Owlie's Domain

ahahhaehehah will do, thank you!! some other random mando!141/COD Star Wars AU headcanons:

-in this star wars au, the clone wars lasts 6-8 years, because honestly...it just makes a lot more sense. and it's easier to mess around with the timeline lol

-Jaster Mereel is the mf that haunts the whole narrative. Jango looked up to Mereel, Kal looked up to Mereel, and Price did too, even though he was pretty young then. I think Clan Price supported Mereel's claim as Manda'lor and the Supercommando Codex right up until he died; and Price never stopped fanboying over the Codex either, and that influences his actions for quite awhile

-However, Price gets more jaded as the Clone Wars drags on...more on this later

-Soap is from Stewjon...self explained lololol

-Even though Ghost was in Deathwatch, he didn't know Pre Vizla was the leader until it was revealed later in the Clone Wars. that shit was wrapped up tight. (though Vizla pushing back against pacifism was kind of an open secret)

-Later in the Clone Wars, Coruscant Security Force Chief Kate Laswell often gets drinks with Commander Fox. They are both exhausted, overworked and fuckin' tired of the Senate (and the Jedi) lol. Kate comes to be the only natborn that Fox truly trusts.

So what’s their affiliation with Jango if any

So would KorTac be private contractors like the bounty hunters guild but with like, way more team oriented cohesion? Would they be mando too?

What’s the 141’s place in the war? Are some of them part of the cuy’val dar and trained cadets on Kamino or completely separate and they’re mostly mando space oriented?

Would Riley the dog be a wolf species, a strill or a massiff?

Ghost definitely still wears his soft mask and eye smudges under the helmet doesn’t he? Cause he’s a mysterious diva like that.

DOES SOAP STILL DIE?!?!?!

Would Haasan be a death watch-er or a sith?

What would Graves affiliation be then? The Republic?

Kal probably collects at least someone for for his weird little (big as fuck) clan doesn’t he

What does the end of the clone wars look like for the 141? Would they ever work for the empire?

Personal thoughts: At some point if könig were to ever show up I think he’d be one of the few people that actually intimidates Kal’s boys based off sheer capabilities alone and not just his size and it’s a VERY tense relationship at first but then they get to know him and their all friends now, mostly A’den, Ordo and Jaing tho.

Sev would definitely have a laugh at Ghosts half a dog joke. Actually I think all of Delta would be big fans of the 141.

I think Ghost, Prive and a few others would do the opposite of what everyone else does with Vau, he gets along with him fine enough in the beginning but comes to loose respect for him for the way he treats his cadets and being a bully in general but Kal is ok with him so they keep the beef at disapproving glares

ALSO, pls pls pls tell me more about Simon’s darksaber scar!

Ok… ok, I think I’m done. (I’m a liar so I’ll leave that statement at for right now status)

Part One

also note that some of these things are not concrete and i may change later LOL. but for now...

-I think out of 141, Price is the only one to personally know Jango Fett through Kal Skirata. Price was on Kamino for the first three years of the clones' development before leaving...more on that later. the stuff i have in mind with Price's relationship with Skirata, and Kamino in general deserve its own separate post LOL.

-Shadow Company and KorTac would be private mercenary/bounty hunter guilds, separate from the Bounty Hunter's Guild. I feel that pre clone wars, Shadow Company and KorTac would often operate in areas of the galaxy outside of Republic jurisdiction because they're private guilds. However in Shadow Company's case, Phillip Graves is an ambitious man; and that's when it's transformed into a PMC/defense contractors with the formation of the GAR, and they work alongside the GAR. KorTac is a bit more...shady, in terms of interacting with the Republic vs Separatists. In terms of being mando, def not strictly so.

-TF141's place in the clone wars is one i'm still figuring out! but for now; none of them are strictly involved in the clones' training besides from Price the first 3 years of the clones development. however, i think Price and Ghost would certainly pay a couple visits to Kamino, maybe to help with the development of ARC training, and maybe just Commando training in general.

i might change this part, but rn i'm thinking that TF141 was formed after the Battle of Geonosis. Price, Ghost and Gaz's work had already attracted the attention of Laswell, and Price saw the writing on the wall as soon as news of Geonosis became public, hence the formation (Soap is the newest member of 141 in this AU, joins shortly after).

-Riley would def be a strill and beef with Vau's strill, Mird. aheheheh

-and honestly i'm not sure if Ghost would wear his balaclava with the helmet? just out of practicality's sake. however this mf definitely wears the eye smudge, or at the least some smudged eyeliner lolol. but in the rare occasion where Ghost needs to blend in/just act like someone who isn't mandalorian, he'll wear that iconic skull balaclava.

-hassan would align with the separatists. small planet, mayhaps exploited/wronged by the Republic, not paid attention to...hence the alignment. Separatists def appealed their cause to a lot of outer rim planets like that.

-mmmm does soap die? ...maybe, maybe not ;). i kinda have a good and bad ending because i can't help myself. good ending is the typical anakin not turning to the darkside, palpatine destroyed (at some point, at least) and soap doesn't die.

-but the bad ending...i think 141 would be as scattered as they are being shown (so far) in the mw4 trailer. Soap dead. Ghost maybe joining the Empire at first, but then dipping when the war crimes get too crazy even for him lol (maybe a bit similar to Crosshair's arc? idk) and just becoming a bounty hunter again. Gaz mayhaps going MIA for a bit, wandering the galaxy, tentatively poking his head around rebel activities...

and for Price, it's kind of hard to think about rn. on one hand, this man is a big believer in 'the ends justify the means'. to see that fighting for the republic for a near decade would all account for nothing? i feel like he'd go off the rails even if Soap didn't die, and unintentionally help the rebellion in its early stages. i feel like he'd be like another version of Luthen; Price is already used to being morally ambiguous enough to keep the whole of the Rebellion strong. maybe Price's morals become even worse because of it + Soap's death.

and a random sidenote if we're going stupidly realistic, dudes who are SpecOps soldiers long for the constant fight. it's why they do what they do and don't go insane (most of the time). there is no true peace. hence him joining the rebellion. i think this would def fit into him being the 'most' stereotypically Mandalorian as well lol.

but on the other hand, he's a soldier. he's not the best person. once again, the ends justify the means. stability and peace for once? yay. no more terrorists, no more wars, no more innocent people dying? yay. even if that was at the cost of the Jedi, of democracy. chaos is terrorism. chaos is war. but...Price can still see authoritarianism from a mile away, even if it's under the veil of peace. he can see the oppression. and he's not the type to just give up about it, nor benefit from it. i hope that makes sense lol.

A Bookmark Near the End

The Jedi taught emotional control, not repression.

The Jedi took kids with parental consent, they did not kidnap them.

The Jedi did not hold people against their will, they could leave the Order at any time.