Towards the end of the clone war, the Jedi were growing no closer to unravelling the mysteries
of the Sith, and it was ARC Trooper Fives who nearly ruined the hidden intentions of
the clone troopers. After watching close clone companion Tup be detained by the Jedi, for his
killing of Jedi Master Tiplar, the determined ARC Trooper did not leave Tup to the Kaminoans,
without become suspicious of their methods. Fives discovered that Tup had died as a result of a
malfunctioning biochip, implemented in all of the clones at the earliest embryonic stage, and
they could be used to manipulate the army, despite the Kaminoans deeming it necessary to temper their
aggressive tendencies. Fives eventually manage to isolate himself with the orchestrator behind the
scheme in Palpatine, but the Sith Lord cleverly framed the clone as a failed assassin, who fell
at the blaster of Commander Fox, maintaining that the Chancellor was behind the war.
Captain Rex never forgot the efforts of Fives, as it helped to save his own life and that of Ahsoka
Tano’s, but could the survival of Fives have helped to rescue more clones and Jedi generals?
What if Fives had joined the Bad Batch? What would their combined might be able to achieve?
As you will discover, Fives and Clone Force 99 would make for a war altering squad…
Fives dived downwards into Coruscant’s underworld in his stolen Flitknot speeder bike, and into a
warehouse on Level 1325, eager to ensure Anakin and Rex understood the real meaning behind the
biochips. Unbeknownst to the ARC Trooper, a probe droid had been following his every move, and he
had little time to convince them. Anakin and Rex are trapped in a Force field upon their arrival,
and a desperate Fives pleads his friends to believe the influence of the Chancellor is
involved in the plot. The Coruscant guard quickly enter the area, and Anakin orders them to stand
down and release him. Fox hesitantly deactivates the shield, keeping his blaster pointed at Fives
at all times, as Anakin convinces Fives to join him in a trip to the Jedi Temple. The Coruscant
guard however, block their path, stating that the Chancellor had specifically requested his
termination, so Anakin has to negotiate for him to be taken to the Republic military base,
and await a trial. Although it was delaying his death, it had bought them time to free him.
Fives is reluctantly dragged to a cell, and watched over by the Coruscant guards,
as Anakin had been intentionally distracted by Palpatine into his office.
Rex on the other hand, sat alone in the clone barracks alongside Commander Cody, and together
they decided that the claim made by their friend needed to be examined, so they had to break him
out. Knowing that the tough defences could not be breached on their own, they hesitantly approached
a quartet of mismatched clone commandos, named Clone Force 99, and asked them for their help.
Wrecker was keen to detonate the base, but this mission required stealth, and Tech brought up the
schematics to the network of cells. The route to Fives was heavily guarded, but the clones
were known for their 100% success rate, and leapt into action. Using their status as clone troopers
the exterior turbo laser turrets are not an obstacle, but as they enter the detention area,
they are stopped by a member of the Coruscant guard. Rex tries to convince them that they
were on a routine patrol tour, but the guard is not convinced and goes to notify his superiors.
Cody uses the butt of his blaster rifle to uproot the chin of the clone, and Tech leads
the charge to the cell of Fives, dismembering the clones in front of the double ray shields,
then releasing him with the button on the outside. The ARC Trooper collects a fallen blaster rifle,
before the alarms begin to go off, as the patrol officer’s body had been found.
Clone sergeant hunter is able to get rid of any mines that had been activated,
then leads them into the airfield, and Rex leapt to take control of a Juggernaut, running over any
clones who crossed their path, but as they tried to leave, they were struck by a myriad of shells,
and they tumbled into the streets below. Back in the jedi Temple, Anakin had returned from his
visit to his friend Palpatine, when he received a transmission from his master Obi-Wan Kenobi
that Fives had escaped. The Jedi knight joined his master in the Temple hangar, each taking
a speeder to the military base to investigate the disappearance. The Jedi notice track marks
leading to the streets, and soon they catch up to the slightly injured clone troopers and Fives,
who stood defiantly in front of them. Anakin and Obi-Wan assure him that they were not there
to eliminate him, but ask Rex and Clone Force 99, why they had to take such drastic action,
and they believed that Fives would have been executed just as Palpatine had attempted to do.
Anakin still cannot believe that the Chancellor was capable of such a violent act,
but Obi-Wan does not sense any lies, and relays this to the other Council members, who require
the biochips of Fives and Tup for evidence. Fives looked in despair, as those were with Palpatine,
who could have destroyed them by now, but at least Clone Force 99 was by his side.
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