? ~PROJECT SAC-1~ ??

Chapter 2 - The Agent ??

The Bad Batch boys would never admit it out loud, but they were terrified about this whole thing... well Hunter, Wrecker and Crosshair were, because Tech on the other hand seemed to have made a new best friend, who to his immense joy listened to his rambling and also asked questions which showed she was actually interested in what he had to say, a truly rare but welcome occurrence for the brainiac clone commando.

It didn't help ease the other's nerves that every clone trooper openly stared and whispered as the squad passed.

A couple paces behind the geeking out duo, Hunter felt Crosshair lean closer from behind. "Are we just going to go along with this?" He asked in a low tone.

Shaking his head in bewilderment, Hunter could only mutter back, "The Prime Minister didn't really give us much of a choice."

"We don't need another squad member, especially one like her." Crosshair spat.

Hunter shrugged indifferently. "You saw how she handled those droids - she seems like a good soldier." He said that more to convince himself than his brother.

"A simulation is different from a real battle." Crosshair intoned knowingly, "She's too wide-eyed and innocent - we'll be babysitters if nothing else."

"There's nothing I can do about this, Crosshair." Hunter hissed, tired of arguing. "An order is an order."

"Since when?" Crosshair challenged, and Hunter didn't reply because really, his brother was right.

Reaching the library, SAC-1 was in awe at the bookcases upon bookcases full of holo-books and data-tapes she was dying to read! She plopped her helmet on a random table and strides up to one of the nearby bookcases, feeling its contents and beholding at the infinite knowledge available to her. "They don't have these where I came from." Was her breathless observation while the rest of the crew sat down at the round table she'd claimed, with knitted brows watching the new recruit get so excited over something that was so trivial to most people.

"Where exactly do you come from?" Tech wondered, taking out his datapad. "There is no mention of you in the clone trooper database."

SAC-1 didn't turn around, pulling out a random holobook. "Type in the code name Beta." She did say though.

Doing so, a file Tech had never seen came up, perhaps it was unlocked after she came to Tipoca? "You were created four years ago in a remote facility two hundred miles from Tipoca City and have a different host for your genetic structure - a female host!" He revealed, surprise evident on him and his brothers, "And since you have passed the Citadel Challenge with flying colors, you are considered by the Kaminoans one of their greatest scientific accomplishments."

SAC-1 hummed in agreement, and having chosen a book seated herself next to Hunter. "And since I turned out so well, they plan on creating more Special Agent Clones, though not in the large numbers like the clone troopers for the Grand Army." The holobooks translucent screen lit up and revealed hundreds of chapters and maps of the planet Coruscant, to which she eagerly began soaking up all she could on the Core of the Galaxy.

Tech sat down next to her, still engrossed in SAC-1's file that magically appeared. "I can see why," He agreed to her last statement, "It takes more money to create and train a specialized clone agent like you than it takes to create an entire company of regular clone troopers."

"You get what you pay for." SAC-1 confirmed distractedly, eyes lit up from the screen which intensified the curious glint that was already present. "I'm designed to succeed in all types of missions."

"The name of your female human donor is An'Ya Tyree and... that's all the information on her." Tech looked at SAC-1 expectantly, wishing for her to elaborate.