A squad of clone stormtroopers was led by Clone Commander Mayday and was stationed at an Imperial depot on Barton IV.[1] Around 18 BBY,[2] Lieutenant Nolan and Crosshair came to Barton IV to reinforce the squad. When asked where his men were, Mayday replied that he, Hexx, and Veetch were the only troopers left. The squad kept the helmets of their fallen brothers and displayed them on cargo containers inside the Imperial depot.[1]
Later, the outpost was attacked by the local raiders. Both Hexx and Veetch were killed in the attack and left Mayday as the only living member of the squad. When Nolan commanded Mayday and Crosshair to pursue the raiders, Mayday was critically wounded in an avalanche that resulted from their assault on the raiders' hideout. After a long journey back to the base, Mayday succumbed to his injuries due to Nolan refusing him medical attention.[1]
Description[]
Originally, the squad was comprised of multiple clone stormtroopers who were all equipped with standard-issue Phase II clone trooper armor and DC-15A blaster carbines. After over a year of being stationed on Barton IV, the squad was down to three members, Mayday, Hexx, and Veetch, and were forced to keep their disheveled armor held together with numerous cloth wrappings.[1]
History[]
Barton IV deployment[]
Mayday's squad had been assigned to garrison an Imperial depot on the frigid planet of Barton IV. Over the course of a year, the squad sustained heavy casualties while defending the depot from local insurgents.[1] Sometime in 18 BBY,[2] Commander Mayday sent out a distress signal to the Empire, which was eventually acknowledged and answered after thirty-six rotations. Under the command of Lieutenant Nolan, clone commando Crosshair and a small unit of clone stormtroopers were dispatched to Barton IV to bolster Mayday's squad.[1]
Reinforcements arrive[]
The small unit arrived on Barton IV amidst a blizzard and were received by Commander Mayday and the remnants of his squad. As Mayday and Crosshair surveyed the depot's perimeter, the local insurgents attacked once again. In the attack, Hexx and Veetch, were killed while defending the depot, and the insurgents had managed to steal a portion of the supplies being stored at the depot. Furious, Lieutenant Nolan chastised Crosshair and Mayday for failing to defend the cargo, and ordered the two clones to set out and retrieve it.[1]
Attack on the insurgent camp[]
Following the blood trail left behind from one of the insurgents, Crosshair and Mayday traversed a nearby cave system. After having to disarm a pressure mine, the two found the insurgent camp and ambushed the fighters as they were crowded around the camp's fire. After an intense firefight, the insurgents were defeated, but the Imperial cargo, which was revealed to be equipment for future TK stormtroopers, was lost in an ensuing avalanche.[1]
Death of Mayday[]
Though Crosshair and Mayday managed to survive the avalanche, Mayday was mortally wounded. Crosshair refused to leave the trooper behind, and the two set out for the Imperial depot. As night fell, the two sheltered behind a rock and waited for the blizzard to die down. By morning, the two had reached the depot, though Mayday's condition had worsened throughout the night. Despite Crosshair's pleas, Lieutenant Nolan refused to give Mayday medical attention as he died, and reminded Crosshair that, as clones, he and Mayday were expendable. As Nolan turned to walk away, Crosshair called out to him before subsequently shooting and killing him before falling unconscious as a group of TK stormtroopers ran over to disarm him.[1]
Legacy[]
At least six months later, Crosshair would return to Barton IV after escaping from Imperial imprisonment at Mount Tantiss on the planet Wayland and reuniting with his old squad, Clone Force 99. As his squad members searched the now-abandoned and partially buried depot for information regarding Tantiss, Crosshair came across Mayday's helmet, which had been discarded in a corner along with the helmets of his men. Crosshair picked up Mayday's helmet and stared at it wordlessly before placing it on a supply crate, along with the other clone helmets, in an effort to recreate the small memorial that Mayday had previously set up for his deceased men.[3]
Appearances[]
Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Outpost" (First appearance)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Outpost"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Per the reasoning here, the seventh and eighth episodes of The Bad Batch Season 2, "The Clone Conspiracy" and "Truth and Consequences," can be placed in 18 BBY. Therefore, all Season 2 episodes proceeding "The Clone Conspiracy" occur between 19 BBY, which features the end of The Bad Batch Season 1 according to Star Wars: Timelines, and 18 BBY. The Galactic Empire, the formation of which Star Wars: Timelines dates to 19 BBY, sent Mayday's squad to Barton IV over a year prior to the events of the twelfth episode, "The Outpost." As it occurs over a year into the Imperial Era and is set shortly after the events of "Truth and Consequences," the events of "The Outpost" occur around 18 BBY. Following that logic, the ninth through eleventh episodes ("The Crossing" through "Metamorphosis") are also set around 18 BBY because they occur between the events of "Truth and Consequences" and "The Outpost." Finally, all season 2 episodes set after "The Outpost" occur shortly after its events, thereby placing those episodes around 18 BBY as well.
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "The Return"