Clone Force 99 (The Bad Batch)
Clone Force 99, nicknamed the Bad Batch and designated as Experimental Unit Clone Force 99, was a clone commando special forces squad that was active during the Clone Wars. The squad initially consisted of four clone commandos that were designed with genetic mutations and led by Clone Sergeant Hunter, a clone with enhanced sensory abilities. Other members of the squad included Wrecker, a clone with an enhanced muscular form; Tech, a clone with enhanced mental capacity and intelligence; and Crosshair, a clone with keen eyesight and marksmanship that allowed him to excel in long-distance firefights. Following the crucial Battle of Anaxes, former Advanced Recon Commando Clone Corporal Echo joined the unit because of his cybernetic enhancements and because he could be useful for them in combat and special situations.
Most of the members’ mutations and the ordeal Echo suffered prior to joining caused their inhibitor chips to have less effect, meaning Clone Force 99 was able to disobey Order 66, at least at first, while they were fighting in the Battle of Kaller, and Hunter helped Jedi Padawan Caleb Dume escape the other clones by lying about his death. However, unlike the rest of the team, Crosshair was affected by his chip, attempting to kill Dume during the incident. In the aftermath, as the Galactic Republic became the Galactic Empire, the Bad Batch’s loyalty was questioned by Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin. He sent them on a mission to eliminate a group of insurgents, but as the squad found out, that was not what was happening. After the squad disobeyed orders to kill civilians and former Republic fighters during a mission to Onderon, all of the squad’s members except Crosshair deserted from the Empire, taking with them Omega, a young experimental female clone they met on Kamino. Now fugitives from the Empire, they eventually came to work as mercenaries for the information broker Ciddarin Scaleback in the early Imperial Era.
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