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Gann, Mapper

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this clone trooper was part of the platoon dispatched to Pengalan IV, during the early stages of the Clone Wars, to eliminate a Separatist missile facility on the planet. He was given the nickname Mapper by Joram Kithe, who was stranded on the planet with the platoon's survivors after the Separatist sprang a trap. The nickname, given to help Joram communicate with the troopers, was based on the fact that the clone trooper was the only individual with a datapad that contained a map of Pengalan IV. Mapper was unable to continue fighting, having suffered a broken leg in the initial ambush, but was invaluable in helping the platoon reach safety. It was later revealed to Joram that Mapper and his platoon-mates were actually enhanced clones, having been given additional self-reliance and initiative during their development. These enhanced troops were dispatched with observers like Joram, in order to ensure the production of clone troopers was continued. After the near-disaster on Pengalan, Mapper was given the surname Gann, to help hide the fact that he, in fact, a clone. This helped him gain the confidence of Cherek Tuhm and the team which was dispatched to Tarhassan to rescue Edbit teeks. Like Joram, however, Mapper chafed at Tuhm's bureaucratic style of mission planning and execution, and was only too happy to oblige when Joram set out on his own to capture Teeks.