CC-5052/Legends

"Get the order and execute it. Let the generals sort out the rest."

- Bly, reflecting on his experiences on Honoghr

CC-5052, nicknamed Bly, was a clone marshal commander in the Grand Army of the Republic who fought alongside Jedi General Aayla Secura.

Bly commanded the 327th Star Corps during the Clone Wars. He found Secura a competent general and appreciated her efficiency.

The Clone Wars
"We rest only when the mission is done, General. Our last was not complete." "Orders change, Commander Bly. You still obey orders, right?"

- CC-5052 and Aayla Secura

5052 was created on Kamino. Like all clone troopers, Bly looked like Jango Fett, but bore a scar across his left eye. A member of the second generation of clone commanders, Bly was trained by Alpha-17, who also gave him his designation.

In 21 BBY, six months after the Battle of Geonosis, Bly fought in the Battle of New Holstice while his Jedi General coordinated the battle from orbit. There, Bly successfully led his clone troopers on the ground against a group of Mandalorians. His unit sustained forty percent losses, but forced the Mandalorians into full retreat.

General Secura
"Know the mission, know your enemy, achieve the mission, kill the enemy. That's all I need. It's all any soldier needs."

- CC-5052

Ever since New Holstice, Commander Bly had been working with Jedi Knight Aayla Secura, whom he would grow to have a close working relationship with. In 20 BBY, based upon the reconnaissance of Master Rii'ke En, Secura, Bly, and a squad of his clone troopers blasted their way down to the surface of Honoghr to retrieve the Trihexalophine1138 toxin scientific instrument package located in a ruined temple deep in the jungle. The pair encountered Quinlan Vos, whom Bly immediately distrusted. He pondered the difference between himself and his progenitor, Jango Fett, who Bly assumed would have shot Vos on sight. As they fought through the temple, however, Bly found himself surprised to agree with Vos' decision to kill an injured Noghri warrior. Bly assumed he would have made the same choice rather than run the risk of injured warrior finding his way back to report their presence. During the lightsaber duel that erupted between Secura and Vos, Bly ostensibly saved Secura's life by shooting Vos in the shoulder.

After the mission's completion, Bly viewed his battle-damaged helmet and pondered the inherent flaws that all armor possesses. In a sign of his growing intellectual independence, he converted his observations into a metaphor: that Secura's emotional connection to Vos was her armor's flaw and his lack of such connections and requirement to follow orders was his own flaw.

Following the skirmish on Honoghr, Bly and the Star Corps were transferred to Saleucami, where a Morgukai clone factory had been set up. Bly found himself part of a multi-unit task force, working alongside fellow commanders Neyo and Faie.

It was on Saleucami that Bly encountered Quinlan Vos for the first time since their fight on Honoghr. Needless to say, Vos was not happy to see the man who had shot him in the shoulder. The Jedi didn't like clones, and tensions were escalating between himself and his own commander, Faie.



After Aayla went behind enemy lines to take out the clone factory, Bly and the Star Corps made a charge on the facility, hoping to distract the Separatists. The Siege of Saleucami was a Republic victory.

End of the Clone Wars
"So, Commander Bly, what will you do when this war is over?" "Whatever I'm ordered, of course."

- Aayla Secura and CC-5052

In 19 BBY, following Saleucami, Bly and Secura were ordered to infiltrate a Confederacy base on Felucia and capture Shu Mai, the Gossam leader of the Commerce Guild. The full armored Star Corps was transported to Felucia aboard the Venator-class Star Destroyer Intrepid. By this point, Secura and Bly had deepened their friendly rapport, and openly discussed the virtues of independence and conformity. Bly questioned the need for such a large force to capture just one individual. He further displayed his growing independence when he refused Secura's quick-minded order to return to Coruscant after receiving news that the capital was under attack.



The clone commander insisted that, while he thought Shu Mai a pawn and an intentional distraction, the mission was their primary objective. Upon their arrival on Felucia, with the assistance of Padawan Ekria, they liberated Barriss Offee and Zonder, two captured Jedi, from the Nigkoe Detention Facility. The team reached Shu Mai's reported location, but discovered the Separatist had fled days before their arrival. Their primary mission a failure, Bly ordered his full legion to engage the Confederacy army on Felucia.

In the midst of a patrol through a Felucian fungal jungle, Bly received Order 66 from Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Despite his burgeoning independence and friendship with his commander, Bly was unable to reject his ingrained need to follow Palpatine's direct order, and shot Secura in the back. The rest of his squad then proceeded to fire dozens more blaster bolts into her dead body.

Imperial service
"You have incomplete missions on your record, Commander. [&hellip;] Would you care to reduce that by one, trooper?"

- Darth Vader to CC-5052

Bly remained in service to the newly-formed Galactic Empire, and during its early years, was posted on Yutusk with fellow Star Corps member Lieutenant Galle. While attempting to disperse an anti-Imperial rally, Bly and Galle received a transmission from Darth Vader, asking them to track down the survivors of Felucia. Bly accepted, knowing the success of this assignment would ensure one less incomplete mission on his record.

Bly was assigned to Coruscant, where he piloted the gunship that engaged Drake Lo'gaan in a brief mid-air battle. Bly shot his airspeeder down, and later journeyed to Tepasi during the time of Vader's confrontation with Orman Tagge. Bly's troopers shot down what they thought was Ekria, but was in fact a decoy. Bly himself shot Lo'gaan in the shoulder during the youth's duel with Vader.

Armor
"Helmet's not much good to me anymore. Can't do much if you can't see straight. Armor's a help, but all armor has flaws."

- CC-5052 on his battle-damaged armor

Following his adventure on Honoghr, Bly had customized his Phase II armor with an ARC trooper's kama and pauldron, flip-down macrobinoculars on his helmet, and his most cherished possessions&mdash;a pair of krayt dragon pearl-handled DC-17 hand blasters.

Personality and traits
"The General's good. Knows her stuff and doesn't waste time. Got to respect that."

- Bly, reflecting on Aayla Secura's expertise during the mission to Honoghr

Commander Bly was a dedicated soldier, always focused on achieving the objective. He had a strong sense of closure, and could get a little irritated when his 327th Star Corps was reassigned before completing a mission, as it often was. Bly, like fellow commanders Cody and Appo, shared a strong bond with his Jedi General, Aayla Secura, and on occasion their working relationship seemed like it could become something more. Despite his feelings for Secura, Bly was a loyal soldier, and executed Order 66 witout hesistation. Bly evidently had no doubtful feelings over the Jedi's supposed "betrayal", as he and his men worked to eliminate renegade Jedi Drake Lo'gaan and Ekria during the rise of the Empire. Bly was also very introspective, pondering the differences between himself and his progenitor when encountering Quinlan Vos for the first time.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Republic 65: Show of Force, Part 1
 * Star Wars Republic 68: Armor
 * Star Wars Republic: The Siege of Saleucami
 * What Goes Up...
 * Evasive Action: Reversal of Fortune
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Evasive Action: End Game