CC-1450

"I won't kill her, but don't be too sure about Phoenix: he does like his sniper."

- Jeden commenting on Phoenix's trigger finger.

CC-1450, better known as Commander Phoenix was a Commander of Nightingale Squad, a group of four Clones tasked with assisting the Jedi on missions of their own, as well as conducting covert special ops missions on the CIS. A close friend of Jedi Master Jeden Vesal, Phoenix shared the Jedi's sense of humour and served as his right-hand man in Nightingale Squad.

Phoenix owned a sniper rifle he had built himself on Kamino, and had grown very protective of it, to the point where he once punched a fellow Clone who picked it up when he wasn't looking.

Early career
Phoenix was the 1450th Clone to be created, and was soon noticed among the Kaminoan cloners for his sharp eye and dry wit. His optimistic attitude made him quite popular amongst his fellow clones, and while he was known to be the comedian of the Clones, he could switch to a very stern personality should he need to.

Phoenix first fought in the Battle of Geonosis, where he met a Jedi Knight called Jeden Vesal. Jeden decided Phoenix would be a good partner for the battle when the trooper not only saved his life by killing a hidden droid sniper, but also made him laugh. When the Clone Wars broke out, Phoenix became Jeden's right-hand man, becoming the leader of a squad known as Nightingale Squad, consisting of three other Clones: Wraith, who was an expert with stealth, Twenty, who was the strongest Clone in the entire Republic Army and Sting, an often-silent man with a deadly vibroblade.

The Clone Wars
Nightingale Squad served Master Jeden (Jeden had been promoted to a Jedi Master after the Battle of Geonosis) on the Venator-class cruiser the Phantom, which was appropiately named, as not only was it the fastest capital ship in the Republic Navy, but it was also fitted with cloaking devices and jammers, meaning it could become invisible in the midst of battle.

During the first year of the war, the Phantom completed multiple special operations, as well as assisting the Jedi Order in finding lost Jedi artifacts, a task Jeden had done before the War started. During this time, Phase II armour was introduced for the Clones. While the other members of Nightingale Squad liked the new armour, Phoenix saw it as a downgrade, and stuck with his Phase I armour, which he had painted black, red, orange and yellow, though most of the armour was still white.

Personality and characteristics
Phoenix was  a loyal supporter of the Jedi, though he was still loyal to the Republic, and was fiercely loyal of his fellow Clones. Phoenix had quite an optimistic attitude to life, meaning he would often be the one to raise morale for his fellow soldiers, though whether this was through an inspriational speech or a series of jokes was unknown. Phoenix, however, could be stern, and when he did get angry, he got extremely angry.

Phoenix wore similar armour to Captain Rex of the 501st, though the blue was replaced with black and he also customized parts of the armour with red, orange and yellow to give it a flame-like style. Phoenix also carried a sniper rifle (with which he was incredibly dangerous) and a small pistol in a holster on his right hip. Phoenix's armour stayed Phase I for the entire war, as he thought the Phase II armour was a downgrade and also added that 'it didn't suit my colours'.