A/N: First off, thanks to clonetrooper8754 for suggesting this one, and Omegoid for the plot! Anyway, this happens on Anakin's first time in command, shortly after he meets the 212th. Let's go! I don't own Star Wars, that would be Disney.


When Anakin had been sent to Christophsis with Obi-Wan to stop the Separatists, he was thrilled. It was his first time in some form of command! But when he boarded the Negotiator to discuss the battle plan with the commanding officers, Commander Cody noticed something was off. Of course, being respectful, he didn't mention it. Once he was dismissed, however…

"Hey, Rex?"

"What is it, Cody?"
"What's with General Skywalker's hand?"

"It's a prosthetic."

"And how long has that been a thing?"
"Since the battle of Geonosis."

"Oh. So, how many people know?"

"Admiral Yularen, General Kenobi, the 501st, his droids, and Senator Amidala."
"His droids?"
"He's got an astromech, R2-D2 that helped build the thing, and as a kid he built a protocol droid named C-3PO."

"Ah. But how did Senator Amidala find out?"
"Not sure. Maybe it was Threepio, seeing how he's her aide and all that."

"OK. So, now that that's cleared up, I can get on with my life."


Some time later, on Christophsis…

The 212th and 501st had been jointly holding position at a major intersection for a week or so by this point, and to pass the time, they had been doing standard clone trooper things like extra training, pranks, and playing games of sabacc. During one of these games, a 501st trooper made an off-hand comment that was something along the lines of, "So, General Skywalker's got a robot hand." Now, of the eight players, there were five 212th troopers among them. Upon hearing this shocking news, they told the trooper to elaborate. He did, and when they finished, all five of them agreed to spread the news throughout the rest of the battalion.

Within days, everyone in the 212th had found out about Anakin's prosthetic, and it wasn't long before they had pestered Commander Cody into revealing that information. (They had done it through a bit of blackmail, if you were wondering) And so it was that at the next meeting to discuss how they would deal with the Separatists, Cody had turned to Anakin and said, "Pardon me, sir, but my troopers have been telling me one of your hands is a prosthetic. They say their sources are 501st troopers, but I don't tend to trust word of mouth all that much. So if you don't mind me asking, is one of your hands a prosthetic?" Anakin stopped talking and turned to Cody. "How'd you know?" Cody explained, and Anakin sighed with relief. Cody was puzzled. "Sir, what is this all about? This doesn't seem like the type of information you'd share." Anakin shook his head. "No, no, it's fine. Really, I just wanted to make sure you hadn't heard about it from Obi-Wan. He would've explained it in great, though erroneous detail." Obi-Wan glared at his Padawan. "Anakin, I was there when it got cut off. I warned you about rushing in!" Anakin groaned. "And there he goes. Heed this advice, Cody. Don't listen to him when he's like this." With that, they got back to strategizing, and Cody felt satisfied.


A/N: And that's how the 212th found out! Again, thanks to the people who reviewed with suggestions! Be sure to do more of that!