Author's Note: Read the 1st chapter. I hope you guys like this chapter.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Title: Stories
Chapter: 2
Story: One and the Other
The pathfinder regiment was initially created as an advance force for the 9th Assault Corp to eliminate any possible ambushes and open up any possible ways in the missions that the Corp was involved. The regiment also had another objective, which was to act independently from any other command. From this objective, the pathfinder regiment can actually sent out their companies to help other military divisions without the permission of Commander Gree or Jedi General Luminara Unduli. However, the regiment was still part of the 9th Assault Corp.
With the success of many missions that they're involved in for the first six weeks of the regiment's activation, the pathfinders became very popular that they were given a full autonomy. With this status, they could act more independently, reside in any ship the regiment wanted and more importantly, the regiment no longer became part of the 9th Assault Corp and the regiment don't have any permanent Jedi Commander.
Thus the pathfinders became a separate entity and like the elite crimson Clone Shock Troopers and the blue 501st Legion, their base of operations was located in Coruscant. However, with their tight schedule, only one company resided in Coruscant while the other companies usually resided in ships, often called as Mobile Headquarters by the pathfinders. Commander Strike's favourite ship was the Venator-class Star Destroyer, Conqueror. Under his leadership, the ship became more and more like a second home to them that the other ships became more like temporarily shelters.
Since it was formerly affiliated with the 9th Assault Corp, Commander Strike had retained the colour green, but made it darker. He also introduced a standard to differentiate the pathfinders from the 9th Assault Corp. On this emblem, two DC-15As were criss-crossing each other inside a circle of small white stars on a green background. Every pathfinder had this emblem on the side of their helmets and their shoulder pads.
The Pathfinder Regiment was initially made up of volunteers from the Corp itself, but since getting full autonomy, volunteers came in from all over GAR, including freshly trained clone troopers.
Before Strike became the commander, he was just a sergeant in one of the companies of the 9th Assault Corp. Through the experience of fighting in the war for almost 6 months, he became an experience tactician. Based on this experience, his superior leadership skills and a few acts of bravery, he got promoted to the rank of Major in one of 9th Assault Corp's battalions. He even earned a pair of Jaig eyes and even got his own kama and pauldron.
Commander Strike got his name because of his habit of striking hard and fast on his enemies during missions. Because of this, his battalion became a more specialized unit in opening paths for the Corp. For 2 months he led the battalion using this tactic, and Commander Gree finally decided to create the pathfinder regiment within the Corp with Strike as its head. Based on his past military performance and Commander Gree's recommendation, General Luminara Unduli made him the regimental commander of the pathfinders. However, General Unduli gave him the independence of command, which required him to help other military divisions without having the scrutiny of Commander Gree and General Unduli.
Having to work with so many commanders from other divisions made him a well connected commander and became part of the GAR's upper military echelons, something he was proud of.
"Now you know both stories. Any other that you're interested in?" asked Lieutenant Book.
"Yes, I do actually. How did this ship got its smiling face?"
"That I got to answer," said Smiley, giving one big smile.