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"And Order 66...we followed it-I followed it-as if under some kind of spell...as if I had no will of my own. No memories of the battles we had fought together."

- CC-10/994, to Captain Styles

Here's Commander Grey from the Star Wars: Kanan comic mini-series and Episode 1 of The Bad Batch for my "Journal of the Whills" continuity, which blends elements from Canon and Legends together into one universe, drawn in 2003 Clone Wars art style by Genndy Tartakovsky.

CC-10/994 (nicknamed Grey)
HOMEWORLD: Kamino
BORN: c. 32 BBY, Kamino
DIED: 18 BBY, a Gozanti-class crusier
SPECIES: Human (Jango Fett clone)
GENDER: Male
HEIGHT: 1.83 meters
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Brown
SKIN COLOR: Tan
AFFILIATIONS:
Galactic Republic
- 97th Combat Battalion (first incarnation)
- 97th Combat Battalion (second incarnation)

Galactic Empire
- Imperial Military

Description:
CC-10/994, nicknamed "Grey", was cloned and raised at Tipoca City on the ocean world of Kamino to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic, an army of genetically identical clone troopers who were engineered from the template of Jango Fett. After graduating from basic training, Grey receiving training in the ARC Trooper Training Program under Alpha-17, an ARC Trooper stationed on Kamino who was in charge of training current and future clone commanders, such as Rex, Cody, Fox, Gree, Bly, Wolffe, Neyo, Jag, Bacara, etc. When he completed ARC Trooper training, Grey was promoted into the position of captain and assigned to the 97th Combat Battallion, under the command of Jedi General Depa Billaba, in the early months of the Clone Wars after the First Battle of Geonosis. He was extremely loyal to Master Billaba and his men, despite having times of pessimism whenever they're about to lose a battle.

In 21.51 BBY, Grey and the rest of the 97th Combat Battalion saw action on Haruun Kal, a planet mostly populated by Force-sensitives which was the homeworld of Depa Billaba's former master Mace Windu. In the fight against the Separatist-allied Balawai militia led by Colonel Lorz Geptum and supported by General Grievous, Billaba and Grey trained several of Haruun Kal's Korunnal warriors in order to fight against the Separatists. With the help of the Korunnal and Republic reinforcements led by Mace Windu, the 97th were able to push by the CIS forces and take control of Colonel Geptum, but they were betrayed by Korunnal leader Kar Vastor, who used droid fighters to fire at Balawai civilians. While Generals Windu and Billaba fought and defeated Vastor, Commander Grey led the 97th against the Korunnal and the remaining CIS forces, but they were met with resistance in the form of General Grievous himself. Grievous' forces decimated the 97th Combat Battalion, causing the unit to suffer 90% casualties. Grey was among the survivors, along with his lieutenants Captain Styles, Sergeant Soot, and Corporal Big-Mouth. While the Battle of Haruun Kal was a Republic victory, it was a pyrrhic one with all of the casualties, along with Depa Billaba being critically injured after engaging Grievous in a single combat when trying to prevent his escape.

After Haruun Kal, General Billaba remained in a coma that'll last till the Outer Rim Sieges in the fourth and final year of the Clone Wars, while Obi-Wan Kenobi took her position in the Jedi High Council as she slowly recovered from her injuries. With their Jedi General indisposed at the moment, Grey, Styles, Soot, and Big-Mount rebuilt the 97th Combat Battalion. Aside from the aforementioned four, this new incarnation of the 97th consisting of younger and more inexperienced clone troopers, many of whom flash-grown clones created on the military facilities on Coruscant's second moon Centax-2 by Spaarti cloning technology obtained by the Republic during the Battle of Cartao. The 97th Combat Battalion fought on many fronts across the galaxy throughout the Clone Wars until they finally reunited with General Billaba in 19 BBY.

In the early months of the Outer Rim Sieges, the new 97th commanded by Billaba had the first mission on the planet Kardoa, along with Billaba's new Padawan, Jedi Commander Caleb Dume. The battalion's mission was to investigate a Separatist presence on the planet. While they searched the canyons of Kardoa, an explosion went off, killing many clones. A force of B1-series battle droids began to attack, and the 97th fought back. Grey survived the following battle, and with the help of the rest of the clones and Billaba, the Separatists retreated from Kardoa.

After their successful mission on Kardoa, the 97th Combat Battalion was assigned to Mygeeto, where they were to reinforce Jedi Master Ki-Adi Mundi's and Commander Bacara's forces at the Battle of Mygeeto, one of the longest battles in the Clone Wars, lasting from 21 BBY to 19 BBY. Commander Grey deployed most of his battalion before Billaba and Dume arrived, and then went off to fight himself. When Billaba, Dume, Styles, and CT-1157 "Stance" were trapped on a platform by battle droids, Grey turned back to rescue them, but arrived to find that they had already been assisted by Republic-allied Mandalorians Fenn Rau and Skull Squadron. They returned to their base camp, while most of their battalion remained out in the field. The camp was attacked by General Grievous, Colonel Coburn Sear, and a number of battle droids, who killed Stance. Grey called for reinforcements as he and Styles attempted to fight back against the droids. They encountered Dume, who had defeated Colonel Sear, and then provided assistance to Billaba, who was dueling Grievous. They forced Grievous to escape, and later held a funeral for Stance. Not long after the end of their mission, they were given another assignment on the planet Kaller.

Kaller was one of the last battlefronts of the Clone Wars Captain Grey was stationed on this world shortly before the end of the conflict. Billaba led Grey and his brothers into battle, aiming to take the compound General Kleeve was using as his base of operations. They would eventually chase Kleeve and his forces away, although the Kallerans did not see much difference between Republic rule as opposed to the Separatists. Grey stood up for Billaba when Janus Kasmir made a snide comment about the Jedi, but Billaba graciously decided to set up camp outside of the compound, leaving the Kallerans alone. Grey and his men would make a fire and relax as Billaba took Dume out to train. Later, the clone troopers led by Grey and General Billaba engaged the remaining Separatist forces on Kaller after the Separatists began to launch their own offensive after their failure at the Battle of Coruscant. Though reinforced by AT-TEs, the clones fought defensively against a battalion of B1-series battle droids as well as DSD1 dwarf spider droid and Armored Assault Tanks. Caleb Dume had yet to return with reinforcements, leading Grey to wonder if the Jedi Commander would return in time, to which Billaba assured the captain that her Padawan would. When Dume arrived, Grey was dismayed to learn that the commander brought only five clones. The squad, which Grey recognized as the experimental unit Clone Force 99, consisting Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair, and Echo, destroyed the Separatist units without the assistance of Grey's troops. Grey admitted to being impressed by them when they wiped out the droid battalion.

The squad's leader, "Hunter," advised Billaba to order a counterattack as another Separatist battalion was moving in their direction. Grey told the commando that only his Jedi General had the authority to give orders, however, Billaba agreed with Hunter's recommendation and instructed Grey to launch the counterattack. As Dume and the members of Clone Force 99 headed in the direction of the Separatists, Grey received a holographic communication from the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, whom he recognized as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, commanding him to execute Order 66. His secret programming activated, Commander Grey turned against his Jedi General, attempting to execute her as an enemy of the Republic. Billaba raised her lightsaber in time to deflect the captain's blaster fire. She then disarmed him by cutting his blaster in half before kicking him away. However, the clone troopers under Grey's command had also turned against Billaba, complying with Order 66. Though Dume tried to return to help his Jedi Master, Billaba urged him to run before the clones killed her.

The Clone Wars, which Grey helped to end, concluded shortly after the clone commander received Order 66 while stationed on Kaller. In the following days, Grey and Styles continued to search for Dume in Plateau City, but lost his trail when he radically changed his appearance and started working alongside Janus Kasmir. After a job gone wrong which resulted in the pair getting caught, Kasmir immediately sold out the fact that Dume was secretly the escaped Jedi Padawan, and seemingly traded him to Gamut Key's security in exchange for his escape. Grey and Styles were able to confirm for Key that the boy was, in fact, the Padawan they had been hunting for, and they ordered the Kallerans to hold him in a cell until they could leave the Imperial Garrison at Plateau City to take him in and execute him for treason. Shortly after their message, however, Kasmir, who had a change of heart, broke Dume out of his cell using an IG-RM droid, escaping Kaller.

Grey and Styles maintained a close pursuit, always remaining just one step behind Dume and his new friend. They finally caught up to the pair when they landed on Lahn, where they intended to trade stolen spice for a second ship. As Dume was negotiating with their buyer, the former Separatist general Kleeve, Grey ambushed Kasmir and held him at gunpoint, demanding to know where the Padawan had gone. While Kasmir claimed that he had ditched him as soon as they left Kaller, Grey remained skeptical. Dume overheard the exchange, and fled to allow Kasmir's statement to seem truthful. Grey arrested Kasmir anyway, and began a search across Lahn for Dume's whereabouts. Captain Styles managed to ambush Dume, who had gone with Kleeve to the Farbrooke's Hope, the ship Kasmir planned to acquire, and knocked Dume unconscious.

Styles reported back to Grey, informing him of Dume's capture. While transporting Caleb back to Kaller aboard their Gozanti-class cruiser, Grey and Styles were finally faced with the task of putting an end to their former friend. Dume pleaded for his life, reminding the clones how much they used to look up to Master Billaba and suggesting to them that it was Palpatine, not the Jedi, who had betrayed the Republic when he created the Empire. While he was unable to convince the clones not to kill him, he did manage to buy enough time for Kasmir and Kleeve to catch up to the Imperial freighter in an attempt to rescue him. Dume force-pushed the clones and remotely activated the airlock, escaping into the vacuum outside and getting picked up by Kasmir and Kleeve. After managing to return to the bridge of the freighter, Grey began to have doubts about following Order 66. Despite having sufficient firepower to destroy both the Kasmiri and Farbrooke's Hope, Grey could not help but wonder why the clones had so blindly obeyed Order 66, pointing out to Styles that when he received Order 66 it was like he wasn't fully aware on what he was doing and it was also like all of the memories that he had with Billaba and Caleb disappeared during that brief moment. However, Styles disagreed with his commander, only seeing the Jedi as traitors to the Empire. When his protestations went unanswered, Grey decided to shoot the ship's controls with his blaster rifle, crippling the freighter and allowing Kasmir and Kleeve to destroy it with both Grey and Styles on board.

Star Wars © George Lucas / Lucasfilm

Description

"And Order 66...we followed it-I followed it-as if under some kind of spell...as if I had no will of my own. No memories of the battles we had fought together."

- CC-10/994, to Captain Styles

Here's Commander Grey from the Star Wars: Kanan comic mini-series and Episode 1 of The Bad Batch for my "Journal of the Whills" continuity, which blends elements from Canon and Legends together into one universe, drawn in 2003 Clone Wars art style by Genndy Tartakovsky.

CC-10/994 (nicknamed Grey)
HOMEWORLD: Kamino
BORN: c. 32 BBY, Kamino
DIED: 18 BBY, a Gozanti-class crusier
SPECIES: Human (Jango Fett clone)
GENDER: Male
HEIGHT: 1.83 meters
HAIR COLOR: Black
EYE COLOR: Brown
SKIN COLOR: Tan
AFFILIATIONS:
Galactic Republic
- 97th Combat Battalion (first incarnation)
- 97th Combat Battalion (second incarnation)

Galactic Empire
- Imperial Military

Description:
CC-10/994, nicknamed "Grey", was cloned and raised at Tipoca City on the ocean world of Kamino to serve in the Grand Army of the Republic, an army of genetically identical clone troopers who were engineered from the template of Jango Fett. After graduating from basic training, Grey receiving training in the ARC Trooper Training Program under Alpha-17, an ARC Trooper stationed on Kamino who was in charge of training current and future clone commanders, such as Rex, Cody, Fox, Gree, Bly, Wolffe, Neyo, Jag, Bacara, etc. When he completed ARC Trooper training, Grey was promoted into the position of captain and assigned to the 97th Combat Battallion, under the command of Jedi General Depa Billaba, in the early months of the Clone Wars after the First Battle of Geonosis. He was extremely loyal to Master Billaba and his men, despite having times of pessimism whenever they're about to lose a battle.

In 21.51 BBY, Grey and the rest of the 97th Combat Battalion saw action on Haruun Kal, a planet mostly populated by Force-sensitives which was the homeworld of Depa Billaba's former master Mace Windu. In the fight against the Separatist-allied Balawai militia led by Colonel Lorz Geptum and supported by General Grievous, Billaba and Grey trained several of Haruun Kal's Korunnal warriors in order to fight against the Separatists. With the help of the Korunnal and Republic reinforcements led by Mace Windu, the 97th were able to push by the CIS forces and take control of Colonel Geptum, but they were betrayed by Korunnal leader Kar Vastor, who used droid fighters to fire at Balawai civilians. While Generals Windu and Billaba fought and defeated Vastor, Commander Grey led the 97th against the Korunnal and the remaining CIS forces, but they were met with resistance in the form of General Grievous himself. Grievous' forces decimated the 97th Combat Battalion, causing the unit to suffer 90% casualties. Grey was among the survivors, along with his lieutenants Captain Styles, Sergeant Soot, and Corporal Big-Mouth. While the Battle of Haruun Kal was a Republic victory, it was a pyrrhic one with all of the casualties, along with Depa Billaba being critically injured after engaging Grievous in a single combat when trying to prevent his escape.

After Haruun Kal, General Billaba remained in a coma that'll last till the Outer Rim Sieges in the fourth and final year of the Clone Wars, while Obi-Wan Kenobi took her position in the Jedi High Council as she slowly recovered from her injuries. With their Jedi General indisposed at the moment, Grey, Styles, Soot, and Big-Mount rebuilt the 97th Combat Battalion. Aside from the aforementioned four, this new incarnation of the 97th consisting of younger and more inexperienced clone troopers, many of whom flash-grown clones created on the military facilities on Coruscant's second moon Centax-2 by Spaarti cloning technology obtained by the Republic during the Battle of Cartao. The 97th Combat Battalion fought on many fronts across the galaxy throughout the Clone Wars until they finally reunited with General Billaba in 19 BBY.

In the early months of the Outer Rim Sieges, the new 97th commanded by Billaba had the first mission on the planet Kardoa, along with Billaba's new Padawan, Jedi Commander Caleb Dume. The battalion's mission was to investigate a Separatist presence on the planet. While they searched the canyons of Kardoa, an explosion went off, killing many clones. A force of B1-series battle droids began to attack, and the 97th fought back. Grey survived the following battle, and with the help of the rest of the clones and Billaba, the Separatists retreated from Kardoa.

After their successful mission on Kardoa, the 97th Combat Battalion was assigned to Mygeeto, where they were to reinforce Jedi Master Ki-Adi Mundi's and Commander Bacara's forces at the Battle of Mygeeto, one of the longest battles in the Clone Wars, lasting from 21 BBY to 19 BBY. Commander Grey deployed most of his battalion before Billaba and Dume arrived, and then went off to fight himself. When Billaba, Dume, Styles, and CT-1157 "Stance" were trapped on a platform by battle droids, Grey turned back to rescue them, but arrived to find that they had already been assisted by Republic-allied Mandalorians Fenn Rau and Skull Squadron. They returned to their base camp, while most of their battalion remained out in the field. The camp was attacked by General Grievous, Colonel Coburn Sear, and a number of battle droids, who killed Stance. Grey called for reinforcements as he and Styles attempted to fight back against the droids. They encountered Dume, who had defeated Colonel Sear, and then provided assistance to Billaba, who was dueling Grievous. They forced Grievous to escape, and later held a funeral for Stance. Not long after the end of their mission, they were given another assignment on the planet Kaller.

Kaller was one of the last battlefronts of the Clone Wars Captain Grey was stationed on this world shortly before the end of the conflict. Billaba led Grey and his brothers into battle, aiming to take the compound General Kleeve was using as his base of operations. They would eventually chase Kleeve and his forces away, although the Kallerans did not see much difference between Republic rule as opposed to the Separatists. Grey stood up for Billaba when Janus Kasmir made a snide comment about the Jedi, but Billaba graciously decided to set up camp outside of the compound, leaving the Kallerans alone. Grey and his men would make a fire and relax as Billaba took Dume out to train. Later, the clone troopers led by Grey and General Billaba engaged the remaining Separatist forces on Kaller after the Separatists began to launch their own offensive after their failure at the Battle of Coruscant. Though reinforced by AT-TEs, the clones fought defensively against a battalion of B1-series battle droids as well as DSD1 dwarf spider droid and Armored Assault Tanks. Caleb Dume had yet to return with reinforcements, leading Grey to wonder if the Jedi Commander would return in time, to which Billaba assured the captain that her Padawan would. When Dume arrived, Grey was dismayed to learn that the commander brought only five clones. The squad, which Grey recognized as the experimental unit Clone Force 99, consisting Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair, and Echo, destroyed the Separatist units without the assistance of Grey's troops. Grey admitted to being impressed by them when they wiped out the droid battalion.

The squad's leader, "Hunter," advised Billaba to order a counterattack as another Separatist battalion was moving in their direction. Grey told the commando that only his Jedi General had the authority to give orders, however, Billaba agreed with Hunter's recommendation and instructed Grey to launch the counterattack. As Dume and the members of Clone Force 99 headed in the direction of the Separatists, Grey received a holographic communication from the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, whom he recognized as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, commanding him to execute Order 66. His secret programming activated, Commander Grey turned against his Jedi General, attempting to execute her as an enemy of the Republic. Billaba raised her lightsaber in time to deflect the captain's blaster fire. She then disarmed him by cutting his blaster in half before kicking him away. However, the clone troopers under Grey's command had also turned against Billaba, complying with Order 66. Though Dume tried to return to help his Jedi Master, Billaba urged him to run before the clones killed her.

The Clone Wars, which Grey helped to end, concluded shortly after the clone commander received Order 66 while stationed on Kaller. In the following days, Grey and Styles continued to search for Dume in Plateau City, but lost his trail when he radically changed his appearance and started working alongside Janus Kasmir. After a job gone wrong which resulted in the pair getting caught, Kasmir immediately sold out the fact that Dume was secretly the escaped Jedi Padawan, and seemingly traded him to Gamut Key's security in exchange for his escape. Grey and Styles were able to confirm for Key that the boy was, in fact, the Padawan they had been hunting for, and they ordered the Kallerans to hold him in a cell until they could leave the Imperial Garrison at Plateau City to take him in and execute him for treason. Shortly after their message, however, Kasmir, who had a change of heart, broke Dume out of his cell using an IG-RM droid, escaping Kaller.

Grey and Styles maintained a close pursuit, always remaining just one step behind Dume and his new friend. They finally caught up to the pair when they landed on Lahn, where they intended to trade stolen spice for a second ship. As Dume was negotiating with their buyer, the former Separatist general Kleeve, Grey ambushed Kasmir and held him at gunpoint, demanding to know where the Padawan had gone. While Kasmir claimed that he had ditched him as soon as they left Kaller, Grey remained skeptical. Dume overheard the exchange, and fled to allow Kasmir's statement to seem truthful. Grey arrested Kasmir anyway, and began a search across Lahn for Dume's whereabouts. Captain Styles managed to ambush Dume, who had gone with Kleeve to the Farbrooke's Hope, the ship Kasmir planned to acquire, and knocked Dume unconscious.

Styles reported back to Grey, informing him of Dume's capture. While transporting Caleb back to Kaller aboard their Gozanti-class cruiser, Grey and Styles were finally faced with the task of putting an end to their former friend. Dume pleaded for his life, reminding the clones how much they used to look up to Master Billaba and suggesting to them that it was Palpatine, not the Jedi, who had betrayed the Republic when he created the Empire. While he was unable to convince the clones not to kill him, he did manage to buy enough time for Kasmir and Kleeve to catch up to the Imperial freighter in an attempt to rescue him. Dume force-pushed the clones and remotely activated the airlock, escaping into the vacuum outside and getting picked up by Kasmir and Kleeve. After managing to return to the bridge of the freighter, Grey began to have doubts about following Order 66. Despite having sufficient firepower to destroy both the Kasmiri and Farbrooke's Hope, Grey could not help but wonder why the clones had so blindly obeyed Order 66, pointing out to Styles that when he received Order 66 it was like he wasn't fully aware on what he was doing and it was also like all of the memories that he had with Billaba and Caleb disappeared during that brief moment. However, Styles disagreed with his commander, only seeing the Jedi as traitors to the Empire. When his protestations went unanswered, Grey decided to shoot the ship's controls with his blaster rifle, crippling the freighter and allowing Kasmir and Kleeve to destroy it with both Grey and Styles on board.

Star Wars © George Lucas / Lucasfilm