Project Jedimca0

Project Jedimca0 was a venture by a team of scientists from the New Republic towards attempting to replicate the cloning techniques of the Kaminoans prior to the Clone Wars. The New Republic's hierarchy had no knowledge of the Project and, when the Project was eventually discovered by Admiral Drayson, it was shut down and the scientists arrested, so that the Clone Wars wouldn't occur again.

Beginnings
After the ending of the Thrawn Crisis in 9 ABY, the New Republic was, as it had been during the time of the Rebel Alliance, in need of more soldiers. When New Republic scientist, Iaku Caloi visited Kamino in an attempt to learn from the cloning techniques of the Kaminoans, those that had been used to grow the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. However, Caloi found most of the Kaminoans reluctant to discuss the cloning methods, and the Clone Masters having been killed by the 501st Legion, meaning there was no real basis on which to base the cloning techniques Caloi planned to use to make a new army for the New Republic, that wouldn't be able to be destroyed in future wars.

However, one of the clonemasters had survived the attack by the 501st and, at the demands of Taun We, who had also survived, a new Project had begun. Although Sasha Vitarr and Cassandra Recubo, along with other members of Thunder Armada destroyed the attempts at a new project, some of the notes regarding it survived, and Caloi felt he now had adequate information enough to begin his Project, although he felt that the New Republic hierarchy wouldn't approve. As such, he knew his Project would have to be carried out in secret until it was ready, by which time the New Republic wouldn't be able to refuse the Army, for fear that, if they did, it would turn against them. For this reason also, Caloi knew that the Project could be threatened by a New Republic scientist working with him revealing it to the New Republic, and so he realized he had to use independent scientists.

By offering scientists in a Corellian Health Institution the chance of a more financially lucrative contract to work with him, and also signing them to secrecy, Caloi built his team of ten to begin work upon what was going to be the beginnings of his Clone army. Feeling that they would, when created, be a beacon of light and hope to the galaxy, to keep all enemies at bay, he likened them to the Jedi of old. In addition, the clones for this Project would start off as male, and so would be Males of Caloi's Army. This led to the name 'Jedimca' being created, and each clone would be given that prefix and then a number, pertaining to at what time they'd been created. The Project was named 'Jedimca0', whilst the first three clones, the first batch, were to be named Jedimca1, Jedimca2 and Jedimca3. Searching the Outer Rim, so as to hide from the New Republic, Caloi resigned his post as a New Republic scientist to start work in the Outer Rim.

The first Clones
Kushibah was the planet Caloi settled upon to start his Project, the farmers of the planet being considered too primitive, by Caloi, to have any chance of communicating with the New Republic, or selling them the information, on the off chance that they discovered the Project. Before he'd left, Caloi had been part of an embezzlement scheme within the New Republic, to gain the funds to pay the scientists and start the Project as he envisioned it. Using this money, a laboratory was built beneath the ground of Kushibah, in a secluded forest spot, away from the villages and spots in which the locals lived. Then, the work began on creating Jedimca1, Jedimca2 and Jedimca3. The information Caloi had obtained from the surviving Clone Master proved accurate, and the clones began to grow.

Caloi's vanity led to his choice of using himself as the template for the clones, so that he would be able to feel as if both his ideas and himself had saved the New Republic. However, the information had been destroyed on a relatively large scale by Thunder Armada, and so the clones weren't as well created as had been first thought by Caloi. As soon as they were removed from the Cloning tanks, they began to deteriorate until, eventually, they died within the first week of having been first created, although helping Caloi and his team to develop ideas upon how to make sure the later clones weren't a failing. With new ideas upon how to further develop clones, the second batch were prepared to be grown, with Jedimca4, Jedimca5 and Jedimca6 being conceived in the minds of the scientists, and so began to be grown within the laboratory.

However, the deaths of three clones who resembled infant versions of Caloi himself had caused a subconscious starting of psychological problems for Caloi, problems that would eventually lead to his death some years later in a New Republic prison. Although one of the scientists on the team died due to mistakenly eating poisonous fungi on the surface of the planet, the Project continued with little hindrance, and Jedimca4, Jedimca5 and Jedimca6 began to develop in the tanks. These three clones managed to survive the transition from the cloning tank to the real world, and starting the process by which they'd be able to develop into fully grown human beings within ten standard years, the growth process scientifically accelerated.

When Jedimca5 died within the month, struck down by illness, his immune system having not developed properly in the process of growth acceleration, the scientists feared it would be, as it was with the firs three clones, another disaster, and that it would be the same for the other two. However, Jedimca5's death turned out to be an anomaly, and the other two began to develop under the process of growth acceleration. When, ten years later, they'd developed into fully grown clones, the scientists were encouraged by that success but somewhat angered at the fact that these clones had no inclination to fight, and were weaker than the average being, making them effectively useless. Therefore, as what the scientists considered an act of euthanasia, the three clones of the second batch were terminated, and work began to plan for the third batch.

Rampancy
Although Jedimca6's body was never buried along with the rest, and so the other scientists began to speculate that his death had been faked, and the scientist in charge of killing him had spirited him away, no proof was ever found to confirm this, and the scientist denied all accusations of having done so. Although Caloi warned the scientist that, should anything such as this happen again, there wouldn't be another chance, the scientist was allowed to continue with the Project, and Jedimca7, Jedimca8 and Jedimca9 began to develop in the cloning tanks, before surviving, as their predecessors had, and embarking upon the growth acceleration program. Extra testosterone, amongst other things, had been added to the genetic implants of these clones, in an attempt to make them stronger and more warlike.

In addition, a weight training and other fighting training regimes were added to their daily exercises, this batch being the most warlike of the previous two, this being evident after just three years. When, eventually, after ten years the clones had developed, the scientists found them to appear to be lacking in intelligence and self thought, although perfect for taking commands and fighting. This led the scientists to believe that they'd created the perfect clones for their needs, and they began to attempt to grow another set in a far larger bulk, using the third batch as their template, attempting to replicate that success. Although the clones, seemingly, appeared to be the dreams of the scientists, the callous and ignorant attitude of the scientists towards the clones had led them to hide the intelligence they actually held.

The way in which the third batch was so warlike meant that they planned for war at every given opportunity, the scientists having made them too warlike. Eventually, the clones broke free of their confines and set about attacking the scientists and attempting to destroy the laboratory, starting a fire in an act of arson and attacking the scientists. Although the flames killed Jedimca7, Jedimca8 and Jedimca9 caused the deaths of seven of the nine scientists, Caloi and one other surviving. Although the two rampant clones escaped, and weren't found by Caloi again, Caloi insisted that they were dead and, when the other scientist suggested otherwise, Caloi shot him. Now scarred and, having been attacked by what looked like himself and having had to perform euthanasia on what looked like himself, Caloi was beginning to experience psychological problems.

Behind the Scenes
The article is, obviously, a homage to the user Jedimca0, and came about after a joking discussion over the Internet Relay Chat channel # swfanon. Influences from Jedimca0 have been used, such as the way his IRC bot was called Janna0, and the way Jedimca9 was the original name of Janna0.