Wesk Squad was a squad of[1] nine[3] clone troopers, including one Advanced Recon Commando and four Advanced Recon Force troopers,[1] that served within one of the Grand Army of the Republic's platoons[3] during the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The squad shared its name with[1] the letter Wesk, the twenty-third letter of the Aurebesh alphabet.[4]
During the war, Wesk Squad's four ARF troopers—who wielded[1] DC-15A blaster rifles[5] and had orange-brown camouflage on their armor, and the squad's ARC trooper—who wore olive-colored ARC trooper armor without a helmet, participated in a third battle on the[1] Outer Rim jungle planet[6] Felucia, where they made use of four BARC speeders adorned with blue markings.[1]
During the battle, Wesk Squad captured eighteen supply crates from pirates and held them north of a Republic outpost on the planet. They sent out a message requesting that the supplies be picked up and sent to Republic Command. A Jedi Knight received the request and later carried the squad's supplies back to the Republic outpost, which were then sent to Republic Command.[1]
Behind the scenes
Wesk Squad appeared in a 2013 update for Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, a massively multiplayer online video game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts[1] on September 15, 2010.[7]
Appearances
- Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (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 1.15
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (In-game location: Felucia)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Essential Guide to Warfare establishes that a squad of clone troopers within the Grand Army of the Republic was led by a clone trooper sergeant and had a clone trooper corporal who acted as the squad's second-in-command. Since Wesk Squad is a squad within the Grand Army of the Republic, it must have had the same leadership structure.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Essential Guide to Warfare establishes that a squad within the Grand Army of the Republic served within a platoon and contained nine clone troopers. Since Wesk Squad is a squad within the Grand Army of the Republic, it must have had the same composition.
- ↑
The Written Word on Hyperspace (article) (content obsolete and backup link not available)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
- ↑
Felucia in the Databank (original site is defunct)
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 3 Premiere Date Announced on StarWars.com (original site is defunct)