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[kradeelav]

rereading bits of hard contact/triple zero to refresh faulty memory - have some commentary below, mostly small things that I’m still picking up after reading this series god-knows-how-many-times:
 

• so apparently Jusik met Delta Squad before Omega (as Delta helped furnished a large chunk of the commando division of the GAR’s armory), which is interesting; apparently Delta tends to collect … souvenirs more than any other squad?  also means they were on quite a few missions immediately after Geonosis.
  • debating on whether that’s a ‘learned-from-vau’ thing or just a quirk given they’re trained by the cuy’val dar in general; leaning towards the latter.  Fi swiped Ghez Hokan’s armor too, after all.  And I’m pretty sure Mereel and the Nulls swiped some other things too …
• speaking of Vau, I think it’s rather odd that he was still involved with his squads after Geonosis, despite Kal being completly cut off from the Nulls of all things. Omega and Kal’s other squads would be understandable, but Nulls were Kal’s boys, yeah?  (I say this because Vau had to be involved right after Geonosis in order for the timing to work out if he sliced up Atin; and then there’s the whole question of where that occurred.)
  • Here’s my educated guess: during the chaos of when the clones left Kamino - some of the cuy’val dar (including Vau) hitched a ride on the assault capital ships.  Kal stayed behind to tie up loose ends, and to see that all of his boys had a farewell, and then snagged a small starfighter to -eventually- Coruscant.  Vau likely stayed on the assault capital ship that had most of his squads, for several reasons.  (1) curiosity to see how well his commandos functioned; he’s a long term thinker unlike Kal, and probably realized that he’d be brought back into the GAR on a consultant basis, and what better way to be prepared for that? (2) To also see how well the Jedi interacted with his commandos; and to gain more knowledge on how Jedi react to unanticipated events.  This is the man that knew how to fool Zey - who’s no dummy as the fuckin’ jedi director of special forces - and his mind-reading.  and lastly, (3) Vau subconsciously feels most comfortable in a military setting that reflects navy traditions the most; and starfighters/ships fit the bill.  I don’t think that needs explaining. 
  • so tldr; for the above question: Vau was likely onboard the same assault capital ship when Atin came back from Geonosis, and that’s when that whole sad event occurred.
• holy shit Etain’s LJ50 conc rifle is fucking huge
  
• I’m having trouble nailing when Jusik first meets Kal; narratively the books almost makes you want to think it was when Ordo/Kal/Jusik investigate the terrorist explosion in TripZero,  But right before, Jusik says: ‘I have a very great regard for our sergeant, too.“ - implying he knew Kal before.  Not long, but enough to at least to understand Kal’s loyalties and whether they’d get along.  (That’d be a fun meeting to explore either in fic or art.  ;D  )
  • in addition: kal makes rather a snap decision on ‘jusik is a good kid’ right at the scene of that explosion if they had just met; whereas it makes more sense if they’ve met previously once.
  • and now I wonder if Zey was present for that meeting …
  • (in hindsight it makes total sense that Jusik would be fond of Kal if he of all people was in charge of the GAR’s armory, haha, that kid was a weapons nut from day one.)