After the Clone Wars came to an end and the Republic was transitioned into the Galactic
Empire, the Clone Troopers who served on the front lines of the Clone Wars were sadly phased
out and replaced with regular, human-born stormtroopers.
This caused a huge amount of anger and stress among the retired Clone Troopers, because
all they knew was war, fighting and combat…
This anger brewed very deeply in one set of Clone Troopers, so much so that they turned
to a life of Crime and deception.
So, lets find out who these brave Clone Troopers were and how they became Crime Lords of the
Outer Rim.
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As the Clone Wars raged on throughout the Galaxy, a Standard Trooper who was given the
Nickname Zeke, served as a sergeant in the Grand Army’s 1st platoon.
Zeke was one of the many Clone Troopers created on Kamino, and went through the same training
procedures as many of his brothers.
For some strange reason however, Zeke left Kamino with less morality, less loyalty and
vastly more combat expertise than many of his brothers around him, but this went unnoticed
by his Jedi General During the war.
At the end of the war, Zeke and the rest of his men were relieved that the Separatists
had fallen and were excited to fight another day should any other threats arise throughout
the galaxy.
That was…
Until they heard the news that the Clones of Jango Fett bred on Kamino were being retired
and phased out of the new Imperial Army by Emperor Palpatine.
After hearing this news, he and his brothers in the 1st Platoon were shocked, and disgusted
at how they could be treated this way after literally winning the war for the Republic,
and allowing the Empire to be created.
Because of this, Trooper Zeke gathered 26 of his brothers and formed a small raiding
group, who planned to quit the Imperial army before they were phased out, and do some pretty
major damage on the way out.
As these 26 brave Clones deserted the army, the managed to steal a large cache of old
Republic Weaponry, as well hundreds of crates of Clone Trooper armor from the war.
Once they had built their stash, Zeke, along with his brothers Oake, Jayk, Rafe and Tojo
stole an Imperial Transport and made off to the planet Saleucami, deep in the outer rim.
Once there, they came across a remote, but very definisible location, known as Blackwind
Crater, where they set up a base of operations.
Blackwind Crater was absolutely massive, and contained a cluster of hot springs, as well
as being covered in thick, jungle marshland, making it nearly impossible for outsiders
to stage an effective attack.
In the dense crater Jungle, packs of Thaelos, native creatures to Saleucami roamed creepily,
posing a threat to any intruders who entered.
Now unfortunately, because this place was literally the perfect place to host a base
of operations…
Another group already found it and had set up an organization from this crater.
The group who set up a base here was known as “The Veiled Sorrority”, and was ruled
a Pirate queen, who was elected from a council of captains.
The Queen of this organization wore a very elaborate mask while in public to conceal
her identity, and if the queen was killed or her term expired, the mask was passed on
to the next elected queen, making it a very precious symbol of the group.
The mask itself was feared and recognized across the Galaxy, but the person under it
was never to be known.
After the Clone Troopers realized that both their criminal organization, as well as the
Pirate Queen’s couldn’t both run from this same location, the Clone Troopers agreed
to join the Veiled Sorority crime group and became their fire power.
Zeke, along with brothers Oake, Jayk, Rafe and Tojo equipped themselves with blaster
pistols, Vibro knives, frag grenades and their Clone Trooper armor for the war, preparing
to defend the base inside the crater from any external threats.
The Clone Troopers of the group initially were excited and loved the rush of adrenaline
and thrill of being crime lords, striking terror into the Galaxy, but things took a
very swift and heartbreaking turn as many of their men were killed off by rival crime
syndicates and the local wildlife inside the crater.
So, i’ll very quickly break down the main 4 remaining Clone Troopers, who served alongside
Zeke and what their role was in the crime group.
The first is oake.
After the organization suffered huge losses in the line of the duty, he was forced to
step up and become more than just a medic.
The crime group’s gunner, a very successful clone during the war, was eventually killed,
forcing Oakde, 1st Platoon’s medic to become a gunner.
Because Oake was still the only person with medical experience in the Crime group, he
was forced to continue tending to his injured brothers and the others, but they were very
quickly running low on medical supplies and basic healing items…
Because of this, Oake reached out to some of the other criminal syndicates in the Outer
Rim, hoping to do a deal with them, to stop the endless pain and suffering of his brothers…
As you can guess, this didn’t go down too well with the Leaders of the Sorority, causing
huge backlash among the groups.
It’s not clear whether Medic Oake was executed for trying to cooperate with other Criminal
Syndicated, but knowing these groups….
I sadly would not be surprised if they executed him, and then placed his body at the entrance
to their crater on Saleucami just to warn any others from trying to flee the lfie of
crime and deception.
After that is Jayk.
Jayk was considered the Smart Aleck of the group, and carried a large blaster rifle,
along with his trust vibro knife, always cracking a joke when the opportunity arrose… even
during a firefight…
Unfortunately for Jayk though, his eyesight began to diminish horribly after only a years
in the syndicate, meaning his accuracy with his blaster began to fade.
Next is Rafe.
Rafe was a Clone Trooper who always saw the negative side of situations during the Clone
Wars…
This attitude continued into their time on Saleucami, where he was a very sour, pessimistic
and easily aggravated man…
As he aged, these traits only began to get worse.
Because of his accelerated aging, he even began to develop a tremor only a few years
after the end of the war.
Finally is Tojo.
Tojo served with the other troopers in this group during the Clone Wars, and during the
war was known for being very level-headed and able to think under pressure.
These traits of course carried on to his time as a crime lord, where he was always stable
on his trigger and knew how to win a firefight.
Unfortunately, as another effect of the accelerated agin, his memory begin to diminish and he
was unable to complete more complex negotiations and jobs because
of it.
As the years dragged on the accelerated aging very quickly caught up with these troopers,
making their lives as crime lords a horrible struggle, with their physical bodies shooting
past the age of eighty, making every movement a strain.
With time continuing to drag on, Zeke and the others became very distant and cold, having
watched all of his brothers die around them, both from old age and from fatalities in their
line of work.
Having witnessed this, a very large resentment for the empire grew within them.
Finally, Zeke’s time as a front line operative for the crime syndicate came to an abrupt
end after he was viciously attacked by a Thaelos inside of the crater, bringing right to the
edge of his life, and tragically taking away his left arm form him.
At this point he was a completely broken man, and dreaded every moment of his life…
Although Zeke had no problem with crime, the thing that struck him was having to watch
all of his brothers die around him…
So those were the Clone Troopers who became Crime lords after Order 66 and the Empire.
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