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CC-5869, nicknamed "Stone," was a clone trooper commander in the Grand Army of the Republic's Coruscant Guard during the Clone Wars. Around 21 BBY, Stone, together with some of his Coruscant Guard clone troopers, the Gran Senator Kharrus, and the Gungan Representative Jar Jar Binks, were sent to the planet Florrum. The Republic group was to deliver a ransom in the form of spice to Weequay pirate leader Hondo Ohnaka, who had captured the Sith Lord Count Dooku. However, they were betrayed by some of the pirates, and their shuttle was shot down over Florrum, where the pirate base was located. The impact of the crash killed the shuttle's two pilots and Kharrus, leaving Binks as the highest ranking military officer. Although the group was attacked by the pirates and initially lost the ransom, Binks, Stone, and their men chased the pirates down and retrieved the spice by killing nearly all the pirates in a blasterfight. When they reached the pirate base by following some energy lines, Dooku had already escaped. Stone, his squad, and Binks, along with Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi&mdash;who had also been captured by the pirates&mdash;left Florrum in the Twilight, the Jedi's ship.