHYSICAL THERAPY Post spar gymselfie!colt
Commander myjediiscoolerthanyours Colt and Shaak ti, thrown in because togrutas are my favourite. I don’t think she understands why the selfie is being taken, but is fine with it either way.
What do you mean you thought he died, it was just an injury . See the scar? ( ; _ ; )/~~~
do I know what a rancor claw tattoo should look like? Not really.
Others in the personal trainer gym selfie series:
Howzer
Fives
Waxer, Boil, Gregor, Cody
Echo and 99
Colt and bonus Shaak
Hardcase
Cody
Wolffe
Jesse
Kix
Bly
Fox
Rex and bonus Ahsoka
Neyo
Slightly inspired by the fics head to head and show me those electric bones
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