CLONE TROOPER
At the time
of their introduction, the Republic clone troopers represented the
future of galactic warfare. Far superior to battle droids, the clone troopers formed the backbone of the Republic's new military that waged
war against the forces of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
So
symbolic were they of the times, the galaxy-wide conflict that saw their
debut took its name from their ranks: the Clone Wars.
In order to rapidly produce a large army, the clones were subscribed to an accelerated training and aging program. They all went through painful accelerated growth before reaching maturity, all while enduring nonstops training, simulations and testing. Letter and number identifications were assigned to them to remove any sense of identity, as the Kaminoans viewed them as pieces of machine and not people. Any bouts of anger and rebellion were dealt with by placing clones in retraining pods, essentially isolation tanks. Throughout their time on Kamino, their engineers muttered veiled threats of "disposal" if the clones failed their testing.

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