? ~PROJECT SAC-1~ ??

Chapter 1 - Introductions ?

But after the Republic got involved when the Clone Wars broke out, going so far as to send Jedi Masters to oversee the production and training of these clone troopers as the dark shadow of war spread across the galaxy, the Kaminoans found themselves having to adapt to the entire Republic looking over their shoulders, any secrets that they had just thrust out into the open whether they liked it or not, losing much of the control over most things, most frustratingly of all: THEIR CLONING PROPERTY.

Except it had taken centuries for the Kaminoans to achieve such a knack for being this secretive, so while yes, they were rediscovered and yes, the Republic got involved in their work, that didn't mean all their secrets were immediately revealed.

They were just too good at what they did.

Right under the Republics nose, in a private and underwater cloning facility that was never even put on a holo-map to ensure its existence would remain a secret until the end of time, Chief Medical Scientist Nala Se stood behind a thick pane of one way blaster-proof transparisteel that gave her a perfect view into the procedure room, awaiting the report from the brain scan AZI-345211896246498721347 was performing on the specimen that would hopefully tell her that she was ready for the Citadel Challenge - something the doctor had spent the last four years preparing for. It would be her greatest achievement - a clone agent that was even better than ARC's, or CC's, or any force in special operations because SAC-1 had the capability to have all those abilities.

It took several years of intense research and there were lots and lots of waste to dispose of when experiment after experiment failed, but if this scan was favorable then it would all be worth it. With the extensive training coupled with the protocol biochip, SAC-1 would be an unstoppable secret weapon and, unlike those disobedient and trigger/explosive-happy fools who call themselves 'The Bad Batch', able to deal with her targets swiftly and with minimal damage, which would mean minimal costs and, most important of all, she would be completely compliant to the higher powers.

After an excruciating twenty minutes, the door that interlocked the rooms whooshed opened and the medical droid hovered into the room, having finished its scan.

She was completely emotionless on the outside, but on the inside Nala Se's heart was thrumming painfully in her chest. "Well?"

"The Level Five Atomic Brain Scan results indicate that there are no irregularities after the memory alteration procedure or any harm to her behavioral modification biochip, and coupled with the extensive Anti-Trauma De-Programming, SAC-1's mental state is 93.28% sound."

"What is preventing the last 6.72%?"

"SAC-1, despite frequent visits to the isolation tanks and extensive reconditioning, still has a tendency for bouts of anger. They have decreased significantly as she has reached the mental and emotional maturity of twenty years, but there is still a chance those flare ups could manifest, and it could happen at the most inopportune times."

Nala Se turned her thoughtful gaze back to the sedated female trooper peacefully laying on the observation table, the life support computer giving a rhythmic beep to show that her vitals were 100% stable... unlike her mental state, unfortunately.

SAC-1 was the first and only experiment in her batch to successfully handle all the preparations for war, the first batch not even making it past infancy, the next not able to handle the acute cognitive training, becoming unhinged as soon as pressure was added and rendered absolutely useless, the second to last unable to withstand the intense strength training regime because of the same issue, and the last bunch could handle it all, but once the endurance tests began, they did a complete 180 and became unstable.

It was because of this that Nala Se decided to go ahead with the Citadel Challenge - she had no more time or patience left to go through another four years of this. Compared to all of her predecessors, SAC-1 was in perfect health. 93.28% - she liked those odds.