Under the secret orders of Jedi Master Sifo Dyas, the Kaminoan government is presented
with the massive challenge, of producing an army for the Galactic Republic. Using the
genetic code of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, the clones endured an accelerated growth programme,
and intensive education to prepare them for the imminent war. Before graduating to becoming
a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the youthful clone cadets had to undergo a
series of trials to prove they were battle worthy, otherwise they would be placed on
maintenance duty or non-combat roles, and one such group who failed, was the Domino
Squad. The clones of Fives, Echo, Hevy, Cutup an Droidbait, were known for their failings
in training sessions, but the bounty El-Les overseeing the programme, convinced Shaak
Ti to provide them with a chance for redemption. After advice from the maintenance clone 99
about the importance of team cohesion, the clones pass their final test and are instated
as clones for the Grand Army. But as with so many other clones, the domino squad failed
to survive to the end of the war, as on the Rishi Moon outpost, it is firstly Droidbait
who falls to a group of commando droids, then Cutup was swallowed by a Rishi Eel, and finally
Hevy sacrificed himself to destroy the base, and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
Echo was the last to remain, despite his supposed death on the planet of Lola Sayu, as Fives
perished at the blaster of Commander Fox trying to uncover Order 66, and Echo is saved from
the hands of the Separatists by a group led by Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker. But what
if all of Domino Squad had survived the mission on the Rishi moon outpost? Could they be as
effective as other squads such as clone Force 99? As you will discover, their survival could
have changed the fate of the clone army… In a Republic venator class star destroyer,
the Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker, and his master Obi-Wan Kenobi, received a transmission
from Commander Cody that they had just completed their inspection on Pastil, and were now transferring
to the Rishi station, before he disappeared. The tired Anakin could sense something wrong,
as he thought about the clones stationed there, and despite his insistence, Obi-Wan stepped
in and nominated himself to go and bolster the inspection, and taking his Jedi starfighter
ahead of Rex and Cody, he found that his padawan had been right, as the two droid boarding
ships had landed on the surface of the moon. The Jedi master leapt from his ship before
the commando droids could enter the listening post, and his delay gave those on the inside
to emerge and fire back at the droids, completing their defence, just as Cody and Rex arrived.
The two senior clones head to the top of the outpost, where to their frustration, an entire
Separatist fleet was heading in their direction. As their signal had not been rerouted by the
droids, Obi-Wan is able to find Admiral Yularen and Anakin, and warn them of the imminent
invasion on Kamino, as the Jedi helped the clones fight the second wave of droids. The
B1 Battle droids may have been superior in their number, but with Hevy arming a Z6 Rotary
Blaster cannon, and the efficiency of the cadets, Obi-Wan can jump back onto his ship,
and join Anakin in warning those on Kamino of the Separatist fleet. With the Rishi moon
outpost in the hands of the Republic, the Jedi order their fleet to blockade Kamino,
and mobilise additional forces over the outpost, warning them of the opposition leaving hyperspace.
The small fleet deployed by Obi-Wan is a distraction to Ventress, as they warned the Jedi of the
impending attack, but they could still do nothing about the aqua droids. Domino squad
join the rest of the 501st Legion in entering the facility in Tipoca city, and after gaining
additional weapons from the armoury, Hevy helped to protect 99 as he equipped themselves
with more ammunition. After both Grievous and Ventress retreated, and the DNA Sample
of Jango Fett retuned to the hands of the Republic, the entire Domino Squad are made
ARC troopers, and very soon, they become one of the most fearsome battalions in the Grand
Army. As the war progressed, the deaths of all of the clone troopers around them began
to take its toll, and the near loss of Echo on Lola Sayu, then later the betrayal of Jedi
master Pong Krell, made the clones question true purpose of the war, later retuning to
Kamino again. After the clone trooper Tup had returned to the planet to be examined,
Fives was immensely suspicious of the Kaminoans, and he divides the travelling Domino squad
to split up and have their inhibitor chips removed, whilst he paid close attention to
Tup. The ARC trooper removed his own ship with the help of AZ1-3, and after comparing
them to Tup’s he discovered a tumour had caused Tup’s to fail, as he then consulted
99, who was still working at the facility. The courageous clone had done his own research
following the death of Master Tiplar, and had found that the inhibitor chip was not
used as a measure to control aggression as Nala Se had claimed, rather it was used to
further the cause of the Kaminoans. Fives is quick to contact Captain Rex and General
Skywalker, and after the clone had snuck his way past the guards, he is startled to see
a holographic recording of the Kaminoans talking to Count Dooku. This was clear evidence that
they inhibitor chips, were not what the Kaminoans claimed, and they tried to escape the facility,
until they were blocked by Shaak Ti. That is it for part 1 of what if Domino Squad
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