They told us our training was the best, and that we were the most powerful military force the Republic every fielded. We were to defend the Republic with our lives, for we only lived to serve the Republic. We lived to fight, and we fought to live. We were issued subdued black rifles that were said to be the best; we were given large powerful walkers, and nimble fighters. We were given gunships to fly from battle to battle, and large new star ships to ferry us from battle to battle. We were told that the droids were to be our most likely enemy. That they were only lightly armed, and incompetent, that they walked in nice columns, and made easy targets. Our Mandolorian, and Journeymen trainers taught us to be brutal and efficient warriors. They trained us in the most advanced tactics to be fielded by any army, and they trained commandos to do secret missions. They gave us a common language, a common heritage, and they gave us a sense of individuality to an army of one man.
Then a man showed up, a man who wore brown and tan robes. He met with the head of the project, and ascertained the nature of our existence in the galaxy. He did not stay very long, and when he left rumors ran about that he was a Jedi, a Sith, a mercenary, a senator, and that he had been after the man we were all copies of, our father so to speak. At first we did not know if any of these were true, but then we got our marching orders. We were to assemble and make the best possible time to the planet of Geonosis. We were unsure of the reason, or our mission, but we knew there would be a fight. Before we entered hyperspace above our home on Kamino a small green creature joined us. At first no one knew what to make of it, but soon we found out. It was Jedi Grand Master Yoda, he was there to lead us into battle. Two Jedi, and a Senator from the planet of Naboo had been taken captive on Genosis, ourselves and a force of Jedi were to liberate them from the planet and stop any insurrection there. We were glad to go, after years of training and honing our skills we were ready to fight. And what a fight did we get…