The HOPE Squad or High Orbit Precision entry squad, was a four man squad of specialized
clone commandos that played a significant role in the Grand Army of the Republic’s
special forces operations.
During the final months of the Clone Wars, the Hope squad were sent to the planet Yorn
Skot to rescue an Ugnaught Jedi Master named Treetower after he was knocked unconscious
while performing a cargo recovery mission on the planet.
During operation, the HOPE commandos performed a highly dangerous extraction attempt for
the Jedi master, and his high value cargo target.
I’m going to break down exactly how the HOPE Squad of Clone commandos bravely gave
their lives to rescue the Ugnaught Jedi Master and the extremely disturbing discovery that
was made.
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The story begins with the member of the hope squad, simply known as Yellow Commando receiving
a worrying distress signal from Republic command.
The signal informs Yellow commando that an Ugnaught Jedi General named Treetower had
been sent to intercept an illegal shipment of goods that was being smuggled to the trade
federation separatists.
The distress signal also goes on to tell Yellow commando that something had gone horribly
wrong during the mission, leaving General Treetower in an incredibly dangerous position.
Republic command then rapidly re prioritizes the previous missions of the Hope squad, and
moves the mission to rescue Treetower to the top priority.
Yellow commando accepts the mission, and sets his full focus to finding the lost Jedi and
intercepting the Clankas that are holding him hostage.
Republic command and the HOPE Squad still had absolutely no idea what was so important
about this cargo shipment that Treetower was trying to recover, but it didn’t matter.
The Hope squad were completely dedicated to rescuing and recovering Treetower, no matter
what it took.
To begin their mission, the HOPE Commandos were placed inside of tiny, extremely cramped
escape pods, which were specifically modified for High Precision Orbital Entry.
This is of course, where the name HOPE comes from.
These four Clone Commandos were specifically created and trained to be proficient at entering
high risk situations such as rescue missions, on a moment's notice.
Orbital entry through tight single person capsules was the quickest way to get a Clone
down to the surface of a planet, without alerting the hostile enemy forces on the ground.
Let me know down below if you can think of any other battle throughout the clone wars
where these guys might have useful to quick rescue and recovery missions.
The HOPE troopers were then blasted swiftly out of their acclamator Class assault ship,
travelling rapidly to the surface of Yorn Skot, ready to rescue the Jedi General.
The HOPE squad capsules burnt up as they entered the thick atmosphere of Yorn Skot, but their
plating allowed them to arrive deeper into the tinted skies of Yorn skot without much
degradation or damage to the pod.
As the HOPE Commandos were about to exit their escape pods, they did wonder why Treetower
was so certain that it had to be him that took the cargo recovery mission instead of
any other Jedi, despite him never having being placed in a truly dangerous situation before,
and probably never having left the safety of the Jedi temple on Coruscant since he was
a young boy.
Despite these thoughts, the HOPE Commandos quickly focussed on the mission at hand and
reaffirmed their immense loyalty to the Jedi Order and the general.
Moments after, the HOPE Troopers activated the firm release handles on their capsules,
separating them into two pieces, allowing a rapid exit from the pods.
As the pods drifted away from the Clone Commandos, they activated their carefully modified combat
umbrellas, which allowed them to direct their movement to the floating platform nearby.
The combat umbrella is honestly one of the coolest pieces of Clone Equipment ever used
in the Grand Army of the Republc, I wish we got to see it in action a few more times.
As the hope troopers got near enough to the large, metal platform, two separatist spider
droids began to fire their high powered blaster bolts at them.
The HOPE Troopers quickly pulled their own DC-17M blasters out and returned fire to the
crawling spider droids, destroying them both in only seconds.
These guys are absolutely awesome.
Following the destruction of the spider droids, Yellow, Blue and Orange Commando, the leader
of the group, land safely on the platform, while Green Commando is having slightly more
trouble, still clinging to the safety of his combat umbrella.
When each member of the squad has their feet placed firmly on solid ground, they perform
a location sweep, which informs them that the Ugnaught jedi is located directly under
the platform that they are standing on.
Orange commando reminds the group to maintain a strong level of caution because of how high
above the ground they are, before using their ropes to move down below the platform.
As they are hanging high above the ground, the they spot the unconscious Ugnaught Jedi,
but are unable to take hold of him before a torrent of blaster bolts is fired towards
them.
A horde of b2 Jump droids are launched into the air with their modified jetpacks, and
they begin to unleash a barrage of blaster fire on the HOPE Commandos.
The Commandos quickly return fire with their own blasters, but Green Commando and Blue
Commando are unfortunately hit directly in the chest, causing them to lose grip of their
grappling lines and plunge through the thick atmosphere of the planet.
Green Commando likely had his body brutally burnt up in the atmosphere, or was crushed
by the immense pressure of the Gas Giant.
Blue Commando on the other hand is still alive and tumbling through the rough sky of Yorn
Skot, but death is unfortunately also certain to come to this brave soldier.
Really sad to see these two give their lives for the Jedi Master, but it is what they were
born to do.
Moments later, Yellow Commando was also squarely hit in the chest, causing him to tragically
fall through the atmosphere, suffering the same dark fate as his two fallen brothers.
Orange Commando is now the last remaining member of the squad, which forces him to leap
into action, letting go of his rope and jumping onto the back of one of the B2 jump droids,
stealing it’s jetpack.
Orange commando managed to ride the jetpack, avoiding incoming missiles and carefully maneuvering
away from incoming trap nets that were fired by the droids.
After this we tragically discover that Blue Commando did actually manage to save himself
by grabbing one of the droid jetpacks, but unfortunately, one of the electric nets caught
him, electrocuting him and blasting the jetpack to millions of pieces a along with Blue Commando.
Such a sad death for a brave trooper.
Orange Commando does eventually get caught by one of the electric nets, but quickly manages
to round it up and throw it back at the battle droid who fired it.
This allowed him to remain attached to the flying B2 battle droid, grabbing on to the
thickest part of the net.
From this aerial position, Orange commando was able to fire his blaster at the other
swarming battle droids, destroying one at a time, until he slowly defeated all of them.
After successfully taking down the other Jump droids, Orange Commando directed the battle
droid that he was riding to move down below, to the unconscious Jedi.
Thankfully, Orange Commando arrived under the Ugnaught Jedi just in time, as his brown
Jedi robe ripped, sending him tumbling through the air.
Orange Commando grabbed him by the top of his robe, and took him to safety atop the
captured battle droid.
At this point, Orange Commando took his vibroblade out and cut into the back of the B2 Jump droid,
destroying it’s jetpack.
Following this, Orange Commando knew he had to leap away from the B2 battle droid incredibly
quickly, or he would plunge down to the core of Yorn Skot, along the Ugnaught Jedi.
Fortunately, he was able to just barely grab hold of the grapple rope he had placed earlier,
with the Ugnaught grabbing tightly on to his other hand.
Jedi Master Treetower then rushed over to the cargo shipment the moment his feet touched
the ground, leaving Orange commando lagging behind to open up the container.
As the Ugnaught Jedi did this, Orange Commando thought to himself “ whatever they were
smuggling better be worth losing my 3 brothers for”.
Inside, we discover the shocking and twisted truth behind the separatist’s cargo mission.
Treetower’s fellow Ugnaughts were being used as slaves by the separatists to work
in the droid factories of Geonosis.
Not just the men, but the women and the children too.
In the end, three of Orange Commando’s men gave their lives to save a large group of
Ugnaughts who were destined for slaver and Treetower almost gave his own life to save
them too.
Despite the heavy loss, Orange Commando accepted this mission as the price of war, and vowed
to remember his fallen brothers for their brave actions.
So that is the story of how the HOPE Commandos gave their lives to save Ugnaughts from the
harsh life of slavery in the droid factories of Geonosis.
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