Dice & Dispatches

Order 66 on the Shore

Posted on September 12th, 2025 | System: Star Wars Legion

The sky over the island burned orange as Republic gunships fled the horizon. Two clone forces... both bred from the same DNA, both wearing the blue stripes of the 501st... squared off across sand and surf. But this was no training drill. The “True” 501st under Cody fought to defend their base. The traitor 501st, led by Anakin Skywalker himself, had gone dark after Palpatine’s hidden command. Their ISPs carried bombs meant to erase the defenders’ stronghold. Brother against brother.

Palm trees swayed above sandy buildings and half-sunken repair bays. Speeder bikes hissed on lift-repulsors, crates of munitions littered the dunes. The traitor 501st surged up from the beach and jungle line, while the loyalists fortified their mainland bunkers and AA emplacements.

Brother Against Brother

The loyalists opened with Air Support, Fives’ squad cutting into the red ARC troopers of the traitor 501st. Eight blaster bolts raked the dune crest, but only one traitor fell thanks to clever surge-sharing. Ahsoka (commanding the traitor side) dashed forward and saber-threw at Fives’ unit but completely missed. An ISP lumbered into the dunes, beaming Captain Rex for a wound and clipping a nearby ARC.

"We’d fought side by side on Umbara, Felucia… now their blasters were trained on us. It didn’t feel real."

- Loyalist Clone Officer

The white traitor commandos infiltrated into range, unloading a critical-2 impact volley into the ISP for five wounds — a devastating ambush. Green ARC troopers from the traitor side plinked at an incoming BARC, doing two wounds. Anakin hurled his saber into Fives’ squad, killing two.

BARC speeders screamed in to retaliate, taking down two green ARCs before blue ARCs from the traitors overcharged and annihilated the wounded BARC.

Cody called in air support: a blue ARC and a green ARC were killed, but red ARCs miraculously saved everything from cover behind a tower. Blue traitor commandos sniped the ISP again, breaking it.

Finally the ISP bomb carrier thundered in, killing one blue ARC but failing to finish off the green and red squads.

Broken Loyalties

Traitor Anakin tore into Fives’ squad, cutting down troopers until only Fives himself remained. The broken ISP managed a single beam, wounding Rex and killing another ARC. Loyalist Padawan Ahsoka’s squad pressed forward, firing at Rex for a single wound but splitting fire to pierce an ARC mini as well. On the beaches, lone ARCs dashed for objectives while BARCs harried the green ARCs.

"Orders came straight from the Temple. ‘Eliminate Jedi traitors.’ We didn’t ask questions. But when Commander Cody’s voice came over the comm — the same voice that led us on Felucia — I froze."

- Traitor Commando

The ISP lashed the forest with beams but red ARCs kept saving under cover. Red ARCs tried to crack a BARC in return but couldn’t land hits.

Purple loyalist clones gunned down the lone ARC charging their base. Rex sprinted toward the ocean to escape Padawan Ahsoka’s squad, gunning at them and at the ISP but scoring no kills. Cody lined up a shot and barely finished the last blue ARC thanks to depleted surges.

A BARC charged into the 501st corps at the tower for five wounds but only killed two. Traitor Commander Ahsoka countered, landing four wounds on the BARC. Fives punched Anakin for two wounds in a desperate melee. Blue commandos on a rooftop laid suppressive fire into Padawan Ahsoka’s squad, inflicting four wounds after a disastrous save roll.

Loyalist blue-gray troopers charged Anakin but he shrugged off all but one wound. White traitor commandos finally destroyed the broken ISP holding the beach.

The Longest Beach

Fives opened with a brutal punch to Anakin for two more wounds. Anakin responded by annihilating an entire clone squad in one blow. Padawan Ahsoka’s squad wiped most of the white traitor commandos on the beach, leaving only one. Purple loyalist troopers finished the last commando.

Green ARCs charged and finally destroyed a harassing BARC. Another BARC broke from Commander Ahsoka’s attack but its retribution shots bounced off a single green ARC survivor. The 501st corps swung around and took out the final BARC.

An ISP swung wide, beaming Rex dead and nicking the blue commandos. Traitor Ahsoka then cut down Fives, freeing Anakin to surge inland. Cody climbed a platform to line up a shot, finally killing the last green ARC. Red ARCs punished the ISP’s rear for three wounds while blue commandos shot Padawan Ahsoka’s squad again. The planted ordnance detonated, damaging the ISP and suppressing Cody.

General Skywalker

Blue commandos fired down but couldn’t dent Padawan Ahsoka’s squad. The ISP charged the ocean-side base but came up centimeters short. Cody retaliated, killing three red ARCs. Padawan Ahsoka cut into the blue commandos, leaving only one alive. Purple corps shot another red ARC mini.

Then Anakin, surging with dark purpose, vaulted into the forest stronghold and detonated the loyalists’ base himself — the mission objective fulfilled.

"Unit designation Skywalker reached target coordinates. Loyalist base integrity: zero percent. Signal lost."

- Neutral Observer Droid

After-Action Analysis

This match was a grim echo of the Republic’s unraveling:

Final Score: Traitor 501st 12 - Loyalist Clones 5

The beaches remain scarred and smoking. Whatever their genetic programming, the clones on both sides will never see each other as brothers again.