Post by ``jah'na arellin on Jun 14, 2009 19:27:51 GMT
SETTING: 10 Years Before the Battle of Yavin
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This is the year of the Kamino Uprising.
This does not have to affect your character in any way, but it's nice to know exactly where we stand, right? ^^
We are based in the middle section of the following statement, "The Battle", but the aftermath of the battle has been included for your reference or personal interest.
Background
In the months following the rise of the Empire, the planet Kamino was kept under the watchful eye of Emperor Palpatine in order to ensure that the planet's cloning technology remained under Imperial control. A small group of Kaminoans, resentful of the Empire's presence, began to grow an army of clone troopers to use in order to fight against their oppressors. These rogue clone troopers were called clone anti-Imperial troopers because they were created to fight against the Empire. They wore Phase I clone trooper armor and were mostly Jet Troopers and Rail ARC Commandos. The conflict pitted these Kamino-grown troops against their own Imperial brothers: members of the 501st Legion of stormtroopers, led by bounty hunter Boba Fett, since he himself had been "born" one of these clones on Kamino and had great knowledge of the facility.
The Battle
The forces landed in the city in a Sentinel-class landing craft. Boba Fett destroyed a locking mechanism to the upper cloning center, allowing him to infiltrate the Cloning Facilities. Inside, he acquired several canisters which contained samples of clone DNA. Meanwhile, his fellow Imperial stormtroopers fought the enemy clones on the numerous platforms of Tipoca City with neither side gaining much of an advantage.
Fett then wiped out the life support systems located in the lower cloning center, ending any chances of more anti-Imperial clones being grown.
After Fett finished his work in the cloning facilities, he met up with the troopers outside and aided them in the battle. Mere moments after the clone life support was destroyed, the last of the anti-Imperial troopers were pushed back onto the landing platforms and finally annihilated.
The traitorous clones were exterminated, with Kamino remaining under Imperial control and the rogue cloning facilities being commandeered unto Imperial rule. The leaders of the Kaminoan rebels attempted to escape in two LAATs, but were brought down by rockets fired from Imperial shock troopers.
The remaining Kaminoans who survived the battle were put under Imperial rule and carefully watched by the Empire, to prevent any chances or hopes of another uprising from occurring in future.
Aftermath
"After the Kamino uprising, the Emperor decided an army of genetically identical clones was too susceptible to corruption. Future clones would be bred from a variety of templates. Though the 501st itself remained pure, gradually, the rest of the Imperial Army became more and more diverse. We never really got used to the new guys."
― Entry from the Journal of the 501st
Although the clone rebellion was soundly defeated, this incident convinced Emperor Palpatine to commission the creation of new clones from different templates and the recruitment of birth-born soldiers to fill the ranks of the Stormtrooper Corps. Although the Jango Fett template would still be used, none of the Fett clones, especially the members of the 501st who defeated the rebel clones, would ever get used to the increasing diversity in the army ranks that they once filled as a whole.
In the months following the rise of the Empire, the planet Kamino was kept under the watchful eye of Emperor Palpatine in order to ensure that the planet's cloning technology remained under Imperial control. A small group of Kaminoans, resentful of the Empire's presence, began to grow an army of clone troopers to use in order to fight against their oppressors. These rogue clone troopers were called clone anti-Imperial troopers because they were created to fight against the Empire. They wore Phase I clone trooper armor and were mostly Jet Troopers and Rail ARC Commandos. The conflict pitted these Kamino-grown troops against their own Imperial brothers: members of the 501st Legion of stormtroopers, led by bounty hunter Boba Fett, since he himself had been "born" one of these clones on Kamino and had great knowledge of the facility.
The Battle
The forces landed in the city in a Sentinel-class landing craft. Boba Fett destroyed a locking mechanism to the upper cloning center, allowing him to infiltrate the Cloning Facilities. Inside, he acquired several canisters which contained samples of clone DNA. Meanwhile, his fellow Imperial stormtroopers fought the enemy clones on the numerous platforms of Tipoca City with neither side gaining much of an advantage.
Fett then wiped out the life support systems located in the lower cloning center, ending any chances of more anti-Imperial clones being grown.
After Fett finished his work in the cloning facilities, he met up with the troopers outside and aided them in the battle. Mere moments after the clone life support was destroyed, the last of the anti-Imperial troopers were pushed back onto the landing platforms and finally annihilated.
The traitorous clones were exterminated, with Kamino remaining under Imperial control and the rogue cloning facilities being commandeered unto Imperial rule. The leaders of the Kaminoan rebels attempted to escape in two LAATs, but were brought down by rockets fired from Imperial shock troopers.
The remaining Kaminoans who survived the battle were put under Imperial rule and carefully watched by the Empire, to prevent any chances or hopes of another uprising from occurring in future.
Aftermath
"After the Kamino uprising, the Emperor decided an army of genetically identical clones was too susceptible to corruption. Future clones would be bred from a variety of templates. Though the 501st itself remained pure, gradually, the rest of the Imperial Army became more and more diverse. We never really got used to the new guys."
― Entry from the Journal of the 501st
Although the clone rebellion was soundly defeated, this incident convinced Emperor Palpatine to commission the creation of new clones from different templates and the recruitment of birth-born soldiers to fill the ranks of the Stormtrooper Corps. Although the Jango Fett template would still be used, none of the Fett clones, especially the members of the 501st who defeated the rebel clones, would ever get used to the increasing diversity in the army ranks that they once filled as a whole.
Other Events This Year:
According to the expanded Star Wars Universe... details from Wookieepedia.[/center]
- Leia Organa first visits the Bilbringi system.
- Han Solo and Soontir Fel enter the Imperial Academy.
- Maridun and the Amanin are discovered by the Galactic Empire.
- The Dressel system comes under Imperial control; the Dressellian resistance forms.
- Imperial subjugation of Carratos.
- An Imperial swoop racing arena on Travnin collapses.
- Wilhuff Tarkin marries into the Motti family of Phelarion.
- Natasi Daala gains the attention of Tarkin via anonymous tactical suggestions to the Imperial Starfleet and is recruited to his staff.
- War breaks out between the Weequays and Houk on Sriluur.
- Groundquakes and tsunami devastate the planet Chad, devastating the Chadra-Fan civilization.
- Sienar Fleet Systems stops producing Anxarta-class freighters.
- The Twilight Class graduates at the Galactic Outdoor Survival School, breaking the Summit Class's previous record.
- Droids rebel on Nar Shaddaa.
Again, this is just for personal interest!