Dusty (CT-4260)

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CT-4260/Dusty
CT-4260 was a veteran clone trooper who served in the Grand Army of the Republic's 415th Attack Battalion during the Clone Wars. She entered into Republic service soon after the first Battle of Geonosis. She worked closely with and earned the respect and trust of her commanding officers, and showed great boldness in battle. She was nicknamed "Dusty," which in some cultures means "brave soldier."

Shortly before the execution of clone protocol 66 in 19 BBY, Dusty deserted the army.

A few months after the end of the Clone Wars, she reunited with her former Jedi General, Dane Barchel, who had been rescued from her clone attackers by a bounty hunter named Sia. Dusty explained to Dane all that she could about the plot against the Jedi (which unfortunately was not a lot), and eventually convinced Dane to assist in reuniting with other clones from their battalion.

Dusty was one of a number of transgender clone troopers.

Training on Kamino
On Kamino, Dusty trained in a squad alongside CT-2075 ("Jace") and CT-8489("Red"), who were also assigned to the 415th upon graduation.

Gender Identity
After her first experience with civilian culture, including all the wonders of the gender binary, Dusty began to discover her identity as female. The realization that everyone thought she was a man came with the realization that maybe she didn't think that about herself, Dusty's feelings of being out of place somehow, which were minimal on Kamino, where she was mostly surrounded by brothers who barely had any gender roles to enforce, skyrocketed. She confided in Jace, her closest friend at the time, who promptly researched all he could on the subject and discovered the term "transgender."

Dusty, after doing more research on the subject herself, realized that this term fit her perfectly. She didn't begin openly identifying as female until a few months into her service under General Barchel, but by the time she started openly presenting (including painting the proper pronouns, "she/her" onto her armor), she was already out to most of her close friends.

Personality and Traits
Living up to her name, Dusty was courageous and headstrong. She was also very competitive and had a very loud presence at times. Despite this, she had a heart of gold. She loved to make new friends, and almost always reached out a comforting hand to those in need of it. When she personally was struggling emotionally, she would brood and close herself off from people unintentionally, but could usually be easily persuaded to receive care.

Equipment
Like every clone in the GAR, Dusty was equipped with a suit of plastoid clone trooper armor (both phases I and II over the course of the war), which she painted with the signature sea green of the 415th. On her helmet and on the shoulderplate, she painted in red aurebesh letters: "she/her," so that it would be easier for her to be correctly gendered.

Her main weapon of choice is a Z-6 rotary blaster canon.

After deserting the GAR, she abandoned her clone armor for a bodysuit, coupled with modified Mandalorian armor plates and helmet.

Trivia
-Dusty's post-Order-66 appearance closely parallels Dane Barchel's (pre-66) appearance, with a blue bodysuit and the sides of her head shaved.

-Dusty's tattoo designs are loosely based on traditional Maori tattoos, based on the fact that Temuera Morrison, the actor who played Jango Fett and the clones in the prequel trilogy, was of Maori descent.