I'm currently about a quarter of the way through a Clone Wars campaign, and we've recently introduced two new players. One of them is playing a Clone Trooper, specifically an ARC Trooper Captain. At this point, the players have mostly been going on covert missions, reconnaissance, or investigating events that were only tangentially related to the actual war itself. However, with two characters playing Jedi, one about to be promoted into the rank of a Knight (and subsequently becoming a Jedi General), and an ARC Trooper, I figure now is as good a time as any to dive into the actual nitty gritty of the Clone Wars proper. In the next session or two, the players will be experiencing their first large scale combat.
With this upcoming large scale combat, I thought it would be fun to finally bring in a Clone Legion (the 135th) for the players to fight alongside. Naturally, the Jedi player's Jedi Master (A Cerean historian) is the current general of the legion, and the first Jedi player is currently the commander. With the introduction of the Clone player, we now have a captain for the legion as well. Now that we're diving into a large scale battle, I figured this is as good a time as any to introduce more Clone NPCs and give more personality to the 135th for the players to connect to. This gives the characters a few underlings to send on side tasks while the party meets the main objectives of whatever missions they go on, and some decent back-up when the players are put in a tight spot.
At the moment, I have eight Clone Trooper "Rivals" statted out, with a bit of personally for each. I've got some temp names on each of them, however I'm really not satisfied with a couple of the names. I've never been great at coming up with names. I'll confess, I rely very heavily on random name generators for a lot of characters. But I wanted to give each of these Clones a more personal touch for this campaign, so hopefully my players will bond to the characters more (Which will make it that much more traumatic when these random NPCs suddenly wind up dead due to dumb luck or poor planning).
CT-1101, Sergeant Patch, field medic
Brawn 3, Agility 3, Intellect 3, Cunning 2, Willpower 3, Presence 1
Soak: 5 Wound: 13
Skills: Athletics 2, Discipline 2, Leadership 2, Medicine 2, Ranged (Heavy) 2, Vigilance 2
Equipment:
DC-15 Blaster Rifle (Ranged [Heavy]; Damage 10; Critical 3; Range [Long]; Cumbersome 3, Pierce 1, Stun Setting),
Medpac, Stimpacks (2), Clone Trooper Armor (+2 Soak), Utility Belt, Extra Reloads.
CT-1356, Strut, armor pilot
Brawn 3, Agility 3, Intellect 3, Cunning 2, Willpower 3, Presence 1
Soak: 5 Wound: 13
Skills: Discipline 2, Gunnery 2, Mechanics 2, Piloting (Planetary) 2, Ranged (Heavy) 2, Vigilance 2
Equipment:
DC-15A Blaster Carbine (Ranged [Heavy]; Damage 9; Critical 3; Range [Medium]; Auto-Fire, Pierce 1, Stun Setting),
Tool Kit, Repair Patches (2), Clone Trooper Armor (+2 Soak), Utility Belt.
CT-1913, Bigshot, heavy weapons specialist
Brawn 4, Agility 3, Intellect 2, Cunning 2, Willpower 3, Presence 1
Soak: 6 Wound: 14
Skills: Athletics 2, Discipline 2, Gunnery 2, Ranged (Heavy) 2, Ranged (Light) 2, Vigilance 2
Equipment:
Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon (Ranged [Heavy]; Damage 12; Critical 4; Range [Long]; Auto-Fire [Only], Cumbersome 3, Prepare 1) or
RPS-6 Rocket Launcher (Gunnery; Damage 22; Critical 2; Range [Extreme]; Blast 14, Breach 1, Cumbersome 4, Guided 2, Limited Ammo 7),
EMP Grenade (Ranged [Light]; Damage 8; Critical 4; Range [Short]; Blast 6, Disorient 3, Ion, Limited Ammo 1),
Clone Trooper Armor (+2 Soak), Utility Belt, Extra Reloads.
CT-2022, Swoop , BARC trooper
Brawn 3, Agility 3, Intellect 2, Cunning 2, Willpower 3, Presence 1
Soak: 4 Wound: 13
Skills: Athletics 2, Discipline 2, Gunnery 2, Piloting (Planetary) 2, Ranged (Light) 2, Vigilance 2
Equipment:
DC-17 Blaster Pistol (Ranged [Light]; Damage 7; Critical 3; Range [Medium]; Accurate 1, Stun Setting),
EMP Grenade (Ranged [Light]; Damage 8; Critical 4; Range [Short]; Blast 6, Disorient 3, Ion, Limited Ammo 1),
Macrobinoculars, Scout Trooper Armor (+2 Soak), Utility Belt, Extra Reloads.
CT-1784, Deadeye, scout
Brawn 3, Agility 3, Intellect 2, Cunning 3, Willpower 3, Presence 1
Soak: 4 Wound: 13
Skills: Athletics 2, Discipline 2, Ranged (Heavy) 2, Ranged (Light) 2, Survival 2, Vigilance 2
Equipment:
DC-15X Blaster Sniper Rifle (Ranged [Heavy]; Damage 10; Critical 3; Range [Extreme]; Accurate 1, Cumbersome 3, Pierce 2, Slow-Firing 1, reduce difficulty of combat checks at long or extreme range by 1),
DC-15S Light Blaster Pistol (Ranged [Light]; Damage 6; Critical 3; Range [Medium]; Accurate 1, Stun Setting),
Macrobinoculars, Scout Trooper Armor (+1 Soak), Utility Belt, Extra Reloads.
CL-1836, Lieutenant Graze, Grey Leader
Brawn 3, Agility 3, Intellect 2, Cunning 2, Willpower 3, Presence 1
Soak: 4 Wound: 13
Skills: Discipline 2, Gunnery 2, Leadership 2, Piloting (Space) 2, Ranged (Light) 2, Vigilance 2
Equipment:
DC-15S Light Blaster Pistol (Ranged [Light]; Damage 6; Critical 3; Range [Medium]; Stun Setting),
Clone Pilot Armor (+1 Soak), Utility Belt, Extra Reloads.
CP-2187, Hawk , Grey Two
Brawn 3, Agility 3, Intellect 2, Cunning 2, Willpower 3, Presence 1
Soak: 4 Wound: 13
Skills: Discipline 2, Gunnery 2, Piloting (Planetary) 2, Piloting (Space) 2, Ranged (Heavy) 2, Vigilance 2
Equipment:
DC-15A Blaster Carbine (Ranged [Heavy]; Damage 9; Critical 3; Range [Medium]; Auto-Fire, Pierce 1, Stun Setting),
Clone Pilot Armor (+1 Soak), Utility Belt, Extra Reloads.
CP-2294, Spanner , Grey Three
Brawn 3, Agility 3, Intellect 3, Cunning 2, Willpower 3, Presence 1
Soak: 4 Wound: 13
Skills: Discipline 2, Gunnery 2, Mechanics 2, Piloting (Space) 2, Ranged (Light) 2, Vigilance 2
Equipment:
DC-15S Light Blaster Pistol (Ranged [Light]; Damage 6; Critical 3; Range [Medium]; Stun Setting),
Tool Kit, Repair Patches (2), Clone Pilot Armor (+1 Soak), Utility Belt.
The four names in bold are the ones I'm most lukewarm about. Swoop is the party's light vehicles expert. He's typically going to be a scout and light cavalry in combat. I've been struggling to come up with a good name, and hence, a good personality (due to how heavily Clone names are typically tied to the Clone's traits). Likewise, Deadeye has a pretty straightforward name for a sniper character. Originally, he was going to be called Longshot, until I renamed the group's heavy to Bigshot. While I can come up with a fitting personality for either name, I still feel like Deadeye is just too cliche of a name. That said, I can't think up a good alternative. Hawk and Spanner are the two most additions, and I'm not at all satisfied with either of them. Hawk is supposed to be a rather by-the-books pilot, to contrast Lieutenant Graze, a more daredevil-type. As for Spanner, he's more of a gunner/mechanic than an actual pilot, who constantly stresses over how often Graze damages his ships during risky maneuvers.
With all that said, I'm looking for suggestions for new names to give these four clones in particular. And hey, if you have other cool suggestions for new Clones, run 'em by me! I'm planning on having a relatively full cast of Clone NPCs for the players to interact with depending on the mission, and when one clone dies, there's always going to be a need for replacements!
Edited by Underachiever599