CC-1211

"Already, this war has shaken the galaxy to its foundation. I plan on ending it quickly, so let's move out."

- CC-1211

CC-1211, nicknamed "Dodge," was a veteran Senior clone commander born in  on the ocean planet  from the modified DNA of the notorious. He was the commander of the renowned 56th Battalion and served under the leadership of the  Viera Cacete.

Towards the end of the war, Dodge and few of the members of Siege Platoon had their removed and were able to defect against  and save Viera. After the Clone Wars, Dodge traveled to to start a new life as a.

Early Life (32 BBY - 22 BBY)
"One two one one. A good tactician and commander. Definitely worthy of his title." "Do you really believe in that, Tervho? To me, he looks like another ordinary clone." "I know a good warrior when I see one."

- Vhonte Tervho and Lama Su regarding 1211 1211 was among the first batch of made from the DNA of the notorious. He, alongside few others, was chosen to become a in the, and from birth went into private training with a few select others. During his early stages of training, 1211 was quickly able to display his knowledge in battle tactics, and caught the eye of the, the brought by Jango Fett to train clones. The members of the Cuy'val Dar, most notably, the commando trainer, watched as 1211 grew into a weapon for the , and surely a suitable commander for its army.

Once he had reached a certain point of maturity, 1211 underwent training simulations to test his physical abilities in combat. Quickly, he had proven himself to be worthy of achieving the rank of commander as he rushed through his simulations with ease. Roughly a year before the dawning of the, 1211 had completed his training and began to oversee the training of. One particular cadet, 2176, had caught 1211's attention due to his loyalty and skills in combat. 1211 frequently oversaw his training, and found out that he was clearly a good leader as he led a squad of clones: 6672, 8764, and 9889. 1211 also noticed that they worked well together, and kept a close eye on them.

Battle of Geonosis
"I can't say I have dreaded the moment the war would begin. But I think I can say that I fear how it will end."

- 1211 regarding the Clone War Finally, after ten years of training on, the first twenty thousand were prepared for combat against the , and their first assignment was on the desert world of. Their objective was to first rescue three important captives from the -, , and  - and to then assault the Separatist droid army on the outskirts of the arena itself. The Republic, who still barely knew about the clone army, was hoping to launch an unexpected surprise attack, and hopefully defeat the Separatists on Geonosis.

1211 was given command of the 56th Battalion just days prior to their assault. He noticed that the group of clones he had noticed before, 2176, 6672, 8764, and 9889, had been placed in his battalion. He continued to keep a close eye on them, and prepared his battalion for battle. Once the   had arrived, however, their go ahead was initiated, and they began to board several. Inside its hangar, dozens of gunships were prepared for deployment as they quickly began to approach Geonosis via hyperspace.

Once they had come into the planet's orbit, the cruisers continued to move towards the surface, but LAAT/i gunships were deployed to the planet's surface immediately. Once they arrived at the outskirts of the Pentranaki arena, they immediately left their gunships and began to shoot down any droid or in their sight. 1211 and the 56th joined the, and fought alongside the Jedi throughout the battle. 1211 noticed the Jedi's skill in combat, and immediately began to look up at the general as someone in authority over him, and as a potential good ally during the war itself.

As the battle raged on, a attacked Koon and the 56th. As it began to shoot down the many hundred soldiers in the 56th's ranks, 1211 avoided many of its attacks and alongside General Koon, took down the hailfire droid. As they continued along in obliterating the droid army, 1211 constantly heard his men muttering the words "Commander Dodge," and at first took it as partly an insult, but did not have the time to scold them.

After several hours, the battle finally ended, and aboard the 56th Battalion's Acclamator-class assault ship, the Valiance, 1211 promoted 2176, whose nickname was "Droidpopper," to the rank of for his heroism and courage during the. Droidpopper thanked his commander, calling him "Dodge," and 1211 demanded to know why everyone was calling him this. After Droidpopper explained why everyone was calling him this particular name, 1211 decided to adopt the name "Dodge."

Mission to Dirahn
Directly after the battle of Geonosis, the 56th Battalion was deployed to the mountainous planet Dirahn to assault a Confederacy base there. Not long before the mission, the 56th designed their armor to have dark blue markings. The Valiance soon came into orbit over Dirahn, and LAAT/i gunships with unique markings on them to signify their allegiance to the 56th began flying to the surface of the world. In a quick surprise attack, the Confederacy base in the mountains of Dirahn was taken by the 56th, and Dirahn itself was also taken for the Republic.

A New General
The 56th was being sent to the planet a little while after Dirahn, however they were first told to wait above  as they were apparently going to be receiving a, much to Dodge's relief. He felt that he could not lead the 56th alone. As they were making the final preparations to leave for Balmorra, a Nu-class attack shuttle landed in the Valiance 's hangar, where Dodge and Droidpopper awaited their Jedi General. Much to Dodge's disbelief, their Jedi was a female of the Asheran species, which Dodge had no knowledge of.

Viera Cacete introduced herself, and asked what Dodge's name was. He replied by saying "CC-1211," however she told him that she preferred to call someone by their actual name, and that she knew he had one. He replied by saying his name was Dodge, and introduced Droidpopper as well. Viera glanced at Droidpopper for a few seconds, examining him, and asked if the 56th was ready to depart for Balmorra. The crew of the Valiance then made final preparations, and they made the jump for Balmorra.

Aerial Assault
Once the Valiance had left hyperspace and arrived in Balmorra's orbit, they immediately realized they had competition upon seeing a above the planet, with  soaring towards them. Viera told Dodge that they would need a path to be cleared if their gunships were to make it to the planet's surface, and he immediately ordered their pilots to stop the vulture droids and clear a path. Ground infantry units of the 56th began to make their way to the hangar as the 56th's pilots initiated combat with the Separatists outside.

Members of Siege Platoon boarded LAAT/i gunships and began to make the descent to the surface once they were given the go ahead by Lieutenant CL-3223, the leading pilot. As they descended, Dodge kept a firm grip on his, ready for whatever necessary on the surface. Outside, he could hear the explosions of gunships and starfighters as the battle raged. Soon, they were making their way onto Balmorra as they entered the atmosphere. The doors of the gunships opened up, and they saw that it was currently night on Balmorra. Dodge looked down at the planet's surface, seeing mountains below, and plains in the distance ahead of them. A large city was at the foothills of the mountains, and he was sure that was their destination.

Suddenly, a gunship next to theirs was shot down, and it fell to the rocky surface below. Their own gunship rocked as blaster bolts flew by, one hitting the gunship's right wing, causing it to lean to the side. Dodge held tightly onto the handle on the ceiling as he watched two clone troopers of Siege Platoon fall out of the gunship to their deaths. Viera called out to the pilot to get them landed, but a second shot hit the back of the gunship, and they began to plummet to the mountains below. Those on the gunship survived the crash, except for the pilot, and they immediately left it and got to cover from vulture droids. In the distance, Droidpopper noticed moving to their direction, and they made for cover as bombs dropped on the wreckage of the gunship, causing a large explosion. But moments later the Hyena bombers were shot down as the rest of the gunships landed at their position.

The Balmorran Defense Front
Dodge knew the battle in Balmorra's orbit was still raging, but they had their own priorities on the surface. They were unable to get near Bin Prime, Balmorra's capital, which made Viera wonder why. Two scouts were sent to find out, meanwhile the 56th established a temporary foothold at the crash site. Viera tried to communicate with the Valiance 's admiral, Rhiran Murith, however the battle above jammed their signals, and they were limited to contacting their own forces on the surface. At sunrise, the two scouts returned and reported that the Separatists were in the city, and that it was controlled by the Balmorran's allied with the Confederacy. At that moment, the site was attacked by battle droids and Balmorrans allied with the Separatists.

The Republic struggled to defeat the Separatists as they did not want to kill the Balmorrans since they needed them as allies. Once they were about to be overrun, the other Balmorran faction that wished to be allied with the Republia arrived and without hesitation took out most of the battle droids and drove the Balmorrans back. Dodge ordered scouts to follow them without being seen, and to report back to him once they had found out what they were doing. Their leader, Irella Wain, introduced themselves as the Balmorran Defense Front, or BDF, and told them to get their gunships loaded. She took them to their base of operations, a bunker in the mountains near Bin Prime, and there Viera managed to contact Rhiran on the Valiance, who reported the Separatists would not give up easily. Viera told him that they had found the BDF, and were now preparing to retake Bin Prime, and hopefully get the allies they needed. After the transmission ended, Viera asked Irella if they knew of any alternative ways into the city other than directly, to which she replied there was not. Dodge told her that the 56th always found a way, and that getting into the city would be easy, he hoped.

Assault on Bin Prime
After a few hours, Dodge came up with a plan to assault Bin Prime as he was examining the mountain ranges around the city. His scouts had returned at that moment, telling him that the Separatists that assaulted them before were preparing to flank them from behind once they make their move on Bin Prime. Finalizing his plan, he presented it to Viera, Irella, and Droidpopper. Impressed with the plan, Irella told him it just may work, and after the conversation Dodge told Droidpopper to get a group of clones and take them to a ridge above a gorge leading to the back of Bin Prime, saying he knew what to do. Droidpopper and his group left on not long after, with packs of thermal detonators with them.

Meanwhile, those that stayed behind and were able to fight began to march to the gorge, and Bin Prime, in the hopes of occupying the city for the Republic, and capturing the Separatist Balmorran leader to negotiate terms of allegiance. By the time they made it to the gorge, Dodge's scouts proved to be correct when blaster bolts began flying by their heads, the Separatist Balmorrans having flanked them, as expected. Using the rocky terrain for cover, the 56th retaliated, Dodge taking notice of Blastcharger firing his minigun recklessly into the enemy lines while in the open, he called for him to watch where he was shooting as he shot down two Balmorrans. He laughed as if mad, and continued to fire, however watched his aim, and as he did this he began to move towards Dodge. He leaped behind the rock they were behind, and he informed Dodge that he noticed Droidpopper on the ridge above. Dodge looked for himself, and saw that Droidpopper was giving the signal that they were ready. Dodge called out to the BDF and 56th Battalion to move forward to Bin Prime.

As they ran, Dodge ordered Droidpopper to initiate their attack, and suddenly thermal detonators exploded at the ridge above, causing boulders to fall into the gorge, right between the Republic's forces and the Separatists. Dodge's plan to block the Separatists behind them, allowing them to assault the city with ease, had worked. The Republic proceeded to assault Bin Prime, Droidpopper's group joined up with the rest and they made their way into the city, stunning Balmorrans and destroying droids. However, once they neared the center of the city, where a spire towered in the sky, they were stopped by AAT tanks moving in around them, in one of them the Separatist Balmorran leader, Torm Amadis. He told them that their attempts were futile, and that they had a chance to surrender.

With no choice but to lower their weapons, the Republic began to surrender, however many of the AATs around them were destroying in large explosions as of Crow Squadron flew by overhead. The force assaulting Bin Prime took up their weapons once more and used this moment to their advantage to take Amadis hostage, and occupy Bin Prime for the Republic. Dodge sent a task force to bring back the group of Separatist Balmorrans from the gorge and bring them back to Bin Prime, meanwhile Amadis was taken to the Valiance, where Viera, Dodge, and Irella would negotiate with him about allying with the Republic.

Post-Battle
On the Valiance, Amadis proved to be hard to convince as he insisted that Balmorra be allied with the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Viera tried to tell him that Count Dooku was only deceiving him so that the Separatists could have an advantage in the war, since Balmorra had minerals only found there, and Amadis replied by saying that was the only reason the Republic wanted it too. He believed in the Separatist cause, and that was why he chose the Conederacy. But Viera said the Republic wanted Balmorra since they would be excellent allies in the war, not just for the minerals. Irella said that the Galactic Republic would win the Clone War, no matter what happens during it.

Amadis asked Viera what she expected to happen in the future. She ignored the question and instead asked him what he expected. He said that he knew what would happen by the end of the war, according to what Dooku had said to him, and Viera was interested in what he had to say. Amadis said that there would be death, and fire, in places that were most familiar to her. Before he could say that they would all die, Dodge pointed a pistol to his head, telling the Jedi and Balmorran that he had had enough of his retorts. Agreeing with him, Viera used the Force to make Amadis unconscious, and she said they would take him to Coruscant, where he would be imprisoned and interrogated for the time.

Irella was given control of Bin Prime, and Balmorra was now allied with the Republic. While many of the Separatist Balmorrans were captured and did not join the Republic, many saw their defeat and decided to change allegiance, and were finally united, the Balmorran Civil War was ended. Before the Valiance made the jump to hyperspace, Dodge told Viera that she led well during the battle, and that he was certain they would work well together in the future. She agreed with him, and said she was glad to be leading with him. The Valiance then jumped into hyperspace for Coruscant.

Behind the scenes

 * Dodge's clone trooper number as of March 14, 2016 is "CC-1211," although for the entirety that he existed prior, his CT number was "CC-1121." The author felt that 1211 felt more "striking," and also seemed easier to pronounce.
 * CC-1211's character has gone through many changes over the years since May 2012. Originally, he was a clone commander of the "374th Lead Battalion," and eventually he became a lieutenant in the 501st Legion. His most recent change, which is now final, is him being the senior clone commander of the 56th Legion.
 * Dodge's clone trooper armor has gone through many changes. Originally, it was gear from the Clone Wars Advenures game by Daybreak Games, which he was originally based off of. Eventually, he received more custom armor designs, and recently, since late summer 2015, received armor designs that are completely unique from other clone armor designs.
 * Dodge is confirmed to be a main cast member in The Clone Wars: Ultimates.