A Name, Not a Number

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Rogue_Trooper1138

posted 01-16-2005 11:03 PM

Finally, he had snuck away. It had taken Kraum two weeks to plan his defection, and now he had enacted his plan. No longer would he be known as Clone Trooper ARC-1138. Finally, Kraum could become an individual, not just another clone in the army.

Kraum had served for the past six months in the elite commando unit of the Republic. During that time, he had seen many casualties, many of the deaths inflicted by him. He was a weapons expert, both in projectiles and in melee weapons.

Now, he was leaving the life of a commando. He had seen death, but not money. He has found a working freighter, and has decided to become a mercenary, working the Outer Rim territories, a place the war hasn't touched yet.

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The freighter took off into the remote sky above the world of Dantooine. It jumped into hyperspace, hoping to find a distant outpost, where the pilot could pick up a crew of fearsome warriors, just like himself...