Disclaimer: I do not own Bluestone 42 or Republic commando, or any of the related characters. Bluestone 42 is written by Richard Hurst and James Cary and owned by BBC Productions. Republic commando was developed and published by Lucasarts. This fanfiction is intended for entertainment only. I am not making any profit from this story. All rights of Bluestone 42 belong to the BBC. All rights of Republic commando and Star Wars belong to Disney.
Author notes: Apologies for the delay but I'm so happy to be uploading this fanfic! Bluestone 42 was one of my favorite sitcoms and Republic Commando was one of my favorite video games when I was a kid. The fanfic isn't completely finished but I'm aiming to upload at least half of it by the end of this year. For anyone who doesn't know, Bluestone 42 is a British sitcom about a bomb disposal detachment during the Afghanistan war. Republic Commando is a game about a clone commando squad during the Clone wars. I will be taking the plots and scripts from Bluestone 42 and using the characters and universe of Star wars Republic commando whilst putting my own BuggyTrauma spin on everything (But please expect a lot of dialogue + plot points to be taken from Bluestone 42 which I do not own).
If anyone is still confused on the characters, I will provide a quick character guide at the end of this fanfic.
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"Delta 42, you are cleared for take-off."
"Acknowledged, Delta 42 taking off."
The LAAT gunship roared into life as it sped across the dry arid plains of Geonosis. The pilot, Delta 42 looked back at his silent passengers with a mixture of anxiety and apprehension.
They were Delta squad, an elite commando squad known for their efficiency and ruthlessness. Sev the merciless sniper, Scorch the wise cracking demolitions expert, Fixer the highly intuitive computer slicer, and Boss the unbreakable squad leader. But it wasn't the commandos that was the source of tension in the gunship.
For this mission, command had asked them to escort a very important officer. Colonel Bugtra. Decorated pilot and loyal officer of the republic for 10 years. The passengers sat in silence either checking their weapons or equipment in preparation for the mission. All except Boss who was sat completely still staring at the wall opposite him.
Eventually the Colonel broke the silence.
"What's up with him?"
"He does this on missions! Goes into himself! Focusing on what lies ahead! That's why he's the leader! Forever loyal to the Republic! To him, nothing matters except for the mission!" replied Scorch shouting over the roar of the gunship engines.
Bugtra seemed to accept this answer and went back to safety checks before Boss finally responded.
"Round about now I pretend to go into myself, so Scorch will stop talking!"
Under his helmet, Fixer cracked a small smile before composing himself.
"I had a buddy of mine, did what you do! Back in Geonosis!" responded the colonel. It was a good job everyone was wearing helmets, because all of them started rolling their eyes as the colonel talked about Geonosian war stories…again.
"She got blown to shit! Geonosis was crazy! Hey, did I tell you about the time I shot down an entire squadron of Sun Fac's ships?"
"That's nothing! I shot down one of his starfighters!" interjected Sev, the squad's sniper.
"So what?"
"With him in it!"
"…So I was in the Theed Royal Palace the first time! Fought alongside General Skywalker and General Kenobi and oversaw all the special missions from uh… the Counsel". Bugtra ended the last sentence with an obvious wink.
"...What Counsel?" inquired Scorch.
"You know. The Counsel!" Bugtra responded with a not-so sly nose tap.
"…What Counsel?"
"The Jedi Order!" clarified a mentally drained Fixer.
The Colonel looked directly at Fixer before ordering "HAVE THAT CLONE SHOT!"
The entire gunship went silent for a full minute. Delta 42 kept his eyes on the ship's instruments, not wanting to look back on what was happening. Scorch had become uncharacteristically still and silent. Boss and Fixer looked at each other, both rapidly calculating the most diplomatic solution. All the while, Sev started slowly reaching for his side-arm blaster pistol…
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You should have seen your faces!" Bugtra laughed as the 4 commandos looked at the blank expression on each other's helmets.
"When I was in Geonosis, we were-"
"Sorry, Colonel! We're coming in to land!" Delta 42 interrupted mercifully saving the rest of the squad. "We… we all have to be absolutely silent!"
"Is that a security thing?" the colonel questioned.
"Yeah! Yeah, we don't want the enemy to hear us coming!" Scorch shouted against the roar of the engines
"…What?"
"I SAID, WE DON'T WANT THE ENE-Oh, forget it."
This was gonna be a long mission.
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Author Notes: Chapter 1 is finally uploaded! Apologies if anyone clicked on this fanfic expecting it to be set in the Bluestone 42 universe but perhaps another time. If you've also played Republic Commando then I hope you enjoy this story which will contain many references and foreshadowing for the game. I've never read the novels so all my info will be from the Wookiepedia and my own experience of the game. Any references to the novels are coincidental.
If you've never played the games or even barely know anything about the star wars universe, I hope you'll still give this fanfic a go and I hope to make it enjoyable for all and not make the references too overbearing.
Finally, if you read all the way to the end and give this story a fair try, thank you so much! You are amazing and every review, favorite and follow is always appreciated!