Top Secret The Clone Troopers A Hidden Faction
Top Secret
The Clone Troopers
A Hidden Faction
The Clone troopers are still present around the galaxy. Even with officers like Tarkin Decommissioning clone units, the needs of the Empire ensure that even now Clone troopers still have presence. While the conditioning of the troopers have made it so they aren't very visible, they are there if you look. Which is likely also a factor in why the empire is trying to sideline them, considering they are a less known element due to both their exceptional professionalism and training from older channels led to them being seen as less reliable. Which may seem a bit odd, but it makes sense if you look at how little involvement the Empire had in it's formation, and just how little the empire trusts even Stormtroopers. The Clones are exceptionally elite, easily on par and even exceeding the overspecialized stormtroopers in many ways, which incidentally might also be a mark against them, considering how likely the stormtrooper training was partly structured to stack the deck against theoretical rebelling stormtroopers. Their professionalism, while likely a mark against them, when combined with other factors, might have spared the lives of some key individuals, considering the baffling elimination anyone even remotely tied to the Jedi order in response to a coup by the Order's leadership, such as exile Ashoka Tano.The Clone Troopers
A Hidden Faction
The clone troopers are, at their core, child soldiers born and bred or war. And yet, for all of that, somehow the training and field experience, in spite of the attitudes of the cloners and the general public, they seem to be surprisingly well-adjusted and, for better or worse, have a reasonably solid moral compass. Though one central part that is likely to have been maintained is faith in the Chain of command, something that is central to any military, which also would help blend in with whatever group they are in, until command pushes them too far. Something, which is probably shaken by the massive waves and escalating incidents sparked by the Doctrine wars, by conflict in Command. Something that has become highly noticeable, with incidents and discontent among the non-clone officers having greatly risen due to both Doctrinal conflict, ethical conflict, and ambitious officers seeing the chaos as a chance to grab more power. Something which, when combined with the nature of the Doctrine Wars, has likely to some degree helped push a shadow faction to form, looking at the chaos and wondering about things they may have tried to ignore.
Being at their core, largely professional soldiers, they are facing a very uncertain future, with many being pushed to retirement with no effort to help them adapt to a world they had never really known, with little direction or marketable skills outside combat. While the Empire is struggling to get the boots on the ground to cover the galaxy, there honestly is no reason other than fear the Clones would turn against the Empire to do so, and may even be something that the clones question, for both personal and practical reasons. Especially as other flashpoints are likely to start rising thanks to the inter-factional infighting of the empire and fires from the great rearrangement creating problems that may be answered in a way that diverges from their own logic, or even against their morals and perceived duty.
The clones haven't formed a faction, in part because so much of their upbringing emphasizes the importance of chain of command, orders, and generally operating under strategic commanders. However, they are Professional soldiers, ones whom are mostly veterans, whom when pushed enough, WILL push back. Something the Empire is afraid enough to expedite their phasing out even as they are facing massive manpower shortages. The clones even have a level of sway they hadn't enjoyed ever, considering the Stormtrooper attempts to ride on the Clone's reputation. Which, combined with recent events, makes a very real possibility that we could see a Clone action rise in Imperials politics, with all of these factors all combining to make the perfect storm.
A/N: A little Constantinist article looking at the Clone veterans still in the military. And yeah, we probably really threw a lot more pressures to push clones to potentially start pushing their weight around in Imperial politics. And when they do, chances are they would look to tie themselves to our faction, both cause of the practicality of the Constantinists appealing to them, and the natural tendency of clone troopers borne from how they were raised...
Edit: changed spelling and grammar. As well as one poor word choice part. And added a bit more and reworded some of the first chapter to try and clarify intended points😅
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