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Tiger was straightening his bunk and listening to the current conversation. It was his habit before he left. He always had to have everything perfect before he left.

"Do you think we'll get along with the 501st? I hear they're pretty straight."

"Pretty straight? Laurie, please speak Basic. What does pretty straight mean?" asked Canto.

"They follow the rules fairly close," Laurie replied.

"Like the 41st?" asked Kerr.

"No, they're a little further than that. With Skywalker in charge they have to be."

"Okay, so they're in the middle," said Canto.

"Yep. On a completely different subject; what do you think about the Admiral's aid?"

"What Admiral's aid? I haven't seen him."

"The Admiral's aid isn't a him. It's a her." All the men turned toward Laurie and Laurie turned away pretending to be busy with his armor.

"Come on Laurie, we haven't got all day, you over-sized clone," said Kerr. Laurie tried not to let his anger show. He hated the fact that he was several inches taller than everyone else. They didn't mean for it to be an insult but it was.

He calmed himself down and turned toward them, "She showed up just before the mission to Shili."

"Really?" asked Net.

"Yeah; Don found her right away." Laurie wiggled his eyebrows expressively.

"What's she look like?" asked Net.

"Red-head with blue eyes and fair skin. Real cute. I'm glad Don finally got someone."

"Yeah, he's one of the only ones of us who doesn't have a girl. Speaking of getting a girl... you, Laurie, need one. I could hook you up with real fine one," Exhaust offered.

"No thanks, besides no girl wants a tall man."

"Sure they do, chicks dig them."

"Why don't you find another guy to pick on? Like Sand or Tiger."

"Sand outranks me. I can't pick on him and Tiger would have me pinned to the floor in a heartbeat. And there hasn't been anyone new in forever." They all looked over at the tree empty bunks, remembering the brothers that once occupied them.

A voice broke into their silence, "Excuse me but do any of you know where General Canachi is?" They turned and looked at a average looking trooper in normal armor. There were a bunch of troops standing behind him.

"No, but I can help you look for her," Tiger offered.

"That's not necessary; we don't want to bother you."

"It's not a bother. Besides she can be hard to find unless you know where she may be." Tiger walked out of the room and down the hall and the troop and his men followed him. Tiger walked past several hallways and doors before he saw a slight movement to his left. He stopped short causing one of the men behind him to bump into him.

"Sorry," the troop said.

"General Canachi," Tiger called. Del turned and Tiger saw that she had been talking to Captain Rex of the 501st.

"Yes Tiger?"

"These men have been looking for you." She turned her questioning gaze on them and the head troop spoke up.

"General Canachi, these men and I were told to report to you for duty. Master Windu sent us to be part of the 566th. He said he told you."

She smiled at him, "He did but I haven't had time to tell my men. Did he also tell you we are heading on a mission?"

"Yes Ma'am." Tiger looked at the troop with surprise. He knew what to call Del, he thought. Did he talk with Don? "We are ready."

"Good; I suppose I should find you places to stay."

"If you don't mind, Del, I'll take care of it."

"Thank you, Tiger. That would be a great help." Tiger turned to walk away, "Oh and Tiger."

"Yes?"

"If you see Don, tell him to report to me. I'll be right here."

"Okay."

They walked out of the room and the head troop spoke up, "You call your General, Del?"

"Yeah, she hates her title with a passion so we started calling her Del. How'd you know to call her Ma'am?"

"I worked under a female Jedi before. She didn't like Sir."

"Neither does Del."

"I was under the impression that the 566th was led by a Commander named Acher. Who's Don?"

"Don is Acher. Del didn't like his name and he wouldn't stop calling her Sir so she called him Don. It means Sir."

"I see."

"Are you all from the same battalion?"

"No, Stone and I are but the rest of them are from a different one than us." Tiger nodded, they had reached Tiger's room.

"Alright boys, we've got some new recruits." Everyone looked up. "We won't have time for names now but there will be no picking on the new men. You three are to sleep in here, the rest of you follow me." Three of the men broke off and stood uncertainly in the middle of the room as the rest left.

"Hi," Canto greeted them. "Welcome to the 566th. If you have anything you don't want to take you can leave them on your bunks." The troops nodded and picked bunks and sat on them.

"So we just wait here?"

"Until we're done and then you follow us to the Caiden."

"The what?"

"Caiden, it's our Star Destroyer."

"Okay." They fell into awkward silence until the men finished. Then they followed them to the Caiden where they boarded and showed them around. Then they headed for the training room. That was where everyone was supposed to meet. Del was there standing in the middle talking with Rex and Don. Most of the troops where there.

"Are we the last to arrive?" asked one of the new troops.

"Nah," Laurie replied, "Grate and his group aren't here yet."

"They are now," said Tiger. At that moment Rex and Don went to stand with their men and the room fell silent.

"Wow, and here I thought I'd have to shout or whistle," Del joked. "It's nice to see you all here. I'm sorry that Skywalker was injured but it will be fun to work with you. We also have some new troops among us. None of us know your names, so if you could tell us..."

The head trooper walked up from where he was standing with Grate's squad. "I'm Pipes, and this is Stone, Supe, Hero, Heal, Jhason, Jayshon, Jalen, Damian, Taceo, Na'im, Ellis, Kerem, Adish, Jaybird, Ademar, Aren, Arndt, Eagle, Oriole, Raven, and Avis. We also have female medics with us; Topaz and Kass."

"Guys, I know we don't usually work with civilian medical staff, but they are trained to do field work," Del interjected. "They are capable of taking care of themselves. They will be staying in Commander Spray's quarters. Are there any questions?" They shook their heads. "Good, you are dismissed."

Tiger turned his attention to the three men staying in their barracks. They were Jayshon, Adish and Stone.

He listened to Laurie talking to Adish, "I thought you looked familiar. Do you remember me?"

"Yeah, you were on my ship on Shili. You're Laurie."

"I'm hard to forget."

"I suppose but I recognize Grate and Light. If I saw the others I'd probably remember them too."

"Wait, you two know each other?" asked Tiger.

"Yeah, our ship crashed on Shili and we met through the crash."

"Nice to meet you. Glad you're with us."

"Where's the mess? I'm starving!"

"Stone, you're always starving," said Jayshon.

"Follow us," said Tiger. "So... there are civilian medics?"

"Yeah, but not bad at their jobs." said Adish.

"They look nice."

"They are," said Adish. "But watch your step. Kass has a thing for Jayshon and Jayshon has a thing for Kass. Topaz won't let anyone get close to her. She normally clouts them upside the head or sticks them with a drug that will knock them out. If you're going to hit on her than you'd better have fast reflexes. Most of us are healers but some of us are pilots."

"Who are the healers and who are the pilots?"

"Jaybird, Ademar, Aren, Arndt, Eagle, Oriole, Raven, Avis and I are pilots. Jayshon, Heal, Jhason, Jalen, Damian, Tacoe, Na'im, Ellis, and Kerem are medics. The rest of us are normal troops."

"I think I'm going to like being in the 566th," Stone commented.

"Everyone does," Canto said.