At the height of the Clone Wars, a unit of Clone Troopers, led by a nameless Blue Trimmed
Clone Commander was sent deep into the mid-rim to take back control of a dusty world that
had pledged themselves to the separatists.
The clones didn’t realize however that they were being lured into a deadly trap by Coun
Dooku, and his fiendish Cyborg General, Grievous.
During the heat of the battle however, one brave Separatist commander saved the life
of the Blue Trimmed Clone Commander, while giving up his own.
I’m going to breakdown the full story of the Separatist who gave his life to save a
Clone trooper from certain death.
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So the story begins high above the atmosphere of the Vidaav Mining Colony in the Mid Rim,
where Count Dooku and General Grievous are overseeing plans to trap and destroy Republic
Clone Forces on the surface.
As the two look down at the dusty world below, Grievous tells Dooku that he has purprosely
lost control of the planet to the Republic, and that the colony is now out of Separatist
hands, just as he had requested earlier.
Dooku is pleased by this and asks Grievous if the Republic has finished landing their
clone troopers onto the surface of Vidaav so that they can lay their trap for the unsuspecting
clone.
In response, Grievous then tells Dooku that not all Clone Troopers have landed, but enough
to set the trap have made their way into the colony.
Dooku then goes on to ask about their “allies” on the surface, which are the local Vidaav
species, who have pledged themselves to the separatist alliance.
Grievous then tells him that a few hundred thousand remain on the planet, but we do not
have enough ships to take them with us.
Dooku then coldy responds to this, saying “Then they should have built us more in
the time they were given”, meaning that unfortunately for many of the locals on the
planet below, they will be caught in the separatist trap, and most likely horribly killed.
Following this, One of Grievous’s B-1 battle droids begins a hologram communication with
him from the Separatist Commander Centre on the Planet’s surface, telling Grievous that
the Republic has landed most of its troopers.
Through the crackly transmission, Grievous then asks his B-1 unit if they were able to
place the mining charges without the locals noticing, revealing the type of Trap that
will be used against them… a terrifyingly large blast detonation.
He then orders his battle droids to activate the timer on the detonation sequence, and
that he expects the surface of the planet to be transformed into a raging inferno before
he leaves the system.
His B-1 unit then asks, “What about the Vidaav colonists?”, but Grievous has absolutely
no sympathy for the locals on the planet as hopes to use them as bait to keep the Clone
Troopers of the Republic pinned down, chillingly saying “let them live on in history”.
Truly terrifying stuff.
As this is happening, the Republic forces begin flooding into the main command base
of the local Separatists, firing their blasters rapidly at them, and continuing their advance.
The B-1 Battle droids then initiate the hellish destruct sequence, transmitting the signal
to the mining array below the surface of the planet, with the computer below receiving
the signal and priming the charges.
Fifteen minutes to detonation.
The B-1 units then go even further, activating an automatic defense system on the blast detonator,
meaning that anyone attempting to disable the signal will be quickly eliminated in an
instant.
Following that, we cut back to a Blue trimmed Clone Commander, who informs his men that
the minning computer underground is sending out ua detonation signal, before firmly ordering
them to evacuate all of the other troops.
One of the other troopers respond to this saying “Commander, we won’t make it back
to the ship in time.”
In a very brave move, Blue commander tells his men that they will not be going back to
the ship.
And let me know down below what you think we should call this Blue Trimmed commander,
as he never received a name in the story.
Some people also believe he could be ARC Trooper Alpha-17 himself, but let me know what you
think.
His troopers are very worried by this, asking “Commander, the Viidaav won’t be able
to evacuate in time either, they’re killing themselves and their own planet”... but
they hold faith in their leader and follow his orders.
Blue commander knows he is sending his men into the most dangerous situation of their
lives, but he believes in himself, and he trusts that his man can get the job done safely
and effectively.
He would never send his men to do a task that they could not complete.
Blue commander however realizes that it was more than likely not the local Viidaav people
who planted the blast charges, but instead their separaist allied.
He goes even further, saying “I doubt the Viidaav even know the signal’s been activated”.
Although the Viidaav joined the separatist alliance and the confederacy, they were simply
not prepared for such betrayal and backstabbing from Dooku and Grievous.
Blue Commander and his men then begin to rush forward through a flurry of incoming fire,
with many tragically being hit and falling the the ground as the local separatist population
take equally as many losses fighting a for a side that has just put a dagger in their
back and betrayed them.
As the Clone Troopers continue marching forward, they are shocked after a horde of Droid bombers
enter the airspace above them, causing them all to rush to cover in a panic.
Tragically, Blue Commander loses almost all of his men in the air raid, but he knows he
doesn’t have the time to mourn their deaths, and instead must continue battle on through
the enemy forces until he reaches the ticking time bomb.
In the exact same way that the droid bombers attacked the Clones, Republic Gunships swarm
above the separatist locals, unleashing a bombardment of fire on them, again, leaving
only the leader remaining.
An exact parallel, with two men fighting for different causes.
Blue commander then rushes towards the door of the bunker, placing one of his lost brother’s
blasters down, before firing at it with his own, to create a blast big enough to make
his way inside.
On the other side of the building, the the local separatist man enters the passcode into
the keypad, but before he can make his way inside the door, a Clone aboard a Republic
gunship fires a rocket, sending it hurling towards him, but instead of hitting him, the
rocket enters the bunker, completely obliterating the horde of b-1 battle droids stationed inside.
Because of this, Blue commander finds very little resistance inside the building, blasting
his way through the few remaining clankahs before moving his way further into the building.
In the exact same way, the Local separatist faces down a cluster of turrets embedded into
the wall, but it able to destroy each of them and continue on to the centre room of the
bunker, on the same pace as blue commander.
Detonation in 39 seconds…
The two march towards each other with rapid footsteps, realizing that their lives hang
in the balance.
15 seconds
The two eventually meet in the centre room, with both of their blasters pointed at each
other, ready to kill in cold blood.
8 seconds Both the Clone and the Seppie refuse to move
even a single muscle, with their weapons aimed directly at each other, locked in an intense
standoff to see who will be the first to make a move.
5 seconds play beeps
Rage rushes through the local separatists’ veins as he lifts his blaster and points it
at Blue commander
Blue commander then fires back, horrifically killing the local separatist.
The Clone commander’s vision fades to black and his vision goes dark…
Following this, we cut straight back to Blue Commander’s ship, where he reports to his
men that the mining charges didn’t go off and that the countdown has thankfully been
averted.
His men are worried sick about him, asking “WE heard blaster fire, commander.
Are you injured?
This immediately triggers a painful flashback for the blue commander, where he reveals that
he was never the target.
Instead, the local separatist was aiming at the blast charge detonation clock, instead
of him, saving every single life on the planet, but tragically losing his own.
So that is the sad and tragic story of the separatist who gave his life to Save a brave
Clone Trooper and his men.
His sacrifice will not be forgotten, and will probably haunt blue commander for a very long
time to come.
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