General Shard

XT 1093, known by the self-adopted name Shard, was the first and only General assigned to the 300th Clone Privateer fleet of the Grand Army of the Republic. Able to be noted from his brothers due to two grievous wounds that scarred his face, he bore a deep scar across his cheek from a shard of glass and a rudimentary cybernetic eye fashioned from the face-plate of a BX Commando Droid. Later, he would be easily identified by the black metal-plated droid arm that he wore after his fight with General Grievous.

Early Life
"These weren't ARCs, with independent thinking or advanced skills, no. These were the ultimate troops, more on par to commandos, but with a twist."

- Madame Nureion, on her creation of the XT Experimental Troopers.

Born on the Kaminoan moon of Korasa alongside the rest of the XT line of Experimental Clones, Shard was grown by the Kaminoan scientist Madame Nureion in secret, using a large supply of Fett DNA supplied to her by Lord Tyrannous and Fett himself. His early life consisted of learning to manage the inherit genetic enhancements that were characteristic of the XT Clones, namely their increased strength and agility, as well as their fiery tempers.

At one point during his life, there was an Incident on the moon where two XT Clones nearly killed one another in a fight with broken glass, where Shard broke up the fight and earned a horrific gash across his face, earning him his nickname. It was for this reason he was chosen to lead the 300th, as he was seemingly the most calm and collected member of the XT line.

Once Shard and his force were ready to aid in the war, the 300th Clone Privateer fleet was traveling en-route to Ryloth. Along the way, they made small detours deep into Seperatist territory, overrunning the Droid fleet of Molavar using a reprogramming virus, destroying the droid foundries of Hypori, and conducting a raid on the powerful Seperatist city of Nime on the planet Roon. During the Nime Raid, a B2 Super Battledroid managed to fire through the HUD of Shard's helmet and injure his eye. As he was being mended by medics, a BX Commando Droid infiltrated the Clone medical tent and began slaughtering the injured before it was destroyed and its face-plate crudely made into a replacement eye for the General.

22-BBY:
"Only a few battles  in the heart of Separatist territory,  the Battle of Molavar, the Hypori Skirmish, and a small raid on Nime City on Roon,"

- Captain Rex, on Shard's early accomplishments.

Once his battle-hardened fleet arrived at the battle of Ryloth, he and his forces quickly aided in overpowering the Droid blockade and corrupting the Seperatist ships and the droids on-board to become drones for the Republic. Once breaking through, he significantly aided in both the capture of the landing point in the village of Nabat with General Obi-Wan and gaining the Jedi's respect in aiding him capture the Jixuan desert and capturing the capital of Lessu.

His troops were then placed on standby until the Second Battle of Geonosis, where he and the 300th were sent to aid the 501st, 212th, and 41st Clone groups, but withdrew most of his forces after seeing the damage done to his men. He then returned to Coruscant for a time.

21-BBY:
While on Coruscant, he took part in the planning to rescue Eith-Koth from the clutches of General Grievous. During the battle, he and General Kenobi were on the same vessel fighting the Droid General and his guards, when Shard, seeing Obi-Wan in danger, lunged at Grievous and manged to cut off two of the General's hands with his own weapon before he himself had his arm cut off by the General's lightsaber.

His troops then returned to defensive formations after the battle, only returning to the front lines when Kamino was threatened, where he aided in the defense of the world and personally oversaw the defense of his home-moon Korasa.

20-BBY:
He took part in the attack on The Citadel, ultimately just surviving with his men intact. He then went on to fight in the Battle of Umbara, commanding his ships to devastating effect and managing to significantly aid in the countering of Krell's machinations. He then traveled to Onderon with Jedi Generals Kenobi and Skywalker, and remained there for a time to advise, aiding until King Rash was slain and the Separatists withdrew.

19-BBY:
He was directing the defense for the Kamino system when he heard about the scuffle with CT-5385 and the scandal involving the Inhibitor Chips. Deeply disturbed by Tup's death, he looked into the matter independently through Korasa's medical facilities, but found no evidence of any inhibitor chips within the XT line of Clones, and did not look any farther into the matter.

He took part in the protracted war for Anaxes, aiding the 501st, 212, and 91st Clone groups in driving back the separatist forces.

Shard then requested and was granted the right to openly engage Separatist fleets and attack the Separatist worlds, overrunning entire planetary defense forces and eventually liberating the planet of Vorgunti, where he and the 300th remained for a time to help them rebuild from the brutal Droid occupation.

The End of the War and Knightfall:
General Shard was recalled from Vorgunti to aid in repelling the Seperatist attack force, managing to significantly damage many of their Lucherhulk battleships, before The Invisible Hand was brought down and Chancellor Palpatine was recovered. He remained in orbit over the planet until he received a discrete communique from General Skywalker, requesting Shard's presence with his best men at the steps of the Jedi temple, as the Jedi Purge began.

Conflicting accounts:
Accounts diverge on whether or not Shard and his best warriors of the 300th partook in the attack, with two very conflicting accounts emerging.

The first claims that General Shard did reluctantly obey the orders of his Chancellor to execute order 66 and attacked the Jedi with his forces, but a small number of the 300th chose to defect and flee with many Jedi Younglings and Padawans, presumably to Vorgunti, before jumping to deep space.

The second acount claims that Shard could not stand the sight of children and elderly beings being slaughtered, and defected, joining members of the 300th and fleeing to deep space.

What is known for certain is that a portion of the 300th fleet defected with a small amount of Jedi, and the 300th fleet was rechristened the 4th Imperial fleet, with General Shard fading from history.

Appearance:
General Shard was noted for his sleek black polished Clone Armor, characteristic of the 300th Fleet. However, he was clearly different than his peers due to a vibrant gold finish that accented the edges of his armor and Kama, in addition to having two armored pauldrons that covered each shoulder, and armed various wrist gadgets attributed to ARC troopers, Mandalorian fighter-gear, and a few of his own creations, including but not limited to:
 * A flamethrower
 * A Mandalorian Disk Launcher
 * An Electric cable with enough power to light a building
 * A high powered wrist comms
 * Jointed knee and elbow armor
 * Jet-pack with fragmentation missile
 * Advanced filtration systems
 * Two heavy DC-17 pistols
 * One Modified DC-15A w/ Vibroblade Bayonet
 * One lightsaber, formerly of Count Dooku and General Grievous, claimed at the Battle of Saleucami.