by Nanorat » Fri Jul 27, 2018 10:30 am
OMG Im in love!! <3 Warning: wall of text, I got a little carried away xD
Lateral thinking; Moose have always been "out of the crowd", thinking different than other clones and often trying to find something unusual where his brothers wouldnt even see anything worth noticing. Before he got his permanent nickname, he almost got stuck with "Defect" for his non-standart ideas and actions! He's also a quick thinker, good at coming up with a plan on the tips of his toes, which makes him a valuable unit.
Slightly Goofball; Moose is a pretty cheerful clone with a bit of liking to jokes, pranks and etc (not the "every other word's a funny" kind, but he values good humor, knows a proper time to tell a joke and when he does, it makes others laugh). What makes his humor especially funny is that he can keep an absolutely straight face and say it so seriously that nobody will know it's a joke untill the right moment. He's hard to get out of balance and nearly always has a word to cheer up his team mates even in the most dire situations. Like when facing an unknown deadly droid variation, he will be the one to loudly declare on comlink a humiliating comparison of what this droid reminds him of, and everyone will be on the brink of laughting despite facing possibly a deathly threat. This trait also makes him very easy-going towards being laughed at, so he's not afraid to appear awkward to his brothers and superiors - if he feels his idea will work out, he will go for it even if it will make him look stupid in others' eyes.
Pet person; One of Moose's worst traits, according to his commanders, and one that gets him in trouble the most. He's fascinated with animals, biology lessons in training course were his favorite and you can bet he's a pro when to comes to foreign planets fauna. But it's not enough for him to just observe, he wants to keep pets! It started with him keeping a little vermin rodent back on Kamino when he was still a child, he hid it in his bedding cell inside a food container he picked up from trash compactor. It's name was Itchy because it always kept scratching its fur, and Moose really adored his little buddy; sadly, it was found out eventually, but much to Moose's delight, the rodent escaped before sanitary team could destroy it. He can swear he saw his pet few times later, roaming the ventillation system. But he never stopped trying to get more pets since, and gets in trouble from time to time when trying to sneak in various critters from the planets they visit - mostly he's being caught/at risk of being caught on early stages and just has to release them back into the wild without too harsh disciplinary actions put on him.
How did he get his name?:
He was out on scouting mission with his platoon, lost somewhere in dense jungle on a planet where separatist activity have possibly been spotted. They were to brush the jungle for anything suspicious, and for most clones it was a boring routine (Moose enjoyed the trip greatly however, it was raining and there were lots of animals around!), they werent even allowed to chat on comlink because of the orders to keep communications out. Before they knew it, the clones grew lax and didnt notice they've ran right into a herd of big local animals! The commander was about to order fire because the beasts started to act agressively and coming closer, but Moose stopped him - he knew the biology of that species enough to realise firing will only agitate them. Instead, he came up with a very peculiar escape plan - he grabbed a pair of molten horns some male threw off, and making a sound as close as he could imitate, held the horns up on his shoulders and tried to make a "submissive" gesture with horns as he studied on biology lessons. The animals (and other clones, too...) had a bit of "what the 
" moment, but the trick worked - the agressive males, seeing lowering horns in submissive move, calmed down and let the troop pass. He instantly got his nickname after that, for acting like one those moose-like creatures, and other clones made fun of him for bit - up untill the gather up point where they found out two other groups were trampled by these same beasts, because apparently blaster shots dont damage their thick skin! Nobody made fun of Moose or his quirks ever since, and commander started to listen to his advise about local animals much more.
What did he do to get 'promoted' to ARC trooper?:
On a different planet on a mission that went far less peacefully than the one he got his nickname on. Their scouting unit crashed on the planet they were supposed to check and discovered a separatist weapon storage, but they could not just start a distraction and wait for reinforcements - it was in dangerous proximity of a peaceful trading route; starting combat face-on could lead to great civilian casualties. Stranded group was tasked with trying to put up a diversion to disrupt the base's activity to make republic's chances to take it out higher, but without making republican presence known to the separatists for a while - if their forces would arrive before republic could secure this sector and throw in their own fleet, things would go very bad. Clones were low on supplies, down to rechargable blasters mostly, and suffered casualties already due to crash and planet's hostile environment, and commander was clueless on how to provide the needed diversion without their jedi, who were separated from them and couldnt join up anytime soon. They were about to report back about diversion being impossible, but Moose got a fairly unusual idea. The base was operated by hired mercenaries of local race, which were severely allergic to a certain parasitic insect bites. Moose put up his comrades to look for the nests of this insect and place them inside ventillation system to be drained with air flow inside, infecting the base! Placing one nest at each of the ten vents they could locate proved to be enough to raise a big ruckus on the base and effectively stall it's work untill republic reinforcements could safely arrive - and separatists were sure the base simply suffered a minor insect infestation untill republicans destroyed it. Commander praised Moose for his creative approach on utilising surroundings, and decided he would be of more use as an arc trooper where he would have more freedom for his out-of-the-box thinking.
What does he do in his spare time?:
Aside from trying to smuggle in another pet?
When out on various planets, he loves roaming around observing the local fauna. If in civilised area, you can count on him haunting all pet stores admiring the critters for sale. When in the wild, he's definitely going to try finding (and maybe even catching - depends on amount of free time) some of the animals living there.
When unable to leave the compartment in his free time, he either takes care of his present pets (which he somehow manages to have against all the superiors' efforts - poooossibly due to his jedi general thinking it's cute and covering him) or, when there's nothing else to do, reads biology articles he downloaded from Coruscant library - a cause of many jokes between him and his brothers. He's not a geek, and much prefers various other activities to reading, but when he's bored, he'd rather read his articles than, say, pop magazines that some of his brothers tend to like.
He does enjoy more common clone pas-times, like going with his brothers to one of the bars rented specifically for clones on Coruscant. Although only few of his brothers share his love for sweet drinks, most prefer more "manly" tasting alcohol! He's not very fond of loud music though, and chooses the farthest corner from speakers to sit in - he likes talking more than actual drinking and loud music doesnt mix with conversations well.
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Nanorat on Sat Jul 28, 2018 8:36 am, edited 2 times in total.
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