CM-9797

CM-9797, nicknamed Snipe, was a clone trooper Major in the Galactic Republic's Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. He commanded a unit called the Alpha Zero Squadron. He was a veteran of the Battle of Geonosis, and seen much action. He was most famous for winning the Battle of Felucia, where him and his men were heavily outnumbered. Snipe lost one of his eyes and received a cybernetic replacement after losing it in combat against Asajj Ventress.

Early life
Snipe was born on the Republic Wild Space world of Kamino, being one of the millions of clones of the Mandalorian Bounty hunter Jango Fett. Snipe's early life was spent training and preparing for the day he would have to go to war. He aced all of the tests and simulations, and was part of the clone commander program, clones who were trained as commanders and received training from Jango himself. Snipe was a clever tactician, and most clones that were good with tactics became Clone officers. They were usually seen on the bridges of Venators and other ships, and wore gray uniforms. Though they sometimes wore clone commander armor, most officers stayed out of combat, and since Snipe was also skilled out in the field, he was made a major, a rank slightly higher than commander. He would spend half of his time at a command center in front of a holo table of the battle, and half his time out fighting droids. He and several other majors got extra training, and got assigned their own squads. Snipe got a squad called Alpha Zero Squadron. Clones of that squadron had light blue markings on their armor, and specialized in utilizing jetpacks, so Snipe colored his armor light blueish and got a jetpack. He and his squad were sent out on their first mission to a world near Kamino, called Veltar, where a militia, supported by the Confederacy of Independent Systems arose and took over the planet's major cities.

Mission to Veltar
"Shoot anything that moves."

- Snipe giving orders to his men upon entering the Central Imperious Palace

The planet Veltar in the Wild Space region, located near Kamino, was an important Republic planet covered in grassy plains several rocky mountain ranges. Veltar's citizens heard allot about the Republic losing planets in the Outer Rim Territories, specifically those close to the Wild Space region that Veltar was at. Half of the government decided that the Republic probably wouldn't defend the planet if the Confederacy attacked, because all of their troops would be needed to defend Kamino. Half of the planet's populace rebelled and started a militia. They didn't attack at first, and waited. An emergency meeting was held at the capitol, and most of the security defense forces were moved there for security. The Militia attacked, and conquered several major cities and spaceports in several hours. Most fell before they could call reinforcements. A small CIS fleet was sent to support the rebel occupation.

Finally, the capitol contacted the Republic for help, and Snipe and his men, along with several other large squadrons attacked. The troops were sent down in gunships to the planet surface. Large task forces were landed at major cities, while smaller groups easily took villages in the country sides. Snipe and Alpha Zero Squadron was part of the large attack force sent to help the capitol. At the moment the news of the Republic fleet reached the Militia's Command Center, the commanders ordered the troops circling the capitol to move in. Security forces were holding out well, but rebel troops were moved out of near by cities to help the attack force. Snipe and his men landed at the city center and moved down the city streets to the outskirts, were clone troopers engaged the Militia forces. Soon, a CIS fleet entered the system and attacked the Republic fleet, so they were unable to send down reinforcements. Snipe and the squad were almost to the outskirts when they heard that the Central Palace had been taken, and it was near their position. They moved down towards the palace, and most of the rebel troops left to attacked the rest of the Republic forces, so only a few guards were left inside the building. They moved inside, and took out a small force of guards at the entry room. They proceeded down the corridors where several important leaders were being held. The squad then split up, one half took out the rest of the guards in the palace, and the other, that Snipe was part of, attacked the guards who were guarding the leaders. Snipe and his men broke in, and guards were taken by surprise. They overcame the rebels in a matter of seconds. After freeing them, Snipe and the Alpha Zero Squadron moved on down the city got them back to the government building to the other planetary leaders and officials. By that time, the planet was taken back and the CIS fleet was destroyed. A distress signal came to them from a planet in the Outer Rim called Felucia.

Assault on Felucia
"The native planets here are more dangerous than the droids."

- Snipe to his squad on Felucia

After the planet Veltar in Wild Space was taken back from the Veltar Militia, a meeting was held at the newly set up Republic base. Shortly before it began, a distress call from a planet in the Outer Rim, Felucia, was picked up. Earlier, a squadron of clones was sent to the planet to eliminate the droids, but they underestimated their numbers and were all killed. Their commander was able to send out a distress signal before he was killed.

Snipe and the Alpha Zero Squadron were put onboard a Venator and blasted into hyperspace to Felucia. Once there, a large task force, including Snipe and his men, was dropped off at the former Republic Command Post, which had been destroyed, but the droids thought it was worthless. Once there, they set up camp and rebuilt much of what was destroyed, and a convoy of AT-TEs and AT-OTs, along with a contingent of troopers, left towards the base. Alpha Zero Squadron also went to the droid base, and soon, a large battle erupted. As the two armies clashed, they were battling in close quarters, being only a couple feet away from each other, and so it was a slaughter. It was a matter of who had more men. Eventually, most of the droids turned around and headed inside, but a few stragglers were left out and tried to hold off the clones. Snipe killed a few of them, and him and his squad used their jetpacks to get up to the walls. There, they were reinforced by AT-TE fire, which had blown up the parts of the wall around them, destroying the droids. The Alpha Zeros fought their way through the remaining droids, and reached the controls for the 15-foot wide metal doors at the front of the base. The gates opened and clones rushed in, and took the droids by surprise. The enemy general managed to escape with several squadrons of super battle droids by the time they reached the command center.

After finishing off several droids, they spread out through the woods to search for a squadron of clones who were supposed to come around the sides and attack the side walls, but were missing. After a long search, they spotted a Trandoshan ship leaving the planet. They managed to get a tracking beacon onto it, and quickly followed it, as it went into hyperspace. The rest of the Republic fleet followed it to Trandosha, the Trandoshan home planet.

Attack on Trandosha
The planet of Trandosha, located by Kashyyyk in the Outer Rim, was the home of the Trandoshan species. They were bounty hunters, but intelligence reports say that they sided with the CIS allot. On Felucia, a small squad of clones that was sent there with a larger task force was taken prisoner by the Trandoshans. The Trandoshans had an honor ritual where they kidnap people and bring them to and island, and send younglings to finish them off. The more powerful the being who they killed is, the more honor they receive.

A task force of Snipe, Rex, Cody, Fox, Jedi Master Plo Koon, and Jedi Master Yoda were sent to Trandosha to get back a squadron of clones that were taken prisoner. The squad carried secret information in their helmets. As the attack force landed on the island, they were attacked by a large group of Trandoshans on speeders, and most of their walkers were destroyed. They were forced to split up. Fox, Snipe, Cody, and a large squadron of clones went one way, and the two Jedi Masters, Rex and the remaining clones went another way. Snipe and his force was attacked, and they were pinned down in a narrow valley and were force to fight the Trandoshans on the ground, but also the ones in the air on speeders. After most of their force was killed, the clones were found, well the ones that weren't killed, and they came and picked up Snipe and his men on gunships, and left to a new front.