ARC-trooper questions

Lord Revan · Post by **Lord Revan** » 2005-06-12 10:48am

I just found this

TFN wrote: Bly

Category: Characters
Type: Human
Affiliation: Old Republic
Planet of Origin: New Holstice

this clone trooper commander was in charge of defending the Old Republic's base on New Holstice, during the height of the Clone Wars. Bly was one of the first ARC troopers to be trained by Alpha, and was specifically trained on Kamino. After New Holstice was attacked by a group claiming to be of Mandalorian descent, Bly was attached to Jedi Master Aayla Secura's unit as squad leader, during a mission to recover a scientific instrument package from Honoghr. Their mission was to recovered the SIP from a Separatist transport that had crashed on the planet, dumping a cargo of trihexalophine1138 into the environment. It was on this mission that he found himself doubting General Secura's leadership when she refused to let him kill Quinlan Vos, who had suddenly appeared on Honoghr in search of the same SIP. Bly couldn't help but be suspicious at Quin's offer to locate the SIP together, then allow Aayla to return to Coruscant with it. He agreed to the plan because of General Secura's orders, but wasn't surprised when Quin tried to escape without them. Before he could fire, Bly was knocked to the ground by a blast of Force energy. Dazed, Bly was unable to get a good read on Vos as the two Jedi engaged in a lightsaber duel. Only when Aayla surrendered, hoping to draw out some shred of good in her former Master, did Bly get a chance. He managed to shoot Quinlan twice, but the renegade was able to escape to his ship, albeit without the SIP. Bly and General Secura returned the scientific instrument package to Coruscant, hoping that it would provide a way to save the Noghri. In the wake of the First Battle of Coruscant, Bly was dispatched to Felucia with Master Secura. However, when Darth Sidious revealed his true nature and killed Mace Windu, he sent out communications to the various clone commanders to execute Order 66. Upon hearing the order, Bly ordered his troops to open fire on Secura and Barriss Offee, utterly destroying the defenseless Jedi Masters

So Bly is indeed an ARC commander and like Clone Commandos ARCs tend work in teams so those trooper near Bly could be in fact ARCs (of most of the army would be regular clones)

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2005-06-12 03:37pm

Pure Sabacc wrote:
Kurgan wrote:
Pure Sabacc wrote:I was refering to the novel series.
Hard Contact 2: Contact Harder?
Was that a joke or an insult?

If its an insult, please bother to actually read the book before you make another.

If it is a joke: Funny.

It was a joke. And what, I have to read the book before I'm allowed to make fun of its title?

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-06-12 03:41pm

It was a joke. And what, I have to read the book before I'm allowed to make fun of its title?

I guess not.

I suspected that it was a joke but one can never be sure on these boards.

Again: FUNNY.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2005-06-12 07:34pm

Pure Sabacc wrote:
It was a joke. And what, I have to read the book before I'm allowed to make fun of its title?

I guess not.

I suspected that it was a joke but one can never be sure on these boards.

Again: FUNNY.

He could have also gone with Hard Contact 2: Electric Boogaloo. Both common mockeries of the names for sequels. The first from Die Hard 2 and the second from Breakin' 2. It's not as funny when I explain it is it?

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2005-06-12 09:30pm

He could have also gone with Hard Contact 2: Electric Boogaloo. Both common mockeries of the names for sequels. The first from Die Hard 2 and the second from Breakin' 2. It's not as funny when I explain it is it?

It wasn't ever funny IMO.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2005-06-12 09:52pm

Hmmm... so after that we get Hard Contact With a Vengeance?

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 2005-06-13 05:56pm

Pure Sabacc wrote:
It was a joke. And what, I have to read the book before I'm allowed to make fun of its title?

I guess not.

I suspected that it was a joke but one can never be sure on these boards.

Again: FUNNY.

True enough, true enough. Sarcasm/humor is often wasted on the internet.

As for Hard Contact 3: Hard Contact with a Vengance (?) we already have Sam Jackson lined up for it..

000 · Post by **000** » 2005-06-16 12:24am

It's actually Republic Commando: Triple Zero.

Anyway, Bly and his boys aren't ARCs, like I said before. There are no true ARCs in the movie at all.

The clone trooper thread in theforce.net's literature forum is very good for a CT resource. Karen Traviss and Ryan Kaufman both post there regularly and answer all kinds of questions. (Traviss is, of course, the auther of RC:HC and on of LFL's clone experts. Kaufman is a videogame designer who worked on Republic Commando, I believe, and has also written a few comics with ARCs in them. He's also a CT and continuity expert.)

Cykeisme · Post by **Cykeisme** » 2005-06-16 07:36am

What, you guys haven't heard of the game Republic Commando: Order 66?

A quick Google search turned this up:
http://www.gamespot.com/mobile/action/s ... doorder66/

Now before you get too excited about this, it's just some silly little cellphone game (written in Java I believe). From what I gather from that preview, you choose from a list of characters and run Jbout in a 2D world killing traitors to the Empire, and the boss of each level is one of those despicable Jedi dogs. At the end you get to use a pre-barbeque Darth Vader. And no, I don't think you find out what happens to Sev.

Btw Kurgan, why'd you have to go all the way to the Lucasarts forums to have your Republic Commando experience horribly spoilt? If you'd asked, we could've done it for you right here, you know..