34th Advanced Combat Legion



The 34th Advanced Combat Legion, also known as the 34th ACL and later 34th Stormtrooper Legion, was a legion in the Grand Army of the Republic with ties to the Special Operations Brigade and Republic Intelligence.The 34th was led by Jedi General Hevan Eran, Jedi Commander Jaesa Shen, and later Jedi Commander Rena Wast and Clone Senior Commander XC-0821 during the Clone Wars and later Galactic Civil War. The 34th served as a multi-role legion, doing everything from infiltration, sabotage, information gathering, covert operations to participating in space combat, front line assaults and even assisting the other units in total sieges.

Following the deaths of General Eran and Commander Wast, Jedi General Vasto Ovis would assume control over the legion. Where he would lead the unit throughout the remainder of the Clone Wars.

Battle of Geonosis
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First Siege of Munitio and the Failings of the Republic
The Republic would take a risky move, using Republic Intelligence to incite a revolution on the planet of Munitio, and pave the way for a full on invasion of the planet by the GAR. The unit chosen for invasion would be the 34th Advanced Combat Legion, who would lay siege to the planet, the unit would spend over three months digging out droids entrenched in the hills and occupying the cities. Master Eran would be killed near the end of the conflict, leaving command of the legion to Rena Wast.

Trouble on [Placeholder Planet]
Shortly following the Battle of Geonosis, Jedi General Nivan Col of the 59th Attack Battalion contacted Rena Wast, requesting a small task force assist him in pushing through a CIS occupied city, and assaulting the droid outpost. Upon arrival, A single platoon of 34th, along with Wast and Clone Commander Decretum were deployed on ground via two Nu-Class shuttles, arriving to find the 59th in shambles, with Master Col dead at the hands of CIS forces. Regrouping with what remained of the 59th as well as Jedi Master Vasto Ovis who had arrived to assist the 59th, Wast and the 34th would hold their ground, holding the Republic FOB for the next two days until the 291st would arrive and assist them in taking down the CIS presence.

Second Siege of Munitio and the Worst Loss of the War
During 20 BBY, the 34th and 442nd, along with numerous additional fleet elements to take back the planet, however the unit was ambushed, and thanks to a major tactical oversight by Rena Wast, two of the three Venators, and three Arquitens sent to the planet were destroyed, along with any 34th onboard the ships. Further losses were accrued when Wast took what was left of the 34th's 86th Reconnaissance Regiment to Munitio in order to scout the CIS' presence on the planet. Wast and the 86th would advance on CIS positions and fall into a trap, losing the entirety of the 86th in the process. Wast's body would be recovered and the remains of the 34th were forced to push onwards, eventually taking the CIS command center, while the 442nd took the refinery. However, by the time of the 34th's primary ground assault, the 34th had lost over 3000 troops due to Wast's oversight. The unit would suffer a huge morale dip following the battle. Following this battle, Vasto Ovis and Jaesa Shen would take command of the 34th.

Battle of Siclan and Prototyping the New Age
As the Clone Wars raged on, the 34th was tasked with prototyping many new things that would later be used by the Empire. The 34th's new headquarters would be the Solus, an Imperator-Class Star Destroyer as opposed to another Venator-Class. The troops of the unit were given new type of clone armor, one with many features later seen in Imperial Stormtroopers, as well as the E-11 blaster carbine, a potential successor the the Republic's current DC-15A blaster. With this new equipment, the 34th defending the planet of Siclan from a CIS invasion. Republic AT-ATs and AT-STs were deployed by the 34th, assisting their AT-TEs and TX-130s. The legion would push back the droid forces with astonishing efficiency, proving the effectiveness of the new equipment. Despite this, the 34th would provide numerous criticisms on the new equipment, with General Ovis complaining about the lack of point-defense systems on the Imperator-Class.

Third Siege of Munitio and Order 66
The 34th Advanced Combat Legion would meet up with the 291st Special Forces Battalion, the clone commando unit known as "Beta Squad," and the 12th Assault Corps for an all out and final assault on the planet, hoping an overwhelming force would be able to take the planet for good. The battle would rage on for weeks until the 34th and 291st were able to push through a CIS choke point. The units assaulted the CIS trenches and cleared the way for an assault on the CIS forward operations base. However before they could make an assault, the clone commanders received a direct order from the Office of the Supreme Chancellor. Contingency Order 66 was activated and Republic forces turned on the Jedi. While Vasto Ovis and Rika Iona, the 34th was responsible for the execution of the Jedi in the 12th Assault Corps, making quick work of the Jedi and resuming their assault on the CIS forces, eventually taking the planet under the banner of the First Galactic Empire.

Returning Home in Time for a Kaminoan Rebellion
With the declaration of the Empire and the recruitment of stormtroopers, a secret failsafe army of Jango Fett clones, created in the event the Republic (and now Empire) would turn on the Kaminoans would ambush the Empire on planet, and take control of Kamino. The 34th, along with the 291st would be deployed to Kamino by the Empire to put down the rebellion. The two Clone Wars veteran units would fight a long and perilous battle that would result in the Empire taking back control of Kamino and would halt the production of any future clones, with the last batches being trained as Imperial Purge Troopers.

Leadership under Inquisitor Shen
Following several battles for the Empire, ownership of the unit was transferred to now Inquisitor, Jaesa Shen as now Marshal Commander Decretum was moved to Task Force 55. Under Shen's command, the unit didn't change much, even being able to retain a small semblance of unit individuality compared to other Imperial units. The 34th's armor would be marked with a red line on the arm to distinguish them among other stormtrooper detachments. Similarly, the 34th's flagship Star Destroyer, the Reverence are marked with red markings to distinguish them.