Clone SCUBA trooper - Definition and Overview

The clone SCUBA trooper is a fictional soldier from the Star Wars saga, created for the Clone Wars micro-series.

Clone SCUBA troopers were aquatic assault clone troopers grown on Kamino for the Army of the Republic. As the Confederacy of Independent Systems equipped itself with manta droid subfighters and other aquatic machines - and allied itself with aquatic races such as the Quarren and the Ishi Tib - it became apparent that the Republic needed aquatic soldiers and weapons to combat these new foes. Clone SCUBA troopers were fitted with underwater propulsion packs and aquatic versions of the DC-15 blaster rifle.

The aquatic assault troopers first saw action under the surface of the oceans of Mon Calamari. Jedi General Kit Fisto led a clone SCUBA squadron into battle against the members of the Quarren Isolation League and their Confederate allies.

The SCUBA troopers suffered some losses to the Quarren artillery defenses, but gained the upper-hand when they ambushed sub-carriers and hampered the launch of mini-sub fighters.

The Clone SCUBA troopers were the predecessors of the Aquatic Assault Stormtroopers

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