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Cause of death unknown!
Kaminoan Doctor Nala Se
was unable
to find the cause of
an illness in clone trooper Tup.
In a desperate attempt
to save his friend's life,
Fives located and removed a tumor
from Tup's brain with
the help of Medical droid AZI-3.
Immediately following
the procedure, Tup died,
and Fives was placed under arrest.
Now the tumor is the only hope
to finding answers
for Tup's mysterious illness.
General, what did
the Chancellor say?
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine
wants the tumor
and all
of the intel gathered sent
to the Grand Republic
Medical Facility on Coruscant.
So then I'll be going
to Coruscant as well?
You were not a part
of the Chancellor's request.
I'm sorry, Fives,
but this is a matter best left
to the medical professionals.
There is still
so much we do not know.
Perhaps we would know more
if this clone had not taken
matters into his own hands.
Listen! I was trying
to save my friend!
And yet perhaps
by removing this tumor,
it was you who killed him.
What do you care?
You were going to kill him
anyway and dissect him too.
He's a soldier.
He deserves better!
Stand down, Fives!
Doctor, there is no proof
of your claim.
I want this specimen
and all the data prepared
for transit to the Jedi Temple.
The Chancellor
said the tumor and data
was to be sent directly to the
Medical Facility on Coruscant,
not the Jedi Temple.
And it will get there,
but after the Jedi have run
an analysis on it first.
I protest.
I must personally
deliver the tumor
to the Chancellor
as ordered.
You can protest all you want.
My word is final.
You have one more physical
to pass.
If you are cleared,
you will be sent back to the 501st.
Thank you, General.
It will be good to put
this entire incident
behind you, trooper.
I agree.
AZI-3.
Hello, ARC trooper Fives.
I regret that we were unable
to heal your friend.
Yeah, me too.
Are you going
to be reprogrammed as well?
No, AZI, I'm going back to the front.
That is not what I heard.
I heard your mind
was going to be wiped
and that you would reassigned here
and placed on sanitation detail.
We can still be friends,
assuming we both remember
each other
after our memories
have been erased.
Let's go, CT-5555.
No!
Look what you did!
I cannot
believe what you did.
I am not getting my mind
erased, and neither are you.
Let's get out of here!
Are we escaping?
Oh-oh-oh!
Why are we here?
I knew it.
Nala Se switched the cases.
She's trying
to hide something.
Oh, the tumor?
So we are going
to continue our research?
Yeah, the research.
That's it.
Now, come on!
Whoa!
I'm sorry, sir.
All ships are locked down
during the emergency.
Oh, what about that one?
Hey!
There they are!
Sorry, brother.
I want him brought in alive.
Have that ship tracked.
Yes, ma'am.
Can you float?
I am buoyant
and have several survival modes.
Ah, survival, eh?
Autopilot engaged.
Navigation and orbit set.
Wait.
What are you doing?
I thought we were escaping.
Nope, this is a diversion.
I need them to chase this pod
while we go back
and investigate the cause
of Tup's death.
Any more questions, doctor?
Actually, yes,
now that you mention it
AZI! AZI!
Now what?
We're going back
to figure out why Tup died.
I can get us there much faster.
Oh! You're just full of
surprises, aren't you?
This is one of my various
survival modes.
I am equipped to
Droids.
A "thank you"
would have been nice.
Lord Tyranus,
you summoned me?
Prime Minister
Lama Su tells me
there has been
a complication.
What has happened
to the inhibitor chip?
It was stolen by a renegade clone.
What does this clone know?
Nothing as of yet.
He is just a soldier after all,
however he was a
friend to the clone
which malfunctioned.
This behavior is unsettling.
First the malfunctioning clone,
and now a renegade.
Are you certain these soldiers
will live up
to your design in the end?
I am certain.
The malfunction to the
inhibitor chip is an aberration.
And how do you explain the renegade?
I'm afraid the Jedi have
inspired creative thinking
in some of the clones.
That is the cause of this type
of divergent behavior.
Will this interfere with protocol 66?
No, I am certain of that.
Find the renegade clone immediately,
and make sure you recover the chip.
The true nature of the inhibitor chip
must not be discovered by the Jedi.
Yes, Lord Tyranus.
What Oh.
Once we're inside,
I need you to get me
a change of clothes, AZI.
Trooper,
I think I saw the renegade clone
head into the storage room.
All right, let's check it out.
I think he was over there.
We need to get
the tumor analyzed.
Follow me.
This is the
Genetic Records Hall.
It contains data
on the original DNA
of every being
we have ever cloned.
We will compare the tumor's DNA
versus that of Jango Fett,
the original donor.
If any tumor like this has been
noted before, we will find it.
The tumor, please.
Nothing.
What?
The sample doesn't match
anything found
in the Jango Fett genotype.
Furthermore, it is not even
completely organic.
It is foreign
to the body.
Someone implanted it there.
An implant?
You mean this
isn't an accident?
Someone did this to Tup?
Precisely.
There have been
no unauthorized ships
leaving Kamino, General.
I sense we are looking
in the wrong place.
We have a report
from the Genetic Records Hall.
Explain.
Someone is accessing
the Jango Fett genotype.
It's them.
Evacuate that room quietly.
Is there another way
out of here,
besides
the door we came in?
Yes, there are
emergency access hatches
in every major room
in case of flooding.
Good.
Let's get moving.
There!
It's no good.
They've sealed it
from the inside.
Station your men
at every access point
back into
the main hallway system.
Yes, ma'am.
Did you get
all the information you needed?
Mostly.
We know that the tumor
is a foreign material
and was implanted
for an unknown reason.
However, there is still so much
we do not know about it.
For example, at what stage
was it introduced to clone Tup?
And why?
What is this thing?
Why would someone
put it in Tup?
I believe this
is an organic chip
built out of cells.
But what's it for?
I do not know.
Ah, thanks.
I need to find out if what was
in Tup's head is in mine.
We have already done
a scan and
But it was missed in Tup,
and it could have been
missed in me too.
You have to take it out.
We cannot be 100% sure
if the chip is even there.
I know it's there.
It is a dangerous surgery.
Look, you got it out of Tup.
You can get it out of me.
He died after
I removed the chip.
Maybe it is connected.
You may die too.
It's a chance
I have to take.
I trust you.
All right, I will do it.
Let us go
to a sterile facility.
Hold still.
This will not hurt a bit.
Ah!
You do you know
what you're doing, right?
Why, yes.
I have been programmed
to perform over 100
All right, all right.
Let's do this.
You will only be unconscious
for a few minutes.
There's no sign of them,
General.
They must have escaped
by now.
Escape was never
their intention.
They're investigating,
searching.
Their appearance in
the Genetics labs proves this,
but what are they
searching for?
Well?
Was it
was it there?
Yes.
Identical in structure.
However, it appears
that the one I found
in your friend
had malfunctioned,
while yours
is perfectly intact.
Are you sure his breakdown
wasisolated?
There is no way
of knowing that.
And now that we have removed
your chip,
we do not know
what will happen to you.
So then I could
snap too?
Possibly.
But when we removed the chip
from Tup, he
I am afraid
you may die as well.
I need to know if more clones
than just Tup and I have these
and when we were implanted
with them.
My analysis suggests
implantation took place
at the earliest stage
of development,
most likely when you and Tup
were only embryos.
Then we have to start there.
Oh, great.
Try to act normal.
Normal?
Doo-da-la, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la
Hello!
How was that?
Was that normal?
For you, AZI, yeah.
We will start
with the earliest stage
of development.
Nothing.
I will now try
a stage three embryo.
There it is!
Ah.
Try another.
Based on this data,
I can calculate how many
in this tree are altered.
I can't believe it.
They all have one.
Don't move.
Why are you doing this?
I know what you've done.
What is it
that you think I have done?
How do you explain this?
That is
a structural inhibitor chip,
which is supposed to prevent you
from being aggressive,
like your source,
Jango Fett.
Jedi Master Syfo-Dias
instructed us
to implant them
during your growth cycle.
The Jedi?
The Jedi had this done
to us?
It is not uncommon
to have inhibitors
placed in a clone.
I have analyzed
this one,
and apparently it has failed.
Up until this point,
there has never been
a problem.
Well, you have got
a big problem now.
Don't move!
Drop your weapon.
Master Jedi,
I know what's going on.
I have the evidence.
The Jedi instructed
that inhibitor chips
be implanted in us at birth,
but Tup's malfunctioned.
That's what made him
lose control.
Where is the evidence?
I have it right here.
As you can see,
the chip taken
from clone trooper Tup
is black and rotting,
indicating a malfunction
of some sort.
What caused
the malfunction?
It doesn't matter.
The fact is,
Tup's chip malfunctioned,
and it drove him insane.
These chips
have to be removed,
otherwise the entire
Republic Army
could be compromised.
There is no proof
of that.
This is
an isolated incident.
Besides, when you removed
trooper Tup's chip, he died.
Well, that's not going
to happen to the rest of us.
And how do you
know that?
Because I removed mine.
Here is
clone trooper Fives' chip.
As you can see,
there is no sign of malfunction
in either him or the chip.
By removing your chip,
you are a threat.
Master Jedi, we must terminate
this trooper immediately.
I am not
a piece of hardware!
I'm a living being!
You were created
in our laboratories.
You are Kaminoan property!
Correction:
technically, he is property
of the Republic.
That does not
change the fact
that he is a danger
and must be terminated.
I believe
that's for me to decide.
Fives, you are coming
with me to Coruscant.
I think it's time you told
your story to the Chancellor.
Master Jedi,
I beg you to reconsider!
The Chancellor
wanted all the data on Tup
to be sent to Coruscant.
We're sending the data,
the tumor,
and Fives along with it.
Then I am going with you.
As you wish, Doctor.
Thank you for believing in me,
General.
It is not a matter
of belief, Fives.
It is simply
the right thing to do.
It looks like
you got what you wanted.
Thanks to you.
I'll see you on the other side.
The other side of what?
Ah, droids.