#eddy squad

Trans Clone Week Day 7: Free day!

I was planning on writing another fic or two about Eddy Squad for @clonefandomevents’ Trans Clone Week, but real life got in the way, so y’all will have to settle for some Background info on the group and profiles for all 4 members. I would’ve made sketches for each of them, but I didn’t have time for them so I’ve attached ~✨Vibes✨~ images

Eddy Squad is a Clone Commando group attached to the 187th (legion or battalion? I’ll never tell), and their armor is accented with the unit’s colors (purple or maroon? You decide). Like most Republic Commando groups they report directly to their General (Mace Windu) and Commander (originally Ponds, later Silver), and have served with them since the First Battle of Geonosis. Its name comes from eddies in water currents and magnetic fields, so their logo is a spiral to match (yes I know the koru is a unfurling fern frond)

Interestingly, all four are trans (I say this as if I didn’t cook up these characters myself). Some Kaminoan scientists believe that is because all four are from the same batch of embryos, but this seems unlikely since trans clone troopers exist in multiple batches and generations.

Lieutenant Spice (RC-3120)

Spice has been the leader of the Eddies ever since they were kids. She claims the name comes from the fact that she’s “intoxicating”; her wit, charm, and swagger are just as potent as her combat skills (top of her class). She lives by the phrase “so good they can’t ignore you”, and has managed to wrangle several promotions despite most of the GAR leadership disliking her. Despite her outward persona of “flippant disregard for authority”, she truly respects her superiors and will follow their orders (usually after she convinces them to change slightly).

In addition to her leadership skills, she specializes in hand-to-hand and melee combat. Her preferred weapon is an Electrostaff she took off of a MagnaGuard she defeated.

She’s the most Femme out of all the Eddies, and has a cartoon kiss painted on her breastplate. She is extremely bisexual. She was the second member to come out as trans.

Jack (RC-3119)

Jack is the Technology Specialist and Medic of Eddy Squad; patching code and patching bodies. Her name comes from being able to slice into a computer system from any Jack (Doylist: also Gentleman Jack). In contrast to Spice, Jack actually has deep problems with authority and fully buys into the hacker ethic.

She was the first Eddy to come out as trans, and hacked her way into building a hormonal implant. She’s also a Butch Lesbian. Her armor is detailed like a circuitboard, with a notch on a wire for each kill.

Terra (RC-3122)

Terra is the designated reconnaissance and explosives technician, tho her skills are a bit more general than those titles suggest. Her sense of direction is incredibly sharp, she can memorize maps shockingly fast, and once she’s scouted a route she can navigate others along it with little difficulty. She also has expertise in all things chemical and mechanical, can seemingly make a bomb out of anything, and can disassemble one in record time. She painted her armor like a bomb squad troopers and added orange accents as an homage. She and Jack often fight over who’s the better gadget-maker.

She’s panromantic and asexual, and enjoys nightclubs just as much as Spice. She also enjoys the time she gets with nature, and has only enmity for flamethrowers.

Convor (RC-3121)

Finally we have Convor, the last of Eddy Squad to come out (in the early days of the war). They actually use They/She pronouns, but still considers themselves to be sister to the other Eddies. They’re Bisexual, and leans towards other nonbinary people. They actually prefer being alone, and she doesn’t understand why Spice and Terra always hit up the clubs on surface leave. However, despite being extremely introverted, they’re incredibly socially adept and often has to defuse arguments among the other three.