Stalker Forces of Ferocys

The most notable representatives of regular planetary forces.
UPD: Special Edition closer to the style of new set Wild Force Unknown Quantities - Complete Set:
1. Cyrus - Wild Force Unknown Quantities, 2. 3. Exo and Bic - Wild Force Unknown Quantities, 4. Scouts - Wild Force Unknown Quantities, 5. Warlock - Wild Force Unknown Quantities.

Shade and Shaft can be also found in Wild Force - Wild Clones.

Neuro vs Scout
Wild Force - Welcoming Poster
ARC-trooper Vega

New 100 of troopers had special psichological training and code of conduct. Officially planet was closed because of radiation pollution, so the new forces were called protoradtroopers, usually prototroopers or simply proto's. The Captain of prototroopers is Thunder. The First wave was a tragedy, furthmore classified, therefore naming planetary forces by the order of arrival wasn't official but was used in symbolics. The symbol of prototroopers's - 2 differently directed halfs of same arrow - means resistance to unfavourable state of things. Still that was pretty hard for ordinary clone troopers to work under the strong psi-pressure so they proceeded mainly with simple anti-confederacy activity. Therefore for further explorations and investigation of planet's mysteries - the story behind quarantine and the nature of the Force anomaly obviously related to it - Kamino, on initiative of the Jedi in charge, started organizing ARC-troopers for Triple Arrow program. The emblem of Triple Arrow - 3 converging arrows - means intentionality.
Each of more than 20 ARC-troopers has own specializtion: patrol, reconnaissance, mop-up, research, investigation etc. The unit of Triple Arrow program is a team of one ARC-trooper and one prototrooper. They are cover and moral support to each other, because the straight track to surrender mind (even strong ARC's mind) to the planet was to shrink into oneself because of loneliness. However, some ARC's are exeptions: some acted alone because of their specialization but few went completely AWOL, and only the experimental nature of the program and priceless data supplied by them from time to time from the most incredible places don't let call those lone rangers the deserters.

Shaft is the best recon-stalker of Triple Arrow. He's very serious and professional. He thinks of Switch as his professional rival. Even if their specializations - advanced reconnaissance and research - are completely defferent, nobody can tell for sure whose contribution to program is more valuable: specific evidences regularly delivered by Shaft from the most distant and dangerous places, or scientific research, cartography and prognostication of Switch. But nobody will argue that the team of Shaft and his prototrooper companion Vector is the best. By the example of Vector you can also understand how to differ proto-companion from regular prototrooper: as maybe the only common visual trait for all Triple Arrow ARC-troopers is the camo coloration, their companions add some camo to some pieces of armor as well. Other prototroopers (from patrol and personnel) don't use camo.
Shaft's weapon of choice is EE-3 carbine rifle. Also his interesting special feature are shoes. During the so-called psi-storm the standart behaviour according to the code of conduct - unemotionality, concentration and lack of deep thoughts - isn't enough to oppose the increased psi-pressure of storm. In that event trooper needs maximum concentration - he needs to fix his dimmed thoughts on some specific simple job. Usually troopers start cleaning weapon, count battle marks or scratches, check radiofrequencies. But Shaft chose to keep maximum cleanness of his shoes' toes.
Vector's favorite weapon is DC-155 - very popular on Ferocys modification of DC-15S with some details (stock and optical sight) from DC-15A that feels more like assault rifle.

By hearsay, at time when new ARC-trooper arrived (Wild Force - Acquaintance - 03), Shaft and Vector after making sortie to previously unexplored object delivered to the Jedi some important evidence required for start of his special expedition. That's obvious because usually they work far away from the main command center situated in neutral zone.

At first Jedi spent some time at this base helping Thunder with organization but then he started attempts to find the reasons and sourses of aggressive Force disturbance and the ways to oppose the pressure without complete blocking of his Force abilities. On Ferocys he was forced (Forced) to reject the principles according to which he lived since early childhood in the Temple and that became his insticts. Feeling a great danger, foremost for his people around, in case of possible failed meditation, Jedi leaved the base and settled at the nearest former mining transfer station. Thunder was afraid that 'crazy' Jedi could even mine his house to prevent mind corruption. Jedi just decided not to scare his men with a story of what can happen to the Jedi, in fact with a Force in his blood, in comparison with new superabilities of scouts that were previously totally not Forcesensitives. ARC-troopers still reported to him and delivered important information for his theoretical investigation. But soon he decided to proceed with practice. Many ARC-troopers, especially Shaft, expected to be chosen as his companions. But Jedi made a decision to summon a new ARC - without preconceived habits, who will learn the advanced theory and methods from the ground up. In this way soon the second half of the Wild Force expedition - ARC-trooper Neuro, Jedi companion - arrived to Ferocys. White hair, paratrooper helmet with advanced breathing system, complete 'Wild force' emblem, additional armor protection and DLT-20a are Neuro's features.

Next is Shade, best special patrol of Triple Arrow. Don't you think she's a little short for a clone trooper? I've already spoiled the answer. Yes, she is a female clone of Jango Fett created during the tests of advanced genetic modification, maybe accidentally, who knows. (But thanks to 'The Clone Wars' TV-show she can live and prosper, because I'm pretty sure that Karen Traviss with her monster-kaminoans would kill her without any doubts.) Shade has less accelerated ageing. She got more individual training programs when she started to differ from others. She and her brothers gradually drifted apart. At this time she got (or deserved) her name. Now she's also working alone and nobody saw her without helmet. Others keep thinking she is just some young talanted clone boy. Usually she works without companion because of her specialization: inherently she is zombie-hunter - expert on tracing and leader in number of neutralized scouts. Maybe that's a little bit easier for her to kill beings with the face that she don't see in the mirror but that's still the face of her brothers. Weapon of choice - IQA-11 sniper rifle.

Few more words about Switch. He is so-called ARC-analyst, busy with scientific work, collecting and analysing data, prognostication and cartography. He's using data from expeditions of other Triple Arrow teams to map new routes for further progress. His own expeditions are pretty rare but more dangerous though more often than not he's just traveling between command centers collecting or spreading new data. That's why his proto-companion have a lot of slack time to help the personnel. Switch also often helps his friend Thunder to coordinate patrols at the main base.

And Thunder is the captain of prototroopers company and commandant of the main Republic base. Very kind and optimistic, he has a joke about every thing 'on this damned planet'. Prototroopers have a special forces command structure: 1 troop is the personnel of the main command center, 2 troops stationed at the other 2 bases and one more troop is always on patrol; each trooper of the last 5th troop (+/-) became a companion to each of 20+ ARC-troopers of the Triple Arrow program. Thunder was very sad to send 1/5 of his 'boys' to 'scary' ARC-troopers. He likes his armor and decided to change his helmet for phace 2 only after went hairless because of poor radiation protection of previous helmet (or he's shaving on purpose - to keep telling jokes about that). Thunder can be unofficially called the first Jedi companion as he took the most of organisational work and was helping a lot just with his good mood while difficult (much more difficult for the Jedi) time of adaptation.