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This is a little intro for some old OCs I've brought back from the dead. Intros under the cut!
Magma Squad was originally founded about six months after the battle of Geonosis. It was made to be composed of purposeless or "useless" clones, who were then sent on suicide missions. However, Magma Squad has yet to lose a single member, even in the final year of the clone wars.
Now, let's start with the clone who caused Magma Squad's creation: CT-8808, Sulf.
Sulf was born alongside the original batch of Null-ARCs, though the Kaminoans planned to decommission him after he began showing signs of schizophrenia in his first two years. Kal Skirata negotiated with the Kaminoans to, instead, make him an instructor, instead of having him join the Null-ARCs. However, this deal didn't include any proper treatment for Sulf's schizophrenia. So, despite him being at a similar rank to his brothers, he always felt distant, and his undiagnosed, unmedicated illness certainly wasn't helping. Once the clone wars started, the Kaminoans began growing impatient with Skirata's excuses to keep Sulf alive, due to his mediocre performance as an instructor. But Skirata proposed an idea to put him in a squad meant for suicide missions, using the loss and displacement of Commandos after geonosis as an example for how this could be useful and resourceful. So, Sulf went through more training, and became an ARC. He acts as the squad's sergeant/leader. As for his personality, Sulf likes to crack jokes and lighten the mood, which also involves pestering his brothers. He's also efficient at strategizing, if somewhat talkative. He tends to frequently joke about his illness, despite how paranoid he gets, especially at night. Magma Squad sleeps together because of this. His name is a reference to sulfur, and it was given to him after an incident that involved vehemently refusing to talk to a commander due to the yellow accents on his armor. He refuses to wear yellow, though his distrust has gotten better over the years.
Now, onto its second member, CC-3570, Mantle.
Mantle is one of many commandos who lost his squad on the first battle of Geonosis, as a consequence of inexperienced Jedi using them as infantry. Mantle was also horrifically wounded during this battle, leading to him having a mechanical jaw, mechanical joints on his legs and elbows, as well as modifications to his respiratory system, all due to damage from explosions and lacerations from shrapnel. He also has various patches of gray, synthetic skin, basically skin grafts due to severe burns. He chose his name himself, since nobody else was there to give him a name, and he didn't receive one before Geonosis. Basically, mantle as in he's putting on the mantle of courage and strength in honor of his fallen brothers. Mantle is a clone of few words, rarely ever speaking, and instead choosing to do hand gestures (mostly derived from his idol, Captain Fordo). His silent, ominous vibe gives the impression that he's uncaring or even cruel, but he's quite the opposite. Out of everyone, he's probably the most protective of the squad, and the best at providing comfort or grounding them. He honed this skill in order to help Sulf whenever he's experiencing hallucinations. Mantle is also the one who paints everyone's armor, since he has a knack for painting/doodling, and he's therefore the creator of Magma squad's color and logo (plus the custom poster of Fordo he keeps in the squad's barracks but shhhhhhh). He also gives great hugs :)
Now onto the third member, CT-1889, Drill.
Drill was originally trained to be a Special Ops trooper, specializing in intercepting fleets and disarming them, which involves lots and lots of slicing. His name comes from the fact that he was always the first to arrive at all his drills, except for the one with The Incident. His consistent accuracy lead to praise from his brothers and higher-ups, which kind of gave him a Smartest Child complex. That all went away after an accident during a simulation that lead to Drill losing his right leg up to the knee alongside his left hand. He waited a day in critical condition, and it was the longest day of his life. He expected to be decommissioned, but was instead assigned to Magma squad as their slicer/tech wiz, though his "true" purpose was long gone. Now he just sits in that bitterness, and sees himself as above the rest of the squad, or that he's overqualified. This means he's rather distant from them. Sure, he's fantastic at communication during missions, but its purely cold and professional. He's also trying to adjust to his armor, and having any sort of distinction among his fellow clones. He's also autistic but heeyyyyyyyy he doesn't know that yet lol. While he's competent at combat, he's more vulnerable compared to everyone else.
(He also has a really embarrassing tattoo on his lower back. Nobody knows what it is, no he isn't telling you)
Now for the newest member, CT-2202, 22!
22 was a medic originally meant for the Coroscant guard, but, after his training, he's freshly placed into Magma squad. 22, while somewhat lacking in combat and communications, is incredibly skilled at being a medic. He's quick, efficient, and doesn't let rankings get in the way of helping his brothers. So, shiny medic gets placed into Magma squad without knowing what their purpose is beyond being Special Forces, and he definitely feels intimidated by them. But, they welcome him with open arms, and even prepare his bunk for him. Mantle even paints "22" in Mando'a on his helmet for him :). As for his name, he's never really. Had one. So the squad simply chose 22, based off his designation. Even Drill finds him somewhat endearing.
Okay so I'm doing background information comes first bc this is the order I learned it in and it's such a conservation rollercoaster
So the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are home to some of the largest tortoises in the world. Huge. Beautiful. Iconic.
What I didn't realize is that, just like Darwin's finches all adapted unique beaks for conditions on the different Galapagos Islands, different islands have their own unique variety of giant tortoise!
But bad news for tortoises, in the 1700s-1800s whalers and other sailing ships would stop in and grab as many tortoises as they could carry as portable snacks bc the tortoises can live a few months without eating, so they make good fresh meat in a long voyage??? And it turns out if you keep doing this, even if you start out with 20k tortoises on an island, eventually you run out.
So on Pinta Island, for example, everyone thought their tortoises were extinct bc no one saw any after the early 20th century, but surprise! Out of nowhere in 1971, a big beautiful boy appears!
Enter Lonesome George. Look at that neck!!!! He's the only Pinta Island Tortoise in the world and scientists and conservation experts are scrambling to figure out what to do! We thought they were extinct but now there's just One More???
So everyone's studying him and trying to get him a girlfriend and hoping somehow we can have a miracle and try to bring back this tortoise from the razor's edge of extinction.
Unfortunately, George never had offspring. He passed away in 2012, and the Pinta Island Tortoise was once again declared extinct. He was already full grown when he was discovered, so he could have been anywhere from 80-120 years old.
So this is the low point in the story. No tortoises, no chance. Until!!!!!!! 2015! Down on Isabela Island, near Wolf Volcano. What sort of tortoises are these? They have these crazy hump shells, not like the native Isabela Tortoises should have....
Turns out!!!!! There's a bunch of hybrid tortoises down here, but they have a ton of features and genetics from our bestie the extinct Pinta Island Tortoise!! We know from historical records that sometimes sailors would pick up tortoises on one island and drop them off on another.
So then it's like,, can we breed these descendant tortoises to get more Pinta features and reintroduce them to the right island ??
On Wolf Island, more out-of-place hybrid tortoises have been spotted! (This is... early 2000s?) These ones look distinctly like the Very Incredibly Extinct tortoises from Floreana Island
We're talking, like, some of the most recent sightings of these Floreana Tortoises in the wild being recorded by Charles Darwin in the 1830s. We're talking more than 180 years of extinction. And there's little tortoises with the same shell shapes and features wandering around way over on Wolf Island!!!
Again. Sometimes old-timey sailors would drop off tortoises in weird places. But like!!!! These hybrid tortoises are descended from the Floreana lineage!! No one has seen these suckers in two centuries and their little descendants are still alive and kicking!
Now, Floreana Island,,, got put through the wringer. Ecologically, it was just a mess. We're talking a bajillion invasive species, species going extinct left and right. It was one of the most frequented islands by whalers back in the day, and it's taken decades of hard work to even begin to undo the damage. There's a reason the Floreana Tortoises went extinct, that's all I'm saying.
But so now we have these Floreana lineage tortoises (not pure Floreana Tortoises blood, that's gone now, but very close!) and we've got a Floreana Island that's been cleaned up and a whole team of ecologists who are very, very excited.
It's going to take a lot of planning to reintroduce these tortoises, though. We've got 15 of these Floreana lineage tortoises who still have a mix of traits, we want to end up with thousands of tortoises, and we can't just stick tortoises back on Floreana yet bc the invasive rats, feral cats, dogs, etc all love eating baby tortoises and tortoise eggs
So thus begins a decades-long project to raise sturdy tortoises with as many Floreana traits as possible and get them big enough to safely release onto an island that's still trying to get its rat problem under control.
All of this culminating in the release of 158 tortoises (aged 12-14, so they're all big enough to stay safe) on February 20th, 2025
After nearly 200 years without any tortoises on the island, Floreana had its tortoises back!
The young tortoises, each weighing between 30-50 pounds, had to be carried to the release site on foot by park rangers and volunteers. (link to video)
So much work went into preparing for this day, and this isn't the finish line! The Galapagos Conservation Trust plans to release hundreds more tortoises in the coming years, and to continue efforts to rebuild the ecosystem! Other native animals are making a comeback, like the Galapagos Rail, a bird who hasn't been seen in 190 years! We thought it was extinct!!! But as the island recovered they've reappeared!
There's so much thought that's gone into releasing these tortoises. They released them in February to take full advantage of the rainy season. The long term plan to handle the rats is timed to wrap up in the next 12 years before the new Floreana Tortoises are old enough to lay eggs. This is such a huge win for conservation in general and Galapagos conservation in particular!!!! This is groundbreaking, and it happened 12 days ago.
So for today, there's no Pinta Island Tortoises on Pinta Island. They're still extinct, and Lonesome George was the last pure-blooded Pinta Island Tortoise.
But two weeks ago there weren't any Floreana lineage tortoises on Floreana Island either. Things will never be exactly the same as before, but the ecosystem and the birds and the grasslands are going to love those tortoises. Recovery takes time, and nature is incredible at bouncing back, especially when people are willing to help move things along.
I really do believe that one day, Pinta Island will have charming, long-necked and bowed-backed giant tortoises again. I feel so grateful to live in a world of amazing creatures, and amazing people who dedicate decades to helping them.
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My evidence for this theory? Plenty when he talks to Crosshair about Joining them when he had the chance? He’s talking about during the food fight. This entire time he has been biding his time. And what is a river if not the soup of nature? I feel this in my bones. All other theories have been rejected as inferior Dogma? Nah! Tech boring! Cody? Ha give me a break. Slick? Derivative. It’s soup clone. The ultimate villain.
Rex: Then, Cody jumped onto his back like a maniac.
Cody: I had a plan!
Rex: Your plan was to jump onto his back!
Wolffe, laughing: Somehow, that plan usually works.
Fox: What do you mean somehow? It's a legit--
Fox stops, nods to a message only he can hear, turns towards HQ, and salutes.
Cody and Wolffe instinctively follow his actions.
Rex only does so after a few silent seconds.
Fox, slowly dropping his hand to his side: Thanks...
Rex: What was that?
Fox: A hero was taken off of life support...The Coruscant Guard salutes them as they march on. Usually, someone taps into the local surveillance systems and shows them footage if they're conscious. I think he was conscious...
Rex: I...hesitated...
Fox, patting him on the back: We're further away. It would have taken them longer to get to our footage, if they even had access to it. I'm sure he saw you saluting, Rex'ika.
Cody: That's a beautiful tradition...
Wolffe: It is...We don't usually get the opportunity to say goodbye in battle.
Fox: This is rare for us too, so we treat it like they're carrying our respects to the other side with them, for everyone who died suddenly and couldn't see it themselves. We're alerted when this might happen, so everyone who has lost someone suddenly can stay near the most commonly used cameras.
Cody: ...Do you mind if the 212th implements this?
Fox: I hope everyone does. Every vod should feel our love and respect when it's their time.
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happy duster + ket for @jaune-valjeen and chess! (he repaints his armor constantly because he can’t decide on anything) because i made myself (and you) sad by talking about him last night and THEN i dreamed about cats and also duster. apparently he sleeps curled up in a ball who knew
Veetch and Hexx can be conscripted for trail crew whenever they’re needed. Choy will pack everyone a lunch. Don’t step on the meiloorun or jorgan fruit slugs! I couldn’t decide which so now Mandalore has both species. Behold:
Do you think Scowls would be up for a Ranger eco-education dance-off? Nore can spin some tunes. (After he shares his lunch with Copi) I started animating something but am super busy. Slugs are faster to draw😅
They’re ready to follow orders enforce the park rules, and fend off intergalactic travellers. Well, Deputy Park Ranger Daddy Warcrimes is. Sassy Park Ranger is distracted, comming poorly framed and focused selfies to Kebii’tra with a flower and colorful creature he thinks she’ll like.
Daddy Warcrimes is reconsidering his career options. It’s been at least a minute since he got to scowl at any civilians, and he didn’t even get to stun-shot the dumb tourist who thought massif-repellent worked the same way mosquito-repellent does…
🤪👒 Just stop giving Hexx items or call him things (backyard gardener @wings-and-beskargam 😹)! He really takes it way too serious!! Kyrimorut National Park was never that tidy and neat, I tell you 🙈
Kyrimorut park rangers and visitors 🌲 @foxwithadarkside @feralferrule @fuzzyenthusiastnelket01 @noblelightfighter @nocturius8015ficore @thecoffeelorian @tahny-andthe-diamonds @eclec-tech @lonewolflupe @sabaccsniper @returnofthepineapple @vrycurious
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