[Zhongyingmei] The beating heart

Three hours before the Avengers arrived on the planet Lita, the planet Kamino, home to the K-clones.

"Squad DA-1983, start night training. Intermediate mode."

The computer in the training field made a flat-panel sound, and the lights in the entire hall were dimmed to simulate a battlefield at night. The five members of team DA-1983 have been dressed and concealed in their designated strategic positions.This is a very ordinary training, even if it is night mode, the difficulty of the intermediate level is not too high.

Team DA-1983 is considered a relatively good team among the clones in this period, and this matter is even more important to them.In Kamino, clones were produced, and then here, they grew up and trained, with only one goal from beginning to end, and that was to become qualified soldiers loyal to the Republic.That's what they were born for, that's what they're all about.

They are all the same, with the same looks, the same talents, and the same genes.The only difference between them is experience and scars.The Republic doesn't give them names, they only have numbers, because having a name makes them more like a person, and if this 'thing' doesn't have a name, then you won't be so sad when he dies for you.

"Cable! Today we strike from the right!"

However, clones are not cold machines, they are conscious, they are independent, they have feelings, and they are not ruthless.They are closer to 'humans' than the Republic, than all the trainers and researchers of Kamino imagined, and in fact, they are no different from 'humans'.They'll give their companions unique nicknames, and it's like a little struggle, they want names.

"..." Cable didn't answer the captain's instructions, it wasn't that he didn't hear, it's just that he felt a little uncomfortable today.When training in the morning, he thought he might have a cold and had a cough, but it was not serious.But by noon, things got a little out of hand.He felt that he was getting hot, and his body was covered in cold sweat. He began to see things in front of him unclearly, and his reaction became sluggish.

But this is the final training, and the results will be included in the final review, which may determine whether their team can join the regular army of the Republic as scheduled instead of continuing the endless training on Kamino.Cable and his squad members have been eager to get to the real battlefield early and kill a few more robots.

"I'm going on the count of three!"

No one noticed the situation of the cable, and the cable was prepared by virtue of conditioned reflex and willpower. His ears started to ring, and the still life in front of him began to shake, but following the command of the captain, he rushed out, and the training computer immediately started the process. In the second course, it commands the automatic turrets to start shooting. There are relatively few turrets in the intermediate mode, and the firing speed is relatively slow. Teams like cables can easily dodge, of course, this is under normal circumstances.

Today is not the usual case.Cable couldn't control his body, the muscles and nerves in his body relied on motor reflexes to allow him to rush out of the bunker in the first few steps of sprinting, but the reflexes were not enough for him to reach the next bunker, and he slowed down halfway. When he got down, he couldn't take another step. He seemed to hear his companion calling his name loudly, but he couldn't hear it. In the next second, the weakened stun bullet from the automatic turret hit him directly. let him fly out—

The simulation system issued a bang--a sound.The whole training stopped and the lights came on.Cable's teammates dropped their guns and ran to him: "Hey buddy! How are you? Hahahaha you really got hit!"

The companions didn't notice the problem, because the training stun bombs basically didn't cause any serious damage to them, even if it seemed to fly quite a distance.However, after a few jokes, the companions began to discover the problem, and they took off the helmet of the cable——

"Oh my god... is this... what? What's wrong with you cable?"

Cable's skin was blue, his eye circles were purple, and he was already showing symptoms of difficulty breathing. He was close to losing consciousness and could hardly react to the surrounding environment.At this time, the entire training hall sounded an alarm, and the automatic door for the exit was quickly closed——

"Level [-] alert. Deadly virus found. Level [-] alert. Deadly virus found! Lock down all areas, please don't panic and stay where you are, waiting for instructions!"

The sound of the computer tablet came out along with the piercing alarm, and then several medical robots came over and surrounded the cable team: "Please leave it to us." One of the medical robots squatted down to check the situation of the cable, "You need to be quarantined and disinfected."

"Wait a minute... what happened to him?!"

"we do not know."

Faced with questions, the medical robot couldn't give any satisfactory answers, but even a robot like him who didn't have much autonomy other than medical care knew that the situation didn't look very good.

"Master Shakti!"

The Jedi master Shakti, who was still rushing to the medical room, was stopped by a trainer. The male trainer looked unusually tall and strong because of his race.But now, his formerly resolute and serious face was full of panic and worry: "I found you! The head nurse has been looking for you!"

"I'm going to the medical room!" Master Shakti said as he moved forward quickly.She thought that the Togruta were female, and their race was similar to humans, except that the hair on their heads was replaced by hard, striped antennae.They are also generally taller than humans.Master Shakti usually hides her beautiful body under heavy robes. As a member of the Jedi Council, she was stationed on Kamino to oversee the production and training of clones.

Originally, there would not be too many accidents in this job. Master Shakti just needs to check the progress every day, and solve the conflicts among the young and energetic clones by the way.And more than half of those conflicts can be beaten up by the trainer.However, today's situation is not so simple.Now all the medical cabins in this training base are full of people, and an unknown virus is rapidly spreading among clones——

"Is this a separatist attack? Master Shakti?" The trainer sounded a little scared. Although he looked tall and mighty, he hadn't been in actual combat for a long time.Not to mention facing the Separatist robot army on the front line.

"I don't know. I just hope there is a reasonable explanation." If there is an answer, there is a solution.But if it doesn't...well, the K-Clones are in trouble.

After a simple conversation, they finally arrived at a medical cabin. The head nurse of the Kamino with a slender figure and pale skin and big eyes was already waiting anxiously at the door. As soon as she saw Master Shakti, she immediately walked over: " Great, Master Shakti! You are here!"

"What's the situation now, head nurse?"

"I don't want to say that, but I don't know." The head nurse said and gestured, and they walked to a glass observation window next to the corridor. On the other side of the observation window was the situation inside the medical cabin, where many sick people lay. The clones also have doctors and medical robots running around to treat them.

"You don't know what disease they have?"

"No. The worst thing is, I know." The head nurse has a solemn expression. Her small head on her slender neck usually doesn't show such a rich expression, but it does look very serious. "Oren star malaria, ray fever, and even blue shadow virus..."

"Blue shadow virus? How is it possible... Hasn't the blue shadow virus been extinct?" Master Shakti looked at the head nurse in surprise, and she said, "Moreover, within the entire galaxy, including the separatist areas, They will be regularly vaccinated against the blue shadow virus, needless to say they are clones, right?"

"Not only the blue shadow virus, Master Shakti, Oren star malaria and ray fever are also nearly extinct, there has not been a single case of the disease for decades. Moreover, the cloning people are regularly vaccinated, It is impossible for them to get these diseases." The head nurse emphasized, "Maybe there will be accidents with the vaccine, after all, epidemic prevention is not [-]%, but with so many infection cases, it is impossible for Master Shakti. It is completely impossible."

"But it did happen." Master Shakti said and looked to the other side of the glass window, "Could it be a problem with the vaccine?"

"I don't think so." The head nurse denied the speculation. "It's not just one disease, and it's not just those deadly, dangerous diseases. There are other diseases that are constantly being discovered. Our clone People are being attacked by all diseases in the galaxy, Master Shakti. I can't think of any reason for this."

"It may be caused by the particularity of clones." If all the sick people are clones, then maybe there is something wrong with the manufacturing process of clones.

"If the infected are all K-clones, it is indeed possible... At present, this is the most likely reason." The head nurse affirmed Master Shakti's conjecture, and she said, "Out of the K-clones Besides, no one has yet found—”

"Head nurse! Head nurse!!" Before the head nurse finished speaking, a medical worker rushed out from the automatic door of the medical cabin. His expression was solemn and full of fear, "Doctor Oak is infected!"

"What?!" Doctor Orc was a Twi'lek... not a K-Clone.In an instant, their most likely guess was denied in this way.The head nurse immediately followed the medical worker into the medical room. Before leaving, she said, "Master Shakti, please stay here. If this is a separatist conspiracy, then we may all need your help."

What can I do?Master Shakti is also full of worries. She is not a doctor or a nurse, and she can hardly do anything at this time.A lightsaber can't kill a virus, and the Force can't cure a disease.This is the tragedy of soldiers and war.

"I need to report this to the Jedi Knight Temple. Make sure it's not a separatist conspiracy, or... if it is, we may be attacked next." Master Shakti said and turned away from here, "Trainer. He stopped the training officer, who was obviously frightened, "Stop standing here, you should go to the isolation area. Understand?"

"Okay, okay, Master Shakti..."

The trainer quickly left here as if fleeing from famine.Master Shakti also walked towards the communication room.She hoped that the situation was not as bad as they imagined, she hoped that the ominous premonition that came out of her heart was wrong, and she hoped that the head nurse could find out why these people were sick.And now, she can do nothing but pray.

The author has something to say:

Briefly about Camino:

Kamino is the name of a planet that is submerged by the ocean because of 'global warming'.There is no land in the world.The local people, that is, the Kamino people, have evolved into a very strange shape for this reason. Their bodies are thin and long, their necks are thin and long, their heads are very small, and their eyes are very big... If you can't imagine it, you can search for 'Kamino' people'.

Because there was no land, the Kaminoans built their cities on platforms supported by stents.This is probably a case of intelligent organisms using technology to defeat nature... In short, Kamino is also known as the "hometown of clones" because almost all the "clones" during the war were Kami Connaught 'production'.Kamino people have very superb cloning technology.In order to fight against the Separatist robot army, the Republic ordered clone soldiers from Kamino.

Almost all clone troopers are 'born' on Kamino, trained and raised, and then sent into battle.At the beginning, the Republic only gave the K-Clones numbers, but no names, but later the K-Clones would call each other nicknames and names. This situation was repeatedly prohibited, and then the Republic ignored it.

The more famous ones are Anakin's K-clone commander Rex, and Commander Cody who had more scenes before.Although clones are genetically identical, they have various personalities due to the magical power of their living bodies, some are mature and stable, some are impulsive and aggressive, some are self-disciplined and some are bohemian. They look exactly alike, and are biologically identical, but they are different.Some people are not popular, and some people become gods, such as Rex.

Therefore, genes are small things, and the big things are three views and qualities. [off topic