Teth Monastery

Echo, formerly of the 501st and the Bad Batch, has joined his old friend Captain Rex on a new mission to help his clone brothers.

First deployed by the Republic to Ryloth during the Clone Wars, clone Captain Howzer went on to serve the Empire on the planet amid promises to protect and defend its people. But Howzer quickly soured on the Imperial way. After being arrested for treason for aiding young Hera Syndulla and her family, he finds himself rescued by Echo and reunited with clone Captain Rex. Now Howzer has become an integral part of a squad of clones fighting for good.

Rex once served the Republic on the frontlines during the Clone Wars, taking orders from Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano as first a captain and later a commander. He viewed military service as an honor, and his loyalty to the Republic and his Jedi Generals was absolute. But when Order 66 was executed, it was Ahsoka who helped to free Rex from the programming of his inhibitor chip. At the dawn of the Empire, Rex has escaped with his life but is considered killed-in-action in the eyes of the new regime. That allows him to operate in the shadows and help any clone brothers who remain separate from the Imperial ranks.

A jungle planet far from the more commonly traveled hyperspace routes, Teth lies deep in the wilds of Hutt-dominated space. Extending from the dense canopy are enormous mesas, atop which Hutt settlers and other shifty types build sanctuaries. Atop one such ridge stands the Teth Monastery, a converted B'omarr monk castle that was held by Separatist forces during the start of the Clone War and later served clone Captain Rex as a secret base in the age of the Empire.

The sharp wedge shape of the dagger vessels issued to Clone X operatives cuts through the atmosphere undetected, as silent and deadly as the specialized soldiers they carry. Glowing red engines light up the ship’s stern, cutting a silhouette that is reminiscent of an inverted X-wing fighter, the ships that would later be favored by the growing rebellion.

A division of specialized clones trained in a deep undercover program run by Dr. Royce Hemlock, the Clone X troopers, or CX troopers, are a group of mysterious and formidable assassins and shadow warriors. Activated one at a time to avoid detection, their identifying codes have been wiped and their identities erased. They’re conditioned for one mission alone: to hunt down and eliminate any potential threat to the Empire.