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Whumpril Day 9: Held Down/Bruises/"Who Did This To You?"
Fandom: Star Wars The Bad Batch
Warning: Violence
Summary: A story of how the regs treated Tech when they were younger.
Tech stared at the reg that held him to the floor. The floor was cold and hard and the reg was harsh and judgmental. The fight that had broken out wasn't long but wasn't short. Tech's googles laid broken on the ground. Blood spilled from his split lip and nose. The regs hands were bloody from the landing blows he had given the other.
Grabbing Tech's head, he shoved it into the ground. Tech struggled to get out from underneath the clone. His body was in so much pain. Friends of the reg watched and laughed. The struggle continued as the clone beat his 'brother'.
Thinking of what to do next Tech moved to the side slightly which surprised his attacker. Despite his condition, Tech moved out from underneath the clone and stood. One of the other boys grabbed him and had him pinned to the wall almost immediately after he stood.
Tech breathed heavily and waited to figure out his next move. The regs were stronger than him. They would have to leave him alone eventually so for now he gave up and let them tear him apart. Fighting felt useless. He would just have to deal with the injuries given to him.
Once the regs had had their fun they let him go. Tech slid down the wall they never let him leave and stayed there until he felt safe to get up. He stood and grabbed his googles. Looking down at them there was a small crack in the glass. He sighed and started to walk back to his barracks.
Back in the barracks, Tech started to take care of his injuries. He stood up and walked over to the table that some bandages rested on. Then Crosshair walked in. "Tech?" He walked over to his brother. Going to grab a bandaid he brushed his brother's arm. Tech flinched and moved back slightly.
Crosshair stopped and took a look at the other. "Who did this to you?" he sneered.
"Some regs."
"Well no shit. Do you know which ones?"
"I do."
"Well then who did this to you?" Crosshair started to raise his voice.
"No. You will fight them."
"Tech, tell me who did this to you?"
"No, you will fight them. I do not want you to fight them."
"Fine, I won't fight them. Now who the fuck did this to you?" The frustration took control of his vocal cords and the boy yelled at Tech.
Tech flinched at the noise. He pulled his arms slightly upwards, "I'm sorry!" He yelped, panicked.
"Fuck" Crosshair whispered. He hadn't meant to scare him. "Fine. Don't tell me."
Tech relaxed and looked at his brother, "I'm sorry. I know you won't hurt me. That was a response to the attack from earlier."
"It's fine."
Later the two would meet with their other two batch mates for training. When asked what happened Tech simply explained that some of the other cadets had beaten him up. He said that he didn't want to talk about it and luckily neither Wrecker nor Hunter pressed.
The tight blacks and armor rubbed against his skin, hitting every bruise. It hurt to move, it hurt to breathe; but Tech had to ignore the pain for the sake of training in the same way he would ignore it for the sake of a mission. The bruises stung as reminders that he wasn't strong enough. How could he be a soldier if his supposed comrades hated him? And for what; because he was different?
The batch never failed a training exercise and this one would be no expectation. The pain from moving around so much caused Tech to almost collapse at the door on the way out. Wrecker tried to help him up but the pressure on the bruises hurt more than standing.
Back in the barracks, Tech laid down on his bunk and tried to get some rest. Laying on his back startled the boy so he laid on his side. He would heal but for now the fear of the regs was to stay. The batch watched him closer; not that he'd ever know. Tech was an easy target, he wasn't the strongest and he didn't always understand what was going on until too late. They loved their brother dearly and hated to see people using his differences to pick at him.
Whumpril Day 11: Nightmares/"I'm right here."
Fandom: Star Wars The Bad Batch
Warning: Character death
Summary: Hunter has a pretty scary nightmare. Hope someone wakes him up.
Walking through the cell block Hunter searched for his daughter and brother. They were supposed to be here but he just couldn't find them. All he had left was Crosshair and her. Wrecker and Echo had been killed earlier by stormtroopers.
Finding Crosshair's cell, Hunter opened it. "Crosshair, let's go." Crosshair didn't move. "Cross, get up." Hunter walked over and shook his brother. After shaking him for a moment he realized the man was freezing. He grabbed Crosshair's face and looked into his cold, dead eyes.
Startled Hunter jumped back. "Haar'chak!"
From there the leader hesitantly left Crosshair's body there. He ran until he found where Omega was being held. He skidded to a stop and turned to the door. Sliding the access card on the door, it opened. "Hunter?" The girl asked.
"Yeah kid, it's me." Hunter fell to his knees and Omega ran up to him for a hug. "are you hurt?" He wrapped his arms around her.
"No."
"Let's get you out of here."
The two exited the cell. On the way back to the Marauder an eerie voice spoke from behind them. "And where do you think you're going Omega?"
The two turned around to see Hemlock. "Home!" She yelled.
"Home? I don't think so." With that the scientist raised his blaster and shot the girl. Hunter hadn't seen it until it was too late. His gun had already been pointed at the other so he pulled the trigger. Hemlock fell to the ground.
Hunter kneeled down beside his little girl. His world stopped turning. She was gone. Everyone was gone. He was alone. What now? Where does he go from here? What does he do? First the clone needed to get off of Wayland.
Grabbing Omega he started to run. It felt like that was all that he did. The world went dark and Omega was gone.
In some dark void the words Hemlock had said to him back on Ord Mantell ran in his ears. "Who knew clones were so paternal? Fascinating."
"Stop." Hunter looked around. "This isn't real."
"I'm afraid this is all I could salvage. Consider it a gift."
Broken googles clattered at his feet. Quickly Hunter picked them up and held them close to him. "You're not real." He whispered.
"To lose one of your own-"
"stop it." Hunter started to run. It was better than being stuck listening to the conversation he played over and over in his head.
"Must weigh heavily on you as their leader."
"Of course it does! They were put under my control and I failed them!"
"There is no time Wrecker."
"No. No not again." Hunter stopped running. He collapsed to the 'ground'. He placed his legs under him and pulled his hands up to his head.
"Plan 99."
"Tech I'm sorry."
Tech's sigh sent a chill down Hunter's spine. "When have we ever followed orders?" The clone mouthed along with the words.
"I'm sorry. God I'm sorry." Hunter whispered. The memories started to mix. It started to overwhelm the clone. He could only take so much of this. "Stop it, stop it." Tears started to trickle down his face. He caught them in his hands. "Stop it!"
Hunter started to hear a familiar voice, "Hunter? Hunter wake up."
"Good soldiers follow orders."
"No." Hunter sat up quickly. Air moved swiftly in and out of his lungs. Tears fell from his eyes.
"Hunter, are you okay?" Echo looked at his brother, concerned.
Hunter didn't acknowledge Echo. He's breathing stayed the same. Looking down the man wasn't aware that his brother was there.
"I'm right here. Talk to me." Echo rested his hand on Hunter's shoulder.
'im right here.' The room was no longer dark. Hunter realized now that he was awake. This wasn't part of his nightmare and Echo was sitting in front of him. The tears didn't stop.
"I'm right here." The older of the two opened his arms and waited.
Hunter leaned into his brother. The two stayed like that until the sargent stopped crying. When asked to talk about the dream, he refused. Maybe one day these nightmares would leave him alone, maybe not. Only time could tell. At least he had Echo to wake him up.
Before you ask, he chose those shoes himself.
"It's called F A S H I O N, Hunter."
Before you ask, he chose those shoes himself.
"Not that I would expect you to understand FASHION."
Before you ask, he chose those shoes himself.
Merry Whumpmas Day 4: Chills
Fandom: Star Wars The Bad Batch
Summary: As Crosshair reunites with his family he notices that someone is not there.
Seeing his brothers again was a lot for Crosshair. He thought he had told them not to come, to leave him behind like they had before. Even if understood why now, it still hurt. The scar was still a scab.
But then he noticed, Tech was missing. His body shook with a chilling realization. It felt like his whole body went cold and he almost froze in place. It was the only reason he wouldn't be there. Tech had to be dead.
Fear gripped his heart and squeezed. It was almost painful. But maybe he was wrong. Maybe Crosshair was wrong. It wouldn't be the first time.
He wanted to ask but the fear and uncertainty left him speechless. Instead he put one foot in front of the other. He followed the rest of his family outside of this awful place that had broken him. They led him to the light he had long forgotten.
Hope.
Still, Crosshair couldn't be happy. As they walked he realized there was no way Tech could be with them. Was he hurt? Could he be with the Marauder? Why did they look so, nervous.
When they did get to the Marauder, Rex was waiting. Warm blood was replaced with ice water. He was gone. That's why they were nervous; why Omega hadn't said anything when he asked about them. She didn't know how to tell him.
The water froze him. He stood still, staring at the Marauder. He thought about every memory that he had with Tech in it. There was no way he was gone. Not without saying goodbye right?
But hadn't they already? Was their last encounter supposed to give him closer? Was he supposed to be okay? Could he move? Did moving mean excepting?
Hunter put a hand on Crosshair's shoulder and tried to move him along. "We need to go."
"He's not there, is he?"
An icicle plunged into the man's heart. "No. Tech's not there."
Crosshair wanted to cry. The only thing that stood in his way was dehydration.
"We have to go Crosshair" Hunter shook. He put slight pressure on his brother's back, trying to move forward.
Slowly Crosshair moved, Hunter's hand generating enough heat to move his frozen body forward. He was finally home.
Home was different than he remembered. First of all there was room for Omega. Then Tech's bunk had been left untouched. His blanket was still folded over.
Crosshair looked at his own. It had been made. He knew he hadn't made it. He moved the blanket to find a small letter. A chill went up his spine as he grabbed it.
It was from Tech. He gently opened it with shaky hands. He pulled the letter out of the envelope and unfolded it.
It read, "Dear Crosshair, I didn't know what would happen. In truth I didn't expect the mission to go well. But I knew we had to go. If not for anything, to make up for the damage we had done to you. That is not to say you didn't hurt us as well. I hope I will retrieve this letter once I am on the ship. If not, I was told it is best to not leave words unsaid. You were a good brother Crosshair. I was grateful to have you."
Crosshair held the letter to his chest. That was the most affection Tech had ever shown to him. He laid on his bed and let out a sigh. This was going to be hard.
With the amount of parts from the Black Series Bad Batch armour Crosshair that were reused for the Imperial armour figure, he's almost closer to being a stripped armour one than an Imperial one.
It's always bothered me that the Imperial figure had the "99s" sculpted into the shoulder pads. Like????
These are older photos now, but I remember that, at the time, I was unhappy with the fact that I hadn't seen anyone pose these two together.
Echo and Omega's relationship felt pretty overlooked, back then.
Augusnippets Day 4: Amputation
Fandom: The Bad Batch
Summary: Hunter knew standing close to Separatist tanks was dangerous. He didn't expect the one he was next to to blow up and he definitely didn't expect the damage to take his arm.
Hunter knew he shouldn't have been so close to the Separatist tank. While he wasn't sure what had happened after he heard the tank explode, he knew passed out.
One of his few memories involved a medic taking. "Put a tunicate on his arm, he's going to lose the limb anyway. If it gets much worse, we're going to have to do a field amputation."
The clone remembered thinking, "did he just say 'field amputation'?" Trying to argue, Hunter tried to sit up. He found he couldn't move. Then the world went black.
When he woke up, he was in a medical bay. Wrecker sat beside him on a chair. Tech was in the chair in the corner and Crosshair was sitting at the foot of the bed. They were talking about some memories from their cadet years.
As Hunter stirred, he startled Crosshair. "Hunter."
"Yeah" he said quietly.
"Hey! We thought we were going to lose ya!" Wrecked yelled. He stood up and went to hug his brother.
Reacting to the situation, Tech also stood up. "Hugging Hunter is not in his best interest. He is still healing."
"Aww okay." Wrecker pouted. Then he sat back in his seat.
"What happened?" Hunter asked.
"You were injured by shrapnel." Tech began. "The medics brought you to the service location they could find. While there, they made the decision to amputate your left arm at your shoulder."
That couldn't be right. "What?"
"Your left arm has been amp-"
"I think he knows Tech." Crosshair cut his brother off.
"Are you okay?"
Hunter's arm was gone. Moving the blanket, the clone looked at where his arm should be. After a moment, he put the blanket back and just stared at his brothers.
"Are you okay." Wrecker repeated.
"I don't know."
"Losing a body part is a startling process. From the initial trauma to learning to cope with the loss of the amputated limb, it can take a while to fully heal. However, they should be able to fit you with a prosthetic." Tech walked over to Hunter as he talked.
"Something tells me this is not what he wants to hear." Wrecker spoke. He looked at Hunter, "do you want some alone time?"
"Yeah." Hunter didn't look at them. Instead he kept looking at the ceiling.
"We'll be nearby if you need anything." Wrecked touched the end of the bed as he spoke. Then Tech, Crosshair, and him left the room.
Trying to process what had happened to him, Hunter continued to stare at the ceiling. He knows Tech knows what will happen next but he's not sure if he wants to know. Prosthetics had advanced significantly over the years but they could never truly replace a flesh limb.
The amputation was to save his life, Hunter knew this. Still, he wondered why it had to happen. Why did he have to be so close to the tank that exploded? Why did the shrapnel land where it did? Whatever this cruel twist and fate had been, Hunter knew he had to live with it. After all, he had no choice.
add this to the Star Wars poetry pile 🫠
Yes, give us all the clones! Especially more Bad Batch. I neeeeeeeed it!
Just give me more clones...
You know, I don't really care that much about all the lore and what is or isn't canon, the jedi and sith stuff...just give me clones. That's all I want.
The Bad Batch Spoiler Alert! ⚠️
CROSSHAIR WHY!!!!! 😭
First he took out that governor, even though she was a bit crazy too I guess, idk, but NOW CODY IS GONE!!!
I was kind of expecting that but still!! Crosshair should leave and go find his brothers too!! I just want a happy ending here!!! 😭
I keep getting spoiled I need to catch up with the Bad Batch!! 😭 I might stay off Tumblr but I’ve heard Tech had something going on 😓 I ain’t prepared!!
Ta-da!! I was originally going to post this with an OC reference I’m working on but I got too excited lol 😅 (Also I know the name isn’t that great but I couldn’t think of anything else unfortunately)
This is just a fun outfit I was working on but I’m actually thinking of doing more, I was rewatching “Attack of the Clones” & got inspiration from Padme’s various outfits!
So I’m thinking of doing a series for this, as in like a cool Star Wars princess line 😅 (we need more royalty in SW!) But idk, what do y’all think?
⚠️ Please don’t steal or repost, thank you! ⚠️
Transformers x Star Wars 🛸🪐🛞
❥ Author’s Note: Hello everyone! So I’ve always wanted to make a SW crossover with another sci-fi series, & I didn’t know whether to pick this or Avatar? But I went with this one! I will be planning an Avatar-themed post too. Also a quick side note, these headcanons will mostly be based on the movies since those are the only Transformers media I’ve seen so far. But I am trying to watch the shows so hopefully this is okay! Thank you & enjoy!
Cybertron
Okay starting off! Cybertron in this universe is located along the Inner Rim of the Galaxy, but resides as an independent world during the Old Republic Era. Unlike other colonies & planets in the Inner Rim, Cybertron is considered the most technologically advanced place in the galaxy. Considering their inhabitants are autonomous robotic organisms.
The planet itself is entirely based around robotic bodies: while there is some wildlife, such as water & flora, etc. The planet itself is entirely made up of metal, with multiply cities & colonies resting along the surface, or even underground.
The Cybertronians are somewhat of a mystery, as they prefer to keep to their own & often worry about their civilization’s care. It’s incredibly rare for any other species to arrive on their planet at all. Although they are not entirely secluded, as sometimes their presence is needed for political matters.
Whether it’s discussing planetary boundaries, offering their services to aid in building projects, or even providing physical support in combat. They have been known to help the Republic a few times as a means of military support. Considering they’re giant mechanical beings that are taller than any building…
But I also feel they would be willing to help out in the Clone Wars too.
Autobots vs Decepticons
So I know the war on Cybertron lasts like a gazillion years, but for the sake of the headcanon maybe it takes place around the same time as the Star Wars franchise? Like the Autobot rebellion against Megatron perhaps started before the Empire took over. But maybe it goes on long enough throughout the Clone Wars, and the Autobot brigades leaving begins either when the Empire takes over or a while after.
But I can image the Empire also tried teaming up with Megatron at some point. I guess this is kind of similar to Mandalore in a way?
Just like the live action movies, the Autobot brigades decide to seek refuge on other planets as a means to rest & regroup. Which also translates to the whole “robots in disguise” thing. So once the war happens, Cybertronians aren’t secluded anymore & the war has gone lot more public in the galaxy. With a few Bots living or hiding among cities, or even building their own bases as a means to reconnect with each other. They even take the opportunity to defend the planets from the Decepticons, just like Earth.
Obviously the Bots still transform into vehicles, as it’s still convenient for them to move around. But the fact that lots of vehicles in Star Wars are usually automated by droids, or they can just hover around like speeders & ships, I feel the option can just be whatever people want it to be? Lol
I did discuss this in a Bad Batch discord I’m in, and I thought making the Cybertronians land vehicles might help make them stand out more when compared to other alien races in Star Wars. But they can obviously just scan a Walker or a Speeder, or even a clone ship, & just take off on their own too.
Fun Facts
Okay so these are just random, less lore-based or time-based ideas compared to the ones above, but I hope you enjoy!
This one is my favorite, but I love the idea of Optimus Prime being a hero of both Cybertron & during the Clone Wars. And maybe during the original trilogy, he shows up! Like maybe Luke or Han come across him stuck in his alt-mode & they kind of wake him up & he transforms! Ready & willing to find his comrades & defeat the Empire! 🤩
I discussed this one on the Bad Batch discord too with someone and we discussed the Marauder or one of the Clone ships secretly being an Autobot!! Like maybe Hunter or even Tech finds out, or are the first ones to find out.
This also gave me an idea for Bumblebee, since he’s one of the most popular Autobots, as well as being accustomed to Earth & other cultures in the movies. I like the idea of him meeting the Bad Batch or even the 501st through the Clone Wars. Like maybe Bee crash landed somewhere & the Clones are in the same area as him, & pick up his distress signal. This would be similar to the 2018 movie, but I feel their dynamic with Bee is kinda like with Sam Witwicky. 😅 Bayverse Bumblebee is pretty rambunctious…
Similar to the Last Knight movie with Hot Rod, I like the idea of an Autobot being a Senator’s guard. Maybe for Princess Padme or even Leia since she’s such a good marksman. They could be their personal transport during their time in the Senate, but if things get hectic they just transform to rescue them.
I know this silly little goofy jokes has probably been done a thousand times over, but I am slow and I do not care (?) lol
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Can we discuss that an EXPLOSION is illuminating Tech’s codpiece and thighs? 🤣
This is from the announcement of the Bad Batch comic miniseries.