Before the construction of the Rishi Moon Outpost in the Early Days of the Clone Wars,
a squad of highly trained and elite Clone Troopers led by Kit Fisto were sent to the
planet of Rishi, after the separatists had invaded it for its resources.
While there, Kit Fisto is forced into a situation where he needed the best sharpshooter in his
sequad to do something...pretty crazy.
I’m going to break down how Kit Fisto discovered one of the most accurate and precise Clone
Sharpshooters to ever serve the Republic.
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We begin on a pretty dry and rocky part of the planet Rishi, deep in the outer rim the
the fierce separatists have arrived, desperate to strip the world of all of it’s resources
in order to power their new sonic weapons.
On the planet, they want to extract it’s rich supply of Exonium, which was a very potent
fuel that could power separatist weaponry for a large chunk of the war.
In order to stop the sepraraist plan and to protect the bird-like natives of Rishi, the
Jedi Council immediately dispatched an elite company of Clone Troopers to the area, in
order to secure the mining facilities and ensure that the serparatis could not get their
hands on this fuel.
Unfortunately however, because the was was spreading the Jedi so thinly throughout the
galaxy, on different missions, campaigns and battles, there was no Jedi general available
to guide these Clone Troopers in battle just yet.
The Clone Troopers however were more than capable of leading themselves into battle,
with their own command structure, but were simply not prepared for the pure strength
of the separatist defence.
Because of this, The Clone Commander in charge of the operation orders his men to pull back
and retreat from the exonium mines, much to the horror of the native Rishii leader, Chieftain
Gwarrk.
Gwarrk is of course furious that the Clone Troopers have pulled back, and allowed his
mines to be occupied by the separatists, before demanding to know who gave the order to retreat.
Moments after this however, Jedi General Kit Fisto lands on the mountaintop, greeting his
Clone Troopers and confirming to the native Rishii chief that he gave the Order.
He tells Gwarrk that the Jedi council sent troopers to protect his people, but that there
was to be no full scale effort until Fisto arrived to oversee the operation.
Gwarrk is not too happy with this response, asking Fisto “Created this army for warfare,
did you not?
I put your warriors to their purpose.
They failed because their power is not great enough.
The Green Trimmed Clone Commander then rushes in to defend himself, telling the Rishii Chief
that the Geonosians were just dug in too deep to make any progress, but the bird-chief isn’t
having it, telling the Clone Commander that “Energy from the stones within the mountain
are needed for my kind to prepare food in the first time.
We must attack again!
We need strength to give us victory!.
And as usual, let me know in the comments below what you think this Green Trimmed Clone
Commander should be called, since he is never given a name in the story.
I’m sure you guys will come up with something awesome for him like always!
Following this, Master Fisto defends his Clone Commander, telling the Rishii chief that attempting
to overpower an enemy that has a tactical advantage will only head to further defeat--we
must turn the strengths of our enemy against him.
As he says this, he pulls out his macrobinoculars and witnesses the horrible sight of the Geonoisian
invaders dragging the dead bodies of his Clone Troopers away into their dark, gloomy caverns.
After witnessing this horrible sight, he tells his men that they must turn the strengths
of their enemy against them.
He also informs his Clone Commander that the Geonosian’s defence gives the excellent
cover, but severely limits their mobility.
Realizing that they can be defeated.
His Green Trimmed Clone Commander is shocked by this, asking “Another attack, sir?
But--”, before Fisto orders him to get the company ready for a fight...and Also for a
special favour.
General Fisto asks the Commander to send him the best Sharpshooter of the Company.
In response, Green Trimmed commander tells fisto that the best Clone Sniper he has ever
seen is CT-2242, nicknamed Cooker by his brothers.
Following this, Cooker posts up on a nearby ledge, awaiting orders from his General, but
Kit Fisto is interested about his history and asks him “So tell me, Cooker, how did
you get that name?”
Cooker responds, saying “Well, I usually target the power cells of Battle Droids.
I like to watch them..
Uh.. burn.
Yeah you can already tell this Clone Trooper is slightly different from the rest.
Following this, his General is shocked at his skill, and tells him that he must be one
of the best snipers that the Republic had ever seen to be able to consistently hit a
droid’s power, tiny power cell.
Cutting back to the Rishii chief, he is starting to get pretty angry as he has not seen General
Fisto in a long while, but his Clone Commander relays to the chief that Fisto has begun the
attack without them.
This of course infuriates the Rishii Chief, but there is absolutely nothing he can do
to change the situation at this point.
Following that, Cooker begins to have some doubts about his usefulness since he won’t
be able to get a direct line of sight onto the enemy from his current position.
In response to this however, Kit Fisto tells him, “That’s all right, Cooker -- because
you’ll be targeting me.
This obviously shocks the young Clone Sniper, leading him to say “Sir, I can’t shoot
at you”.
After this, Kit Fisto Outline his plan to Cooker, telling him “when I enter the enemy’s
defenses, they will target me with their sonic weapons, which my lightsaber is unable to
deflect.
So as I dodge, you will track me, and fire continuously.
Aim for my shoulder…
And cooker…
Try not to miss.”
In his mind though, Kit Fisto knows that this trooper is the Best Clone Sniper to ever come
out of the training centres of Kamino, and doesn’t have a worry in the world about
his ability.
Moments later, Fisto leaps into the Valley below and shouts to Cooker with the Order
to fire.
Cooker then begins firing a barrage of blaster bolts from his sniper at his General with
pinpoint precision, allowing Fisto to deflect the bolts into the enemy defences.
As this is happening, The Rishii leader is still doubtful of Fisto’s abilities, saying
“This Jedi is very powerful--or very dead”.
After this, The Green Clone Commander tells his men to mount up and move down into the
valley in order to give the General a hand down there.
While they are moving in, Cooker continues firing his weapon with the most accurate shots
that Firsto has ever seen, turning the Jedi Master into a turret.
Every shot Cooker takes is in the perfect spot to be deflected at the gEonosians.
Fisto Continues leaping and jumping through the valley, killing as many Geonosians as
he can, but is stopped in his tracks when realizes that Cooker has stopped firing.
As he asks what’s going up on the ledge, Cooker tells him “Reloading Sir!
Just give me a second”...
Even the best Clone Sniper to ever serve is stopped dead in his tracks by the limits of
his weapon.
Fisto then tells him not to brother reload, before brutally using the force to snap the
neck of a Geonosian.
Finally, with only one geonosian left standing, Fisto throws his saber forward, right into
the heart of the Geonosian, killing him immediately.
Following this, he pulls his lightsaber back with the force, and manages to break open
the gates to the mine.
Unfortunately, when he opens the gates, he is rapidly slammed ot the floor by the geonosians,
who are still valiantly trying to protect the resources they are trying to steal.
Luckily however, after fisto is downed and on the ground, his men swoop in on their Gunships,
dropping down into the battlefield, rescuing their general and sending the geonosians into
full retreat.
As he helps Kit Fisto up, the Commander tells him that “We’ve got them on the run, General.
We’ll have the mine secured shortly”.
And to end the story, the Rishi Leader walks up to Kit Fisto and tells him that he is indeed
a very powerful Jedi, one that he is proud to have defending his home planet.
Being the humble man that he is, Fisto then tells the Rishi chief that “it was the power
of the mind that made this victory possible.
Plus a little help from a friend, as he waves at Cooker above, who is looking down on his
General, through the the scope of his snipe.
So that is the Most accurate and precise Clone Sniper to ever walk off of Kamino and serve
in the Grand Army of the Republic.
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