CC-4822

"Ace, Our cannons aren't firing. They're jammed. What'll we do?"

"Improvise!"

-Ace to CC-2009, on a Gunship on Geonosis CT-4822, nicknamed Ace, was a clone marshal commander in the Grand Army of the Republic who served under High Jedi General Camil Fon of the Grand Army of the Republic in 22 BBY to 19 BBY and later became a general in the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

Training
CT-4822 was bred in 32 BBY as one of the countless clones slated to become soldiers in the Grand Army of the Republic. Early in on his career, his flair of independence that always brought the prying eyes of the Kaminoans, and played a key role in his rising in the ranks to commander. However, when he was being given a serial number, a Kaminoan worker named Lana We accidentally entered his serial number into the Kaminoan computer system as CT-4822, not CC-4822, the designation of a commander. When the Kaminoans discovered this, they ignored it. During his training in the clone trooper cadet squad Alpha Squad, he became aquainted to his comrades, Vaux, Blaist, Jex, Able, and Harry, who began to call him "Ace" near the end of his training. He graduated in early 22 BBY, and, like all other Alpha squad members, was assigned to the 88th Star corps in the Grand Army of the Republic. When the Jedi Obi-Wan kenobi discovered Kamino, he guided him and Prime Minister Lama Su through the clonin facility of Tipoca City, knowing the city extensively. The 88th Star corps was having it's noon meal when it and all other units were called to Geonosis, just in time to rescue the Jedi strike team.

Battle of Geonosis
In 22 BBY, when the Clone Wars broke out on the outer rim planet of Geononsis, Ace served in the ensuing battle. The 88th Star Corps were ordered to reinforce the troops on the front lines. By the time he eventually got there, the clone army was suffering heavy casualties. The 88th Star Corps and all other units were ordered to briefly retreat, but Ace held his ground, tending to to severely injured troopers. He eventually was forced to retreat toward a trench, while Seperatist battle droids walked right over him. He destroyed an entire squad of battle droids, but was eventually shot in the arm and cornered by OOM-13-50 and his droids, but right before he was about to be killed, advancing republic forces shot the droids, with the exception of their commander, and was sent to a medical hospital, and after that was awarded the Medal of Bravery, the highest hnor for clone troopers in the Republic. After the battle, he was assigned to Jedi High General Camil Fon, who he stayed under for the rest of the war.

Battle of Ryloth
After the battle, Ace and the 88th Star corps didn't see much action until early 21 BBY. He participated in the battles of Atraken, Hypori, and Orto Plutonia, but other than that spent most of his time playing Dejarik with Blaist or joking with Vaux and Harry in the barracks. However, when the Republic decided to recapture Ryloth, the 88th Star Corps were assigned to the invasion forces. They and the 52nd Star Corps were assigned to the Acclamator class assault transport Felucia. Almost immediately after the Felucia came out of hyperspace a lucky shot from a Confederate frigate crashed into the bridge and killed most of the command crew, including the captain. Ace bravely led his troops up the smoking bridge and was able to regain control of the ship, while the 52nd Star Corps manned the guns. The ship was able to land on Ryloth, but not before destroying three Seperatist ships. After a while, the two units eventually joined the other units about to liberate the capital city, Lesssu. There he met the commander of the 52nd Star Corps, CC-2009, who would remain his friend for the rest of the war. After the battle, Ace wanted to stay to secure the planet, but was transported to Coruscant to track down Ziro the Hutt after he escaped with Cad Bane. He wouldn't stay on the planet for long; he was going to Behpour.

Battle of Behpour
His friendship with Typhuss proved to be worth it. After the battle he was contacted by his friend and Jedi general Aayla Secura about a hologram the group discovered on their mission to the planet Alzoc III. Ace delivered this information to the Jedi Council, which then decided to attack the planet. During the battle, Ace, Rex, and Cody created a diversion, while Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi sneaked into the droid factory to destroy the shield, thus allowing the main body of troops to destroy the main building, where Kul Teska was a hiding his gravitic polarization beam which he planned to use against the Republic. Anakin and his apprentice Ahsoka Tano faced Teska inside, while Ace, Cody, Rex, and Ponds brought Anakins ship the Twilight to the rendevous point. On their way, they encountered Count Dooku, who personnally forced choked Ace. He kept choking him until a dstraction from a malfunction on his ship. Cody tended to Ace's wounds, while Rex and Ponds fired on Dooku. They were about to be killed when Kenobi and fellow Jedi Mace Windu arrived and injured the Count. After a short duel, Dooku eventually escaped with help from apprentice Asajj Ventress. Ace was dismayed at the loss of Count Dooku, but his spirits brightened when he and Jedi Camil Fon heard news that Skywalker had rescued Amidala and destroyed the Seperatist Command Base which included the laboratory. While they was destroying the remaining battle droids, Ace found, in the rubble of a shot down Delta 7 starfighter, a small, blue astromech droid, named R4-P8. He took the droid to be repaired at a nearby droid station, and, with the droid's request, took him in. In the next few months they grew closer, and the droid would become the troopers companion for the rest of his life. After the planet had been secured, Fon was asked to substitute for Kenobi as the High Jedi General for the 212th Attack squadron, since Kenobi was ill. as a result, Fon dismissed the 88th star corps from duty until he returned. Ace had always been interested in the planet Tatooine, and he took the chance and took the 88th Star Corps on a patrol trip to the planet.

Second Battle of Geonosis
His trip to Tatooine was interupted with news from Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi that the republic was planning a second invasion of Geonosis. Ace was quickly rushed to the Republic base at Mabonte, in the Geonosis system. Preparations for the invasion were quickly made, and the 88th star Corps and one other unit boarded the Felucia, now having become the 88th's personal transport. Once at Geonosis, Ace, R4-P8, Camil Fon, Harry, Vaux, Blaist, Ki-Adi- Mundi, and a few other clone troopers boarded a LAAT/i gunship heading to Geonosis. On tthe gunship, he met his old friend, Typhuss. For about ten minutes, the talked and shared stories of their adventures, before entering Genosian atmosphere. Once into the atmosphere, the ship encountered heavy Geonosian fire, one hitting their main laser cannon. He asked Typhuss to call for reinforcements, but Typhuss refused, saying that the ship needed ground cover first, and called for Commander Cody to drop the AT-TEs near their landing point. But before the ship could even open it's landing gear, it was shot down. Ace and Typhuss escaped out of the wreckage, helping their generals out. Then Ki-Adi-Mundi ordered all troopers but Ace to be were loaded onto some AT-TE walkers to be taken to the rendevous point. He told ace to lead the sniper/flame trooper assault on the main Seperatist base. He was equipped with only 100 troopers, 2 gunships and an AT-TE for the attack. He sent out a force of 20 men to distract the droids, and secretely sent the rest of the men on two pincers to encircle the base. Once encircled, Ace called for reinforcements, and eventualy forced the surrender of the two remaining droid troops. He and the survivors of his group were rewarded the Medal of Bravery, plus a rest of two weeks on the planet Naboo.

Sky Battle of Quell
After his trip was finished, Alpha Squad was assigned to the Venator class Star destroyer Skyliner to be taken to reinforce the republic flotilla at Quell. When they arrived at the blockade, there was little time to prepare for battle before the four Confederate frigates arrived. Ace, Vaux, and Harry immediately got in to their ARC-170 starfighter, with R2-Q8 as their droid, and shot down many droid fighters. They even destroyed a small Confederate carrier. Eventually though, they were forced to land because of low fuel supply, and returned to action after refueling. Even then, after destroying 50 more droid fighters landed after being hit on the engine. Even with their tremendous help, the fleet began taking heavy losses, and eventually, Jedi General Aayla Secura's flagship Liberty was the only one remaining. Fortuanely for the republic forces, Anakin Skywalker and Wullf Yularen were due to arrive with the Resolute. After the Resolute arrived out of hyperspace. While Admiral Yularen commanded the Resolute's forces, Anakin Skywalker and some troops boarded an LAAT/i gunship to board the Liberty to meet Aayla Secura. But noticing that the Skyliner had been shot down but hadn't crashed yet, Anakin ordered a group of his gunships to make a quick stop at the ships to rescue the survivors, which included Ace and Alpha squad. Then, just as they arrived on the Liberty, the Confederates doubled their attack, hoping to down the damaged ship. The Jedi and clones made their way to the Star Destroyer's lower hold, where Anakin had ordered a Consular class cruiser docked. As Ace, Bly, Secura, Skywalker, Rex, Ahsoka Tano, and clone troopers Cameron, flash, and Lucky made their way through the ship, a series of explosions tore through the star destroyer, chasing them down a corridor. Skywalker, in an attempt to save both his friends and the cruiser, sealed himself off with a set of blast doors, and held back the shockwave of the explosion with the force. As a result, he was seriously injured, but Tano was a ble to recover his unconsious body.

The group boarded the cruiser, and Ace and another trooper took the pilot seats. Ace believed they should call in reinforcements and to regroup, but the group prompted him to head for the Resolute. Admiral Yularen, now the lead commander on the ship since Skywalker had left, advised Secura against docking in the middle of battle, but Secura realized that Skywalker's injuries were too severe for what their tiny frigate could provide. As the ship began docking operations, it was attacked by Vulture droid fighters. When the ship was struck by their fire, the other pilot was thrown on the controls, accidentally activating the ship's hyperdrive. Bly and Ace attempted to stop it, but to no avail. Luckily, Yularen, acting quickly, had the Resolute move away from the cruiser, allowing it to engage it's hyperdrive freely and depart Quell. Despite the overwhelming odds, the cruiser, and all aboard it, survived. as it traveled through hyperspace, Bly learned that the ship was on a direct collision course with a star. As the clones desperately tried to disengage the hyperdrive, secura ordered all the ship's power systems be shut down. They did so, bringing the ship out of hyperspace right before the star. Secura powered the ship up again, allowing it to manuever around the star, in turn allowing Tano to slingshot the craft around it into a crash landing on the planet Maridun.

Battle of Maridun
As the wreckage of the ship burned on the planet's surface, all escaped through its emergency evacuation hatches. Ace was the only one injured in the crash, but not severely, so he helped the others escape. Once the fires burned out, the group used the wreckage as shelter. Skywalker’s condition, unfortunately continued to deteriorate, and the group realized he needed swift medical attention. Then Bly remembered that there were a few medical supplies inside the wreck of the cockpit, and the others helped to try and lift the metal. Ace, certainly not capable of working with heavy metal in his condition, was sent to find food and water near the area with Jex and R4-P8, which Ace had by now nicknamed "R4". He left his Blaster Cannon and rifle back at the wreckage, only bringing his two small blaster pistols. On his way, Ace found a carved tablet depicting a fight between a humanoid and some sort of predator. Ace thought it meant there was intelligent life on the planet, but Jex dismissed it as nothing, so they left it where it was and moved on.

After an hour or so, they reached a small village, which they discovered was of Lurmen colonists. Ace knew they were pacifists, as he had spent much time with them during a patrol trip to their home planet of Mygeeto. He expected they wouldn't take him in, but after speaking to the leader of the colonists, Tee Watt Kaa, let him stay in an old inn for a few nights, and the only condition was to not cause any violence. He agreed, and made friends with many of the colonists, one even offering him a place to stay. Ace refused, saying that he already had a place to stay and that the hut was much too small for him. He thanked the colonist though, and then went off for a good night's sleep.

The next day, when he awoke, He saw Bly, Typhuss, Secura, and Tano walking through the street next to him. He tried to get up and join him, but the inn's owner convinced him that he needed more rest. Meanwhile, the group was talking to Tee Watt Kaa about staying in the village. Secura insisted that the Jedi were peacekeepers, but Kaa argued that they were a violent organization. Tano pleaded for medical aid for Skywalker, however, and Kaa made the descision to send the village healer, Wag Too. He still did not trust the Jedi though, and insisted that one of them stayed in the village. Secura volunteered, and he agreed. When Wag Too, Tano, Bly and Typhuss were leaving the village Ace and Jex joined them, causing Bly to say "How come they let you in?" Ace answered that he had a good way with words, and that he was able to hide his blaster pistols, leading Bly to the verge of furiosity. After walking for 17 hours straight, they arrived at the wreckage just in time to see a mastiff phalone attacking Rex and Skywalker. The group eventually killed the beast, but the attack made Skywalkers condition grow even worse. Bly tended to his wounds, and Wag Too was able to stablise his health. Too declared that he was set to make a recovery, and they returned to the village. On the way, Bly was informed by Typhuss that a Confederate C-9979 landing craft was approaching the Lurmen village, which Bly immediately relayed to Secura. Kaa insisted that Secura leave the settlement, should the Confederates find her there. After they left, Kaa met with the Confederate general, Lok Durd. As he talked, Droids began ransacking the village. Skywalker, remembering that they would need a ship to get off of Maridun, suggested if the Confederates had a landing craft, they most likely had some sort of shuttle. As Skywalker and rex plotted, Tano spotted a Recon droid nearby. Ace and Rex opened fire on it, while Bly jammed its comlink. The droid fled, and the group gave chase. Secura was able to dispatch the droid, but the chase had brought them to the base of a huge tree. the group climbed the tree, and from their new point of view they could see the Confederate invaders building a large fortified outpost. Within the outpost, was, as Skywalker predicted, a Confederate shuttle. bly noted that it would be very hard to get in, as the Confederate security system seemed almost flawless. As the group continued to observe the base, Skywalker saw that the Confederates has some sort of tanklike weapon in their arsenal, and he asked Bly and Rex to investigate. As they went closer, the vechile launced a projectile into the air. When the projectile hit the ground, it unleashed a rapidly expanding ring of fire that wiped out everything in its path. Bly and Rex attempted to outrun the blast, and Rex fired his grappling cable at a branch of the tree to outrange the blast. Bly tried followed his example, but tripped on a log before he could get there. Before he could be killed by the blast, however, Secura swung down on a vine to rescue him.

The Jedi quickly realized that the Seperatists target woul be the Lurmen, and Skywalker devised a plan of attack: first they would destroy the communications station, steal the shuttle, and return to aid the Lurmen. When night fell, the group approached the base, and together they covertly dispatched the guards. Tano and Secura were able to enter the outpost, and then Tano opened the main doors, allowing Bly, Typhuss, Ace, Jex, and Skywalker to join them. Ace was able to shut down the commmunications system, and killed the repair droids that were sent to fix it, while the others found the shuttle. He got there just in thime to board the ship. Just before boarding, he helped the other clones load two shield generators on the shuttle. They then flew the shuttle to the Lurmen village. Although Kaa still refused the Jedi's aid in the situation, Skywalker ordered the clones to start setting up the shield generators. In addition, the Jedi and clones began moving massive seed pods to form a makeshift barrier. When the Confederate forces were close enough to the village, Durd fired his new weapon. In response, Skywalker had the shields activated, protecting the village from the blast. Durd then ordered his droid troops to storm the village, promting the jedi and clones to move outside the sheild generator and take on the attackers. They were able to successfully destroy the first wave of droids, but the second and third waves made it past the shield perimeter, forcing Typhuss, Bly, and Rex to retreat behind the pod barrier. Skywalker went to destroy the weapon himself, leaving Secura, Tano, and Ace free to battle the droids that were coming into the village. Unfortunately for the defenders, the droids took out both generators. skywalker was able to destroy the weapon, however, and the Lurmen, under the leadership of Wag Too, helped the Jedi and clones round up the remaining droids. Durd was later arrested by Skywalker, and Admiral Yularen's cruisers arrived at Maridun to extract the Jedi and Clones.

Battle of the Nameless Jungle Planet
After they had been rescued from Maridun by Admiral Yularen, Ace and the 88th Star Corps were dispatched to lead an assault on a Confederate-controlled nameless jungle planet. Hours before, they were loaded into guships. Alpha Squad was all loaded into one gunship, while Able took the pilot seat. Almost Immediately after they enetered the atmosphere they were attacked by twenty Confederate Vulture Droid Fighters. Ace and Harry, manning the main laser cannons, shot down the first seven fighters with ease. but the other thirteen were harder to get, as they were experienced fighters. Nevertheless, one by one was shot down, and in a matter of twenty minutes only one remained. That one however, was the best of them all, and repeatedly dodged the shots. Able, in the pilot seat, suggested to just fire randomly in the direction of the droid. Now desperate, they did so, and a lucky shot from Ace's cannon hit the droid in the wing. The droid swirled toward the ground, but not before firing a last shot at the gunship's engine. It was a direct hit, and the ship began burning up. The main part of the ship seperated from the cockpit capsule, and crashed onto the ground. Alpha Squad and a few other clone troopers survived, but Able was nowhere to be seen. They kept calling his name for about ten minutes, until Blaist informed Ace of General Fon's orders to return to the forward command center. Ace proclaimed that he would return and find Able. He wouldn't see him again for over twenty years. After the battle, Able would be replaced by a rookie clone trooper, CT-1992, which the squad nicknamed Meatloaf.

At the forward command center, Ace was informed by R4-P8 that Camil Fon had left the command center to lead the rest of the 88th on a broad, steady assault on the Confederate base. Ace was to up in his ARC 170, along with R4, Harry, and Vaux, and lead the Aerial assault on Confederate forces. At first he destroyed every ship he came across. But then, he came in contact with one of the harder fighters. Ace eventually shot it down, but he was too close to the ground, and debris from the explosion destroyed two of his left S-foils. He crashed into the ground, and the others took him to a medical station. Late in the battle he had recovered and aided the 88th to destroy the main Seperatist communications station. After the planet was secure, the Felucia landed and extracted the 88th from the planet.

Battle of Malastare
After the battle, Ace and the 88th Star Corps was dispatched to Malastare to battle a massive invasion force sent by the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ordered the republic forces tested a prototype electromagnetic pulse weapon, caled an electro proton bomb, which was designed to disable all the battle droids and enemy vehicles, while doing no harm to the Republic forces or the native Dug warriors defending the planet. The weapon had never been tested before, and Nahka Urus and Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Camil Fon feared that the bomb could cause severe damage to Malastare's ecosystem, however Dr. Sionver Boll, the scientist that created the bomb, assured them that it would not affect the planet. Ace did not believe that the bomb could severely affect the planet, but thought that possibly the bomb would disable some of the republic's vehicles, such as his own AT-TE, and the republics droids, such as R4-P8, if the bomb was detonated close to the front lines. The Chancellor urged them to test it, and finally they agreed.

After they agreed, Ace and Harry and R4 were loaded onto a BTL-B Y-Wing bomber, that was loaded with the electromagnetic bomb. They were instructed to carry the bomb to enemy territory, drop it, destroy the few Vulture droids that usually swarmed the command center, and return with their lives. Harry joked that they would be lucky to have their cockpit still flying ten kilometers from the drop point, and Ace said he didn't think it was funny. Though deep down, he knew Harry was right. This was a dangerous mission. Escorted by two ARC 170s, the Y-wing rose into the air, creaking with the weight of the bomb. when they arrived at the drop point, Ace quickly dropped the bomb. He quickly destroyed all the fighters, and turned back to the republic base. But then, one of his engines flamed out, and the other was hit by a piece of debris. It plummeted toward the ground, skidding on a makeshift republic runway. Just after he got out, the ground began sinking, taking the group with them. Ace tried to contact Camil Fon, but all communicatins were lost

Soon after, Mace Windu and three other clone troopers, serving as a search party, found them. Ace, alond with Harry and R4, joined them. Soon, they realized the surface they were standing on was moving. It was revealed to be a creature, and the clones started firing on it, but to no avail. The beadst lifted it's head up, and the group fell down. Skywalker arrived to distract it, and the group was able to escape with a gunship. The dugs spent the rest of the day bombarding the creature, and it was soon knocked unconsious. It was arranged to be brought to Coruscant, to be studied, as Dr. Boll suggested it could be used for new clone armor. Ace eagerly agreed to this. As a result, he was one of the clones in charge of guarding it while it was being taken to Coruscant.

Zillo Beast Incident
After the men brought the creature, which had been reavealed by the Dugs as a Zillo Beast, back to Coruscant, it escaped the study facility and ravaged parts of the city. Ace was among the large number of clone troopers which were trying to kill the creature. Anakin Skywalker wwas also trying to kill the beast, which was now attacking the Senate building. The creature apparently was smart enough to know who was trying to kill him, which was Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Soon, it captured Palpatine, Skywalker, and Naboo Senator Padme Amidala, secretely Skywalker's wife. Ace tried to defend the group by himself, particulary the Senator, as he saw she hadn't done anything to the beast, but the group slammed it's tail on the ground, just inches away from Ace's body, which forced him to retreat. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan reminded Windu to catch them when they fell, and Rex remarked that a lot of Skywalker's plans involved falling. Ace piloted a guship, filled with Malastarian oil filled gas bombs, and dropped them on the Beast, killing it. As a reward for his bravery, he was awarded the Skywalker Cross, one of the highest awards in the Grand Army of the Republic

Advanced Recon Commando
Sometime before the Battle of Kamino, Ace was given the chance to become an Advanced Recon Commando, or ARC, trooper by ARC Commander Blitz. Ace refused, saying that he would have to leave the men he had become so attached to. He did reluctantly request the special ARC trooper experimental Phase II armor, made out of Zillo beast scales, which was fulfilled.

In 19 BBY, Ace and Camil Fon, his general, were assigned to help aide anther unit destroy a Seperatist base on Brodo Asogi. They were in the midst of the battle when Supreme Chancellor Palpatine transmitted Order 66 across the galaxy. The 57 Star Corps, the unit that had been sent along with them on the planet, began firing at their Jedi General. Inspired by this, other troopers from their unit began firing at Fon. Ace was shocked at this, and began firing his Z-6 Rotary Cannon in defense of the Jedi. Ace, Fon, and a few other clone troopers took down the entire legion, and then went their seperate ways. Ace said goodbye to Fon, and then, he returned to Coruscant.

After Order 66, Ace deserted the army and tried to have a peaceful life on Tatooine as a restaurant owner. But in 17 BBY, he was drafted into the Stormtrooper Corps. He was unsupportive of the Empire, and when the broke out, he became a spy of the. In 3 ABY, he deserted the Corps, and became a Rebel sniper. After the war ended, he returned to the Corps, but this time under the New Republic.

In 67 ABY, Ace retired and flew to Tatooine to restart his restaurant business. He eventually made it a major restaurant chain, which spread from Kamino to Coruscant. However, when he arrived in Mos Eisley, he met his old friend, Camil Fon. They became partners in the business, and Ace married Fon's sister the following year. He had two children, Vaux and Blaist, named after two of his friends who fought in the Clone Wars.

Armor and Gear
Soon after he finished his training on Kamino he began customizing his armor, and wore several different versions. Early in the Clone Wars, he wore a set of Phase One armor with a visor, antennas,, a jetpack, a small floodlight, a built in pack for grenades, and blue stripes. Later in the war, he was known to have worn three different sets of Phase Two armor, both customized in revolutionary ways. He was also known to have worn the first variant of stormtrooper armor.

Ace was also known for having several weapons. On all of his body armor, he had a holders for his two DC-17 hand blaster, but was also famous for using a DC-15A blaster rifles, and a Z-6 Rotary Cannon, which he christened "Blasty". In the Empire he had an E-11 Blastech Standard Sidearm, Blasty, and his old two DC-17 hand blasters; and in the Rebel Alliance's service a DH-17 blaster pistol, Blasty, and two DL-44 heavy blaster pistols.