CC-2224

CC-2224, nicknamed Cody was a clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic, the Imperial Army, and the Grand Army of the New Republic. He eventually served as High Admiral Antidar Madakor's deputy in the Liberty Fleet. Later Cody, joined the Confederation of Free Planets and the New Galactic Empire.

Early life
CC-2224 began his life as one of countless cloned officers slated for a leadership position in the Grand Army of the Republic. Early on in his career, he showed a flair for independent thought that often drew the always-prying eyes of the Kaminoans. The Kaminoans selected him for special training, where he met CC-7567, whom he would later know as Captain Rex. CC-2224 and CT-7567 quickly became friends during their training exercises before Cody was moved to the field.

The Clone Wars
As leader of the 7th Sky Corps, CC-2224 was to be paired with a Jedi General. He was pleased to discover that he would be operating under the command of famed Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. However, he did not participate in the First Battle of Geonosis. He would later serve under Jedi Master Mace Windu at the Battle of Skor II. In the beginning of the Clone Wars, CC-2224 was a captain, but when General Kenobi saw his skill, he recommended the trooper for a promotion. CC-2224 was then made a marshal commander.

Additional training
Several months into the Clone Wars, CC-2224 was temporarily pulled from the fighting in order to be entered into an experimental training regiment, headed by ARC trooper Alpha-17, designed to provoke independent thought among the enrolled commanders. As a sign of his new-found independent streak, CC-2224 took the name "Cody," and began customizing his armor with equipment previously available only to the ARCs. Cody's armor modifications included a small, bullet-shaped jetpack, a secondary comm antenna, a visor on his helmet, a pair of antennae on his helmet, enlarged shoulder pads, and a small stick-like tool in an armband on his upper right arm.

Of the hundred commanders put through Alpha-17's training program, a handful were picked by Alpha-17 and assigned to Squad Seven, an elite group of cross-trained commandos made up of the Grand Army's best snipers, demolition experts, and marines, whose role was to accompany ranking Jedi on any type of mission. For their stellar performances, Commanders Cody and Odd Ball were given control over Squad Seven, though Major Jorir handled its day-to-day operations.

Imperial Career
"Just today I witnessed a new recruit hit his head on a blast door during maneuvers. Blasted idiots!"

- Commander Cody

Soon after Order 66, Palpatine's rise to power was completed with his ascension as Emperor of the first Galactic Empire. As a result of the Grand Army's reorganization into the Stormtrooper Corps, Commander Cody and the remaining clone troopers who survived the Clone Wars composed the first generation of Imperial stormtroopers. Ultimately, Cody remained in service to the New Order for years. In that time, he witnessed the rise in recruitment of birth-born Humans as enlisted troopers, which in turn led to the decline and marginalization of the original Jango Fett clones.

By the year 1 BBY, Commander Cody was in charge of an Imperial Battalion that was stationed in Timira City, one of the cloning facilities located on his homeworld of Kamino. In addition to providing security to the facility, he regularly tested his soldiers with drill exercises, only to be profoundly disappointed by the enlisted troopers under his command. Likewise, the men were not particularly fond of the Commander's leadership style. One recruit expressed his disdain—a sentiment shared by his comrades—for patrol duty. To the troopers, patrolling Timira City was not only unnecessary due Kamino's heavily fortified condition; it was extremely aggravating because of the seemingly endless rain and thunderstorms. In sum, the inhospitable climate conditions of Kamino and Cody's bitter attitude produced a significantly low troop morale among the men.

Around the same time, the Imperials failed to prevent one of Darth Vader's test subjects—a rogue clone of the original Starkiller—from escaping Kamino in the Dark Lord's own TIE fighter. The clone later returned at the head of the Alliance Fleet, hence resulting in the Battle of Kamino. The Imperial garrison in Timira City was ultimately wiped out and Vader himself was captured by the Rebel Alliance, thus marking the Rebellion's first major victory in the Galactic Civil War.

New Galactic Empire and Confederation of Free Planets
Later in 7 ABY, Cody joined the Confederation of Free Planets. In 8 ABY, Cody got Order 66 again and killed his Jedi General. Later during the Fourth Jedi Purge, Cody helped kill the Jedi at the Jedi Temple with CC-2009. Later Cody, was forced to become part of the New Galactic Empire after it replaced the Confederation of Free Planets.

New Democratic Republic timeline
Later, he expressed regret about firing on one of the very few friends he'd managed to make. Following the declaration of the New Order, Cody and the 7th were slated to be absorbed into the faceless, emotionless ranks of the Stormtrooper Corps. Admiral Madakor, however, intervened, and the 7th was transferred to the Blood Fleet under Madakor. Cody played only a minor part in the First Battle of Eriadu, but turned the tide of the battle in Madakor's favor and forcing his nemesis Tyber Zann to flee. He did not accompany Madakor to Polis Massa, but did assist in capturing the traitor Moff Kalast at the Battle of Atzerri.

When Madakor decided to defect from the Empire, Cody was the first officer to support him. This was strange, seeing as how he was bred to be loyal to Palpatine, but it was welcome, all the same. He led the main ground attack on Eriadu, the planet Madakor chose as his base, as well as the assault on Phelarion and the other planets in the Seswenna Sector. During the Second Battle of Eriadu with the Empire, Cody was simultaneously commanding half of the Blood Fleet and the movements of the 7th Sky Corps on the ground, an astonishing feat. However, once Captain ARC-1138 'Switchblade' took control of the situation on the ground, Cody turned his attention to the space battle. After Madakor was incapacitated, Cody led the fleet to victory over the forces of Admiral Thrawn. This marked the first-and perhaps the only-time the Chiss was ever defeated by a clone. On Madakor's orders, Cody had commanded the battle from the bridge of Bloodshine, which was soon to be renamed as Spirit of Fire. Cody became a member of the Grand Army of the New Republic's (GANR) Joint Chiefs Committee, having been newly promoted to Brigadier General by none other than Grand Admiral Ackbar himself, another milestone for the clone. He preferred being on the frontlines as opposed to the other members of the Joint Chiefs Committee (Not including Madakor and General Han Solo), and as such often appeared at meeting via hologram.

Armor and gear
After his additional training, Cody customized his armor, and wore several different versions. Early in the Clone Wars, he used a set of Phase I clone trooper armor that featured a visor, antennas, a small flood light, and orange stripes. Later, Cody was known to have worn at least two similar sets of Phase II armor. One featured two antennae coming from each of his oversized shoulder pads. With this set of armor, Cody also wore a holster on his belt that carried a small blaster pistol and a large jetpack. This set of armor also had orange stripes.

Cody's other set of Phase II armor had a slightly different orange striped paint job, as well as two gray stripes coming down the sides of the top of his helmet. This set of armor also had a small tool attached to the upper arm piece, only one antenna on the shoulder pads with one on the back of his helmet, and a smaller, oval shaped jetpack. Also, Cody has Imperial-like rank markings adorning the left side of his breast-plate.

Personality and traits
A loyal and no-nonsense commander, Cody shared easy camaraderie with General Kenobi. His battlefield exploits and good leadership skills had earned him respect of both clones and Jedi alike.

Cody was a cautious trooper and a brilliant strategist. He was often teamed up with Captain Rex and enjoyed friendship with him. Cody possessed especially excellent close combat skills.

While Cody had developed a sense of respect for those who considered him as a friend, like most other clones, his thoroughly ingrained loyalty to the Republic was the dominating trait of his character.

Later in his life, Cody became cynical and bitter because of the changes that were introduced by the New Order, specifically the alterations to the Imperial Military. Though a proud veteran of the Clone Wars, Cody felt nothing except contempt for the Stormtrooper Corps. As one of the last remaining clones of Jango Fett, he felt isolated and alone in his hatred for the birth-born human recruits who came to dominate the ranks of a military that was once the exclusive province of Fett's progeny. From Cody's point of view, enlisted personnel were inferior soldiers compared to the original clone troopers. He regarded the former Grand Army of the Republic as a once truly incredible fighting force, and so he resented the reforms which he believed to be responsible for a significant decrease in the combat effectiveness of the Grand Army's Imperial successor.

Thus he developed a sense of nostalgia for his past as a commander of clone troopers; enlisted stormtroopers were nothing other than expendable resources to him. Furthermore, Cody also felt that his low regard for birth-born troopers would have been shared by his genetic template, Jango Fett, had he still been alive. Ultimately, Cody was convinced that Fett would have killed the enlisted troops if he had lived to see what had become of his legacy.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: A New Beginning
 * Star Wars: Purge