314th Assault Battalion

UNDER CONSTRUCTION "We cant trust this mission to regular Troopers! This calls for something more special. If we wait for a while, we can maybe request a force of ARC's or even Commando's -"

- Republic Lieutenant

"Trust me, lieutenant. These guys will get the job done to the letter."

- Republic Admiral quoting the 314th

The 314th Assault Battalion was a unit of Clone Troopers that served in the Grand Army of the Republic from the beginning to the end of the Clone Wars, and that would later become part of the first generation of Stormtroopers in the Galactic Empire. The Battalion specialized in infantry warfare, offensive in particular as the name suggests, and was lead by a clone trooper captain named CT-9099 aka "Marco".

The Clone Wars(19 BBy-22BBY)
The 314th's first deployment was on Geonosis, where they assisted in pushing through enemy lines along with the 501st Legion. The battalion suffered heavy losses, losing an estimated 30% of its troops, but still managed to successfully reach the enemy lines and drive a hole into their defenses, allowing additional Republic forces to converge on the Separatist's positions. After the battle, the 314th took some time to replace it's losses, before being shipped out again to the frontlines.

Thanks to the 314th captain, Marco, willingly accepting any and all assignments that came in his way, the 314th was often deployed to warzones considered perhaps too dangerous for normal Clone Troopers, and thus often had high casualty numbers on its reports. However, the 314th was also stubbornly loyal, and carried out each given mission with ruthless efficiency. They became somewhat of an elite force, even for regular Troopers.

The last two recorded major conflicts that the 314th took part of were the Battle of Okaza and the Battle of Kulama. In Okaza, they managed to crush a rebellion against the Republic that was backed by the Separatists, whilst on Kulama they helped Jedi Knight Vreezan Koln secure ancient Jedi ruins from Count Dooku and his droid armies, although at a great cost. After the battle, the 314th was ordered to stay on Kulama as security.

Order 66
When Order 66 was given to the 314th, the vast majority of them immediately complied, and proceeded at once to hunt down and kill their Jedi commander, Vreezan Koln. And although they nearly managed to catch him offguard, Koln was rescued by the rebel clones of Metal Squad, and much though killing most of the traitors, still managed to slip away in a hijacked supply ship. Although Koln had survived, Metal Squad had managed to disguise his death, and made it convincing enough that the 314th and it's captain fell for the bait.

Serving the Empire
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