Stories Chapter 5 - Booking the moss of spider webs
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Title: Stories
Chapter: 5
Story: Booking the moss of spider webs
During his early years while training in Kamino, Book heard the story of how a Mandalorian saved 6 clones from being “reconditioned”, in other words, terminated. Later, he also heard that these 6 clones enjoyed the privilege of having names early in their lives and also running around the training facilities at the same time being trained by their caretaker and other Mandalorians.
The more stories Book heard about the 6, which later be called the Nulls, the more he wanted to meet them. Even though he didn’t like it, Book had to admit that he became a fan of the Nulls. When he was 5 years old, he began to sneak out of his barracks every night just to meet them and also the Mandalorians.
However, he never had the chance to meet any of the Nulls. In the end, the only person Book met was the Mandalorian that trained him and that was just by chance. After meeting the Mandalorian, Book continued sneaking out to meet him after training and dinner for a year and after a while, the Mandalorian decided to teach him. And every time he came back to the barracks, Book was always carrying a book, hiding it in his shirt and was seen by his brothers reading using a small torchlight.
From that point, his brothers kept on calling him Book and the name stick on him. Because of the knowledge he had acquired from the Mandalorian, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in his 8th year. Like all original members of the pathfinder regiment, he was from the 9th Assault Corp.
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“I still can’t believe that throughout your ten-year training, you failed in meeting any one of the Nulls,” said Smiley.
“Put that smirk out of your face, Smiley or I’ll break your jaw.”
Everyone at the table, except Zapper was laughing away. As the laughter died down, there was quietness.
“What about the CO of our company, Captain Moss?” asked Even.
“He is just like you, you know,” said Book.
“I heard that before.”
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Before the war erupted, Moss was actually a lieutenant on his way to become a captain. So when the war started, that prospect was ultimately lost from his grasp. However, within a first few months of the war, his performance as a leader was undeniable and soon he was back on track into becoming a captain.
Captain Moss was one of the few unusual clones that were curious about everything. Still, his curiosity was perhaps one of the factors that got him his promotion to captain. After a particular jungle mission early in the war, his armour was covered in moss. And that was how he got his name. There wasn’t anything much about him after that except that he was a volunteer from the 9th Assault Corp.
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“Which jungle mission did he get his name since both you and O’Seven were there with him from the beginning?” asked Even.
“It is classified, Even.”
“Oh come on, lieutenant. We are now in the same team. New guys like me should know.”
“Sorry. I can’t indulge you with that information.”
“Alright. What about Commander Webb then?” asked Even.
Even could see that Book and the others were actually contemplating on what to say.
“The truth is, we don’t actually know his story, except on how he got his name,” said O’Seven.
“Well, his own men refused to tell anything about him, so I don’t really know anything,” said Smiley.
“Then, how did you know about Captain Cross?”
“We used to work with his former regiment when this regiment was still affiliated with the 9th Assault Corp. That is why we know about Cross,” said Book.
“How do you know about Commander Strike when you don’t even know about Commander Webb?”
“We know about Commander Strike because he was once like us. A non-commission officer that worked his way up to become a commander. Basically we all know him without him telling us his story. But for Webb, he already was a commander before this war erupted. Even at my insistence, they only told me about how he got his name,” said Book.
Even felt a bit disappointed, but he certainly wanted to hear anything about Webb.
“Webb’s original name was Eleven, but his men had told me that Webb preferred to use the name Double. When he was promoted, there was policy to encourage commanders to have better names. So after much consideration, he finally called himself Webb,” said Book.
“Webb. Do you know how he got this name?” asked Even.
“I don’t know, but apparently he chose it because the name rhymed with his title,” said O’Seven.
“Now that’s odd.”
“Yes it is.”
“So what about you, O’Seven? Anything to tell?” asked Even.
O’Seven looked at him and smiled wearily.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Title: Stories
Chapter: 5
Story: Booking the moss of spider webs
During his early years while training in Kamino, Book heard the story of how a Mandalorian saved 6 clones from being “reconditioned”, in other words, terminated. Later, he also heard that these 6 clones enjoyed the privilege of having names early in their lives and also running around the training facilities at the same time being trained by their caretaker and other Mandalorians.
The more stories Book heard about the 6, which later be called the Nulls, the more he wanted to meet them. Even though he didn’t like it, Book had to admit that he became a fan of the Nulls. When he was 5 years old, he began to sneak out of his barracks every night just to meet them and also the Mandalorians.
However, he never had the chance to meet any of the Nulls. In the end, the only person Book met was the Mandalorian that trained him and that was just by chance. After meeting the Mandalorian, Book continued sneaking out to meet him after training and dinner for a year and after a while, the Mandalorian decided to teach him. And every time he came back to the barracks, Book was always carrying a book, hiding it in his shirt and was seen by his brothers reading using a small torchlight.
From that point, his brothers kept on calling him Book and the name stick on him. Because of the knowledge he had acquired from the Mandalorian, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in his 8th year. Like all original members of the pathfinder regiment, he was from the 9th Assault Corp.
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“I still can’t believe that throughout your ten-year training, you failed in meeting any one of the Nulls,” said Smiley.
“Put that smirk out of your face, Smiley or I’ll break your jaw.”
Everyone at the table, except Zapper was laughing away. As the laughter died down, there was quietness.
“What about the CO of our company, Captain Moss?” asked Even.
“He is just like you, you know,” said Book.
“I heard that before.”
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Before the war erupted, Moss was actually a lieutenant on his way to become a captain. So when the war started, that prospect was ultimately lost from his grasp. However, within a first few months of the war, his performance as a leader was undeniable and soon he was back on track into becoming a captain.
Captain Moss was one of the few unusual clones that were curious about everything. Still, his curiosity was perhaps one of the factors that got him his promotion to captain. After a particular jungle mission early in the war, his armour was covered in moss. And that was how he got his name. There wasn’t anything much about him after that except that he was a volunteer from the 9th Assault Corp.
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“Which jungle mission did he get his name since both you and O’Seven were there with him from the beginning?” asked Even.
“It is classified, Even.”
“Oh come on, lieutenant. We are now in the same team. New guys like me should know.”
“Sorry. I can’t indulge you with that information.”
“Alright. What about Commander Webb then?” asked Even.
Even could see that Book and the others were actually contemplating on what to say.
“The truth is, we don’t actually know his story, except on how he got his name,” said O’Seven.
“Well, his own men refused to tell anything about him, so I don’t really know anything,” said Smiley.
“Then, how did you know about Captain Cross?”
“We used to work with his former regiment when this regiment was still affiliated with the 9th Assault Corp. That is why we know about Cross,” said Book.
“How do you know about Commander Strike when you don’t even know about Commander Webb?”
“We know about Commander Strike because he was once like us. A non-commission officer that worked his way up to become a commander. Basically we all know him without him telling us his story. But for Webb, he already was a commander before this war erupted. Even at my insistence, they only told me about how he got his name,” said Book.
Even felt a bit disappointed, but he certainly wanted to hear anything about Webb.
“Webb’s original name was Eleven, but his men had told me that Webb preferred to use the name Double. When he was promoted, there was policy to encourage commanders to have better names. So after much consideration, he finally called himself Webb,” said Book.
“Webb. Do you know how he got this name?” asked Even.
“I don’t know, but apparently he chose it because the name rhymed with his title,” said O’Seven.
“Now that’s odd.”
“Yes it is.”
“So what about you, O’Seven? Anything to tell?” asked Even.
O’Seven looked at him and smiled wearily.