When faced with a Separatist attack on Tipoca City, Bolt and other clones fought against invading battle droids despite overwhelming odds. Uttering the words 'Verd ori'shya beskar'gam,' Mando'a for 'A warrior is more than his armor,' he fought to the last breath, getting shot in the chest several times by Separatist commando droids.Īn expert in ground and aquatic warfare, Bolt was very quick on the battlefield and was also skilled in jetpack warfare, as shown during the Battle of Anzart. Giving his forces time to escape on LAAT/i gunships, Bolt's helmet was shot off and he lost a blaster pistol.

In 19 BBY, the last year of the war, Bolt participated in a battle on the ocean planet Anzart, during which he was shot several times. In the following years of the war, Bolt participated in more battles alongside the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his 501st Legion. During recovery, he would tattoo purple streaks down both sides of the scar and have his destroyed eye replaced cybernetically. He remained unconscious for the rest of the battle. During the battle, while Bolt was defending Jedi Master Shaak Ti, the Confederate Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress slashed him across the face with one of her lightsabers, permanently scarring him. The commander assisted with the defense of the city, leading ARC troopers during the battle and engaging Separatist B1 battle droids, B2 super battle droids, and P-series droidekas within one of the city's halls, 3A. Alongside Commander Colt, he oversaw some of Bravo Squad's training as well as independently overseeing Gamma Squad's training.īolt remained on Kamino when the Confederacy of Independent Systems launched an attack on the planet. In 22 BBY Bolt was reassigned to Kamino to oversee the final stages of training for clone cadets in Tipoca City, and the members of the cadet squad who performed the best in the last challenge were to be selected as ARC trooper candidates. He was trained by Mandolarian training sergeant Kal Skirata.

He was also given the task of overseeing the selection and training of new ARC trooper recruits. He gained the nickname Bolt during training due to his speed on the battlefield. One of many soldiers cloned from the Mandolarian bounty hunter Jango Fett on the planet Kamino and trained to serve the Galactic Republic, Alpha-73 was an Advanced Recon Commando commander and a member of Rancor Battalion of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. Commander Bolt during the Battle of Kamino, just before being slashed by Asajj Ventress Gamma Squad! This is Commander Bolt! Hallway 3A is being overrun!

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