Comet (clone trooper)/Legends

"Hold up, I sense something out there.''" "A droid?" "I don't think so, its probally just an animal." "''Stay alert men. Let's move."

- Ahsoka Tano and Comet "Comet" was the nickname of a Human clone trooper corporal who served in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars, a conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. He was under Jedi Master Plo Koon's command and was part of the clone trooper unit Wolfpack, in the 104th Battalion.

Early in the war Comet participated in the Battle of Khorm, where he fought against Separatist droid forces under the command of Khormai Warlord Unger Gout and Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress to secure the planet's Agrocite deposits. He was captured during the battle along with troopers Spitter, Wolffe, and Major Kendal Ozzel. The prisoners later escaped in a commandeered AAT after hotwiring the control panel of the cell they were being held in. Comet also helped in rescuing Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu on Vanqor after they had been trapped on the bridge of the Endurance by bounty hunters.

On Felucia, he and the Republic forces stationed there destroyed an outpost that had recently been supplied with reinforcements by General Grievous, and it was during this strike that Comet served under Padawan Tano until she was captured by a Trandoshan hunter. He also took part in rescuing a strike team from Lola Sayu and a group of kidnapped Togruta colonists from Kiros who had been taken by Zygerrian slavers to a labor processing plant on Kadavo.

Biography
Comet was a Human male clone of the bounty hunter Jango Fett, born on Kamino as a part of the new clone army of the Galactic Republic. As the Clone Wars broke out in 22 BBY, Comet, along with other clone troopers of the GAR, fought against the Confederacy of Independent Systems as they defended the Republic. He was assigned to the Wolfpack, a clone trooper squad in the 104th Battalion, and served as a corporal under Jedi Master Plo Koon and CC-3636, nicknamed "Wolffe".

Battle of Khorm
Around 21 BBY, Comet, along with the rest of Wolfpack, participated in the Battle of Khorm to secure a rare ore called Agrocite, mined because it greatly enhanced starfighters. Lead by Jedi Masters Plo Koon, Kit Fisto, Tauht and the recently promoted Major Kendal Ozzel, Comet and the task force arrived on the planet Khorm. However, by the time Comet and the others arrived there, the Khormai warlord Unger Gout had allied himself with the Separatists, enslaving his people to mine for the Confederacy. The Separatists had also sent a substantial droid force to secure the planet lead by the Dark Acolyte Asajj Ventress. To make matters worse, the enemy had also built a Weather-control station, creating a storm in Khorm's atmosphere that would prevent the Republic forces using their air support until the station was destroyed.

In the initial attack by the Republic, Comet and the task force managed to drive the Separatist Droid Army back from an Agrocite processing facility where the Khormai warlord currently resided, forcing Gout to abandon the plant. After capturing the facility Masters Koon and Fisto took a clone unit and departed to destroy the weather station, leaving Tauht in command of the Republic's current position, who would late be killed by Ventress leaving Ozzel in charge. Seeing a Confederate counterattack, Ozzel ordered Comet and the rest of the Republic forces to leave their position and charge the enemy. Although they at first gained the upper hand, hidden spider droids surrounded the attack force that Comet fought with, destroying most of it. Comet, one of the few survivors of the battle, was taken prisoner alongside Ozzel, Wolffe and Spitter by Gout.

Comet and the other prisoners were taken to be held at the Agrocite processing plant, once again in enemy control. He and the others attempted to escape imprisonment after the they managed to hot-wire the control panel to their cell. Commandeering an AAT, Comet and his fellow troopers destroyed any droids who tried to stop them as they escaped the processing plant. Ventress, currently engaged with the Republic force sent to destroy the weather station, was informed of their escape and raced to stop them. The Dark Acolyte and an attack force of droids tracked Comet and the others to a Republic staging point where the escapees had rendezvoused with the Republic troops located there.

As the droids launched their attack, the commandeered AAT was immediately destroyed, leaving Comet and the remaining Republic troops forced to take cover behind the AT-TEs, walkers that had been rendered useless by the climate and frozen to the ground. As the battle at the staging point raged on, Republic troops under Masters Koon and Fisto managed to destroy the weather-control station, letting Republic forces from Admiral Wieler reach the staging area. The reinforcements, which included V-19 Torrents and LAAT/is, destroyed much of Ventress' attack force, causing her to order a retreat saving Comet and the remainder of the ground force.

Rescue missions
After receiving word that Jedi Generals Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu had been trapped on Vanqor by bounty hunters, Comet and Wolfpack departed for the Uziel system to rescue the Jedi. Accompanied by Plo Koon and the Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano, Comet and the task force was flown down to the wreckage of the Venator-class Star Destroyer Endurance, whose bridge Windu and Skywalker had been trapped on. Comet and the rescue team hovered outside of the Endurances bridge in  the LAAT/is  Plo's Bros as the bridge began to give way. Preventing the bridge from falling with the Force while Wolfpack troopers secured it to the gunship with ascension cables, Plo Koon ordered Comet and Wolffe to extract Windu and Skywalker from the bridge. Finding the Jedi trapped beneath debris from an explosian, Comet helped Skywalker from the rubble and into the gunship while Wolffe aided  Windu in escaping. When both injured Jedi were on board, the gunship departed the wreckage, leaving the bridge to collapse seconds later. Briefly stopping at a staging point to load the Jedi onto gurneys, Comet and the taskforce departed from Vanqor.

As the Clone Wars raged on, Comet participated in a rescuing a Republic team sent to the planet Lola Sayu, a Confederate controlled world. It was here that the Citadel resided, a high security prison meant for important prisoners. The rescue team was tasked with infiltrating the prison and rescuing Jedi Master Even Piell, who had recently been captured after he obtained the cooordinates for the Nexus Route, a secret hyperspace lane that connected both Republic and Confederate homeworlds, meaning a strategic advantage for the side who possessed it. The strike team successfully rescued Even Piell and captain Wilhuff Tarkin, who each knew half of the hyperlane coordinates. However, during their attempt to escape the planet, their shuttle was destroyed and the team was forced to hide in the wilderness of Lola Sayu, waiting for the Rebuplic attack force to come to their aide.

Comet traveled with the strike team that was lead by Jedi Masters Plo Koon, Adi Gallia, Saesee Tiin, and Kit Fisto, along with Commander Wolffe. The attack force managed to break through the Lola Sayu defense fleet, and a Space gunship containing Master Koon, Wolffe and Comet attempted an evacuation for the survivors of the rescue team. Comet and the extraction team reached the extraction point in the gunship, where the survivors of the mission had just defeated a squad of commando droids on STAPs lead by the Phindian warden of the prison, Osi Sobeck. As ranks of crab droids surrounded the extraction point and attempted to halt the escape, the remains of the rescue team boarded the gunship which departed for a fleet of Venator-class Star Destroyers who were engaged with the Confederate Navy above the planet. The gunship containing Comet and the others successfully boarded one of the cruisers, and the remnants of the Republic fleet departed for Coruscant, their mission a success.

Fighting on Felucia
"Comet, Sinker, Boost, get up there!"

- Ahsoka leading Comet and other troops against the back wall of the outpost

Later in the war, Comet was present with Commander Wolffe and Wolfpack on Felucia, a highly contested planet in the Outer Rim Territories, as they fought to free it from the droid forces occupying an outpost commanded by the T-series tactical droid TZ-33. Shortly after droid reinforcements sent by General Grievous arrived in a Confederate landing craft, Republic forces launched their assault, aiming to drive the Separatists back from one of the last remaining outposts in the area. Republic AT-TEs targeted the enemy in the outpost and openfired, causing TZ-33 to retaliate by opening up the front gate and sending a unit of spider droids to engage the walkers.

An attack group lead by Anakin Skywalker and CT-7567, nicknamed "Rex", pounced on the droids as they exited the gate, and plowed forward attempting to gain access to the outpost via the open entrance. Plo Koon lead Wolffe and a squad of Wolfpack over the left wall of the outpost to flank the droids by using their jetpacks, while Padawan Tano was in charge of a small division of clones including Comet, Sinker and Boost, that was tasked with scaling the backwall and engaging the enemy from behind. Comet's squad reached the back wall of the outpost, and while Ahsoka guarded the rear of their advance, he and the other troopers scaled the wall with their ascension cables after destroying the guards. Reaching the top, Comet and the squad rendezvoused with the rest of Wolfpack as they secured the outpost. After the outpost had been taken and all droid forces including TZ-33 destroyed, Comet reported Ahsoka's failure to report in to the Jedi commanders. He participated in the search for the missing Padawan along with the Republic forces in that area, though none of them would uncover here whereabouts, and eventually abandoned the search when commanded by his superiors.

Mission to Kadavo
Comet and Wolfpack were later dispatched to Kadavo, where Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rex and the captured Togruta colonists of Kiros were being held at a Zygerrian Labor Processing Hub. Tasked with rescuing the prisoners and destroying the hub, Master Koon and a clone starfighter squadron including clone trooper pilot Warthog, destroyed the facility's defences, allowing a Republic light cruiser helmed by Admiral Coburn to get close to the hub. The light cruiser, containing Comet and other members of the Wolfpack, came up under the facility to where the floor of the cell containing the Togruta prisoners was in the process of retracting, which when fully open would cause the Togruta to fall to their deaths. On the bridge of the cruiser with Sinker and Wolffe, Comet followed Wolffe out on top of the cruiser when Coburn ordered them to save the prisoners.

Equipped with jetpacks and blasters armed with ascension cables, Comet and the others arrived beneath the trapped Togruta. Using the jet packs comet and the others fired their ascension cables at the now exposed ceiling of the holding cell, and assisted in the evacuation of the cell as the Togruta used the cables to descend to the ship below. Comet caught one of the Togruta who fell from the cables, and safely brought her down to the cruiser. Upon receiving thanks from her, and with all of the prisoners safley out of the cell, Comet and the others descended into the cruiser as Coburn removed the ship from underneath the facility. With gunships rescuing Obi-Wan and Rex from a landing pad, Koon orderd the gunships to openfire, and the resulting missile volley destroyed the processing hub's supports, demolishing the facility as it crashed into the volcano mouth it was situated over.

Personality and traits
"The outpost is secured. Good job corporal, where is Commander Tano?''" "''She was covering our flank when we scaled the wall."

- Anakin Skywalker and Comet on Felucia

As a corporal, Comet was an experienced trooper on the battle field, and was complemented by General Skywalker after he and his squad completed their objective on Felucia. Comet was also ready to follow his commanding officer everywhere, whether it be when he assisted Wolffe rescue the Jedi on the precarious bridge of the Endurance, or when he served as second in command during the raid of the back of the outpost on Felucia under Tano's command.

Like all other troopers in the Grand Army of the Republic, Comet was 1.83 meters tall and spoke Galactic Basic Standard. He also possessed the basic traits of Jango Fett and had tan colored skin and black hair.

Equipment
At the beginning of the war, Comet wore standard Phase I clone trooper armor, which he customized with a gray blue color to honor the fallen members of Wolfpack during the Battle of Abregado. He latter donned clone Snowtrooper gear to participate in the Battle of Khorm without the negative affects of the cold on that planet. Prior to the mission to Kadavo, Comet made the upgrade from his original armor to Phase II clone trooper armor, and once again modified it. His weapon was a DC-15S blaster, which he was proficient with, and also able to use the ascension cable launcher that could be attached to the blaster. Occasionally Comet used a jetpack for missions, an aerial device that he knew how to operate well.

Behind the scenes
Comet first appeared in the graphic novel story arc In Service of the Republic, written by Henry Gilroy. He has also appeared in Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes from seasons two, three and four. He was voiced in the TV series by Dee Bradley Baker, who also voices all of the clone troopers in the series.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars 7: In Service of the Republic, Part 1
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars 8: In Service of the Republic, Part 2