Storm assassin are the evolution of Clone assassins. They were one of the most deadly specializations of clone troopers during the Clone Wars.

In order to effectively confront their would-be adversaries, any possible advantage was carefully researched and utilized. The art of Teräs Käsi was one of the unit's basic abilities along with their enhanced speed, though it is unknown what facilited such unusually quick movements.

Storm assassins are trained in hand-to-hand combat, and are equipped with wrist vibro-blades. They are so well trained that they are able to avoid lightsaber attacks. The clone assassins wore armor that is very similar to that worn by Clone Commander Neyo, with a few small exceptions. Storm assassins wear similar armor that now more resembels the one of Stormtroopers.

Training includes the wielding of light to heavy melee weapons and hand-to-hand combat training.

Ray walked in the training area with the others. The director turned and talked.

"My name is Tyran and my job is to put you trough torment and pain! Alright men! You have all been chosen to be Storm Assassains so please take up your armor and change. After you do so please pick up your weapon and we shall begin on the basics of melee fighting,"

He was a sturn,hard man and the way he talked they knew he had done some killing of his own. So they changed and picked up their vibro-blades and got into doing basic blocks and slashes. After this the trainer asked if anyone was brave stupid enough to think they coud beat him. TK 711 stepped forward and readied himself. In a few minutes TK 711 was taken out to the hospital wing.

"Now are there any others who wish to try and fight me?....No?! Good!"

They went back to train and then they sparred but nobody had gotten the feel of their sword so no one did much. When the trainer said nobody left until someone got hurt everyone started swinging harder. Ray and TK 984 were victorious but the others had just lost because of pure exhaustian. After that the training would be horriable for Ray and the other few clones who made it there.

The next day of training was alot of the basics but it was held alot longer than normal training. TK 711 had returned but said nothing for the entire time. Then there was a suprise...sparring. Everyone groaned but got in the ring and fought but today they were actualy swinging..HARD. Today it was a four-way fight so there was alot of swords to dodge. Ray had to dodge a few hits that could've broken his neck! Ray rolled behind his opponent and took a hard, downward swing and knocked him out but got hit in the legs by a sweeping kick. He dodge two more swings and then his attacker was hit and got into a fight of his own. Ray hit TK 345,the one that saved him a few seconds ago, in the back and took to assulting the other clone on the ground. When Tyran got in and started to fight in the sparring round for the fun of it. All of the clones and Ray were beat.

"Why'd you do that?" asked a clone.

"Because you all need to know what it's like to be ambushed,over-powered,scared, and beat. Also I can do whatever I please!" Tyran was as cruel as ever.

They learned a few techniques and Tyran asked for a volunteer to spar 1-on-1 with him.

"What? No volunteers? Alright then..TK 984 come into the ring with me!"

They went into the ring and fought. The one-sided battle lasted three minutes and Tyran hadn't been hit once. TK 984 wasn't hurt that bad though and TK 711 was embarassed because he'd got his tail kicked. After learning a few more moves the day was almost over for the Storm Assassins but Tyran had one last scare for them.

"Who wants to know what they have to do to pass this test?"

Everyone raised their hand. So he walked over to a wall and pressed a button. A few robotic arms came out and they had vibro-blades on them but they were sharp..very sharp!

"You have to last five minutes on against this machine with no weapons...Who wants to graduate now? Haha I didn't think so," He laughed and closed down the machine.

So far all they had done in training was basic techniques and sparring but today they learned how to avoid being smacked by weapons of all kind. They dodged vibro staffs and blades but it wasn't that hard because of intense training for the past few days. It was getting boring because day after day of this wasn't hard anymore. The greatness of being a Storm Assassin had all but disapeared. When Tyran noticed Ray looked bored he called him forth to spar with him. A look of dispair wanted to come over Ray's face but helled it back. He stepped forward and picked up his weapon.

"Now Ray..are you ill?" Tyran was appariantly oblivious to boredom.

"No sir. Now are you readdy to fight?" He was in the basic stance.

They fought for a while but like always it was in Tyran's favor...for a while. Then Ray got in a single hit..a hit that made contact to a pressure point..Tyran nearly colapsed but his training kept him up.

"You're not that bad but you are not as good as me!" Tyran boasted.

Ray paid no antention to his taunts because in training they learned about letting insults and threatrs take no affect. The fight continued for a few minutes. When Tyran and Ray hit eachother in the neck,hard,their knees buckled and they passed out. When Ray awoke the others were training and Tyran was on his feet and acted as if noting happened. Ray joined them and at the end Tyran called him over. He waited until the clones left and he spoke.

"Listen Ray..about today's match. You were the first to use what I taught you in a fight. The others rely on what they already knew and were comfortable with but you venture with skills I've not seen before," he looked around, "I must leave and you need your rest so go trooper!"

Today was when we learned to handle a electrostaff and that was fun until you got hit with one. Ray walked in and noticed the vibro-swords weren't there and he picked up a staff while the others did the same. They did the basic sweeps and stabs first. Then they learned to block and do more complicated moves. Then,once again, a sparring match took place but it was 1-on-1. Ray's match was a hard one because TK 711 was great with a electrostaff and Ray kept getting his legs beat. With Ray using the advanced moves and TK 711 using sweeps and blocks, it took forever. At the end there was no definate winner but both were beat to a near inch of their life. When TK 984 got his arm broke by a down sweep of a staff everyone cringed as he screamed.

"Well this shows you what it will feel like in a real fight! Now guess what's next...That's right! We get to see a four way match!" Tyran was a little sarcastic today.

"But sir there are only 3 of us now because 984 got his arm hurt," called a trooper

"Oh really? I think you counted wrong!" Tyran pointed to himself.

Everyone got in the ring and this time team work brought down Tyran with a vengence! Tyran was taken to the hospital wing while Ray and the other two got the rest of the day off.

Well today was a conditioning day...To see just how fit you were tuff we were. There was about 500 push-ups,750 crunches,1000 jumping jacks, a full 2 hours of shadow boxing. This was awefull by midway of this torture Ray had near lost all liquids and by the end he was dehydrated so when they got water it was a relief that he'd never experianced!

OOC: Ray your posts are very good but dont decide for yourself when your exams are, thats my call and Ill say when you can graduate, dont be impatient, keep on posting like this and you will soon be a storm assassin.

(OOC: I changed it)

Yesterday was a brutal but it would be dwarfed by today's training! Today Ray would question himself..if he had a reason to live and if he was anywhere near good enough for this training. It hurt to breath because of the training yesterday and today Ray would be pushed over the edge. As soon as they entered Tyran was barking orders and yelling at the top of his lungs.

"GET YOU SWORDS NOW!! I WON'T WASTE ANYMORE TIME NOW GO,GO,GO!!"

They got there vibro-blades and turned to see Combat Training Droids...They were assigned their own droid and were beat down by the strength of the CTDs. After a long while of getting slammed all the troopers caught their breath and crushed the CTDs into oblivion. After this Tyran oredered them to use their fists in today's sparring match.,.this was not going to turn out good! After the match started Ray and TK 711 fought while Tk 984 and TK 653 beat on eachother. TK 711 had his sights on Ray's head but after Ray noticed this he just blocked them. Then when Tyran said they would take him on one-on-one they near died. Right before the match started Tyran taunted them heavily.

"YOU THINK YOU'RE GOOD ENOUGH?! WELL YOU AREN'T!! YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH OF DOGS THAT THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD ENOUGH!! I KNOW IT HURTS BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK THE 501st WENT THROUGH?! That's right..all of you forgot about what they've done...Well I think you're better than them and if not become better! THAT'S RIGHT I WANT YOU BETTER THAN THAT TOP NOTCH SQUAD!! NOW DON'T HOLD BACK!!"

At these words Ray went over the edge and when his match started he fought like a mad man. He fought and matched Tyran move for move. When Ray landed a huge punishing blow on Tyran's chest bot the armors cracked. Ray's gauntlet and Tyran's chestplate were both shatterd. Tyran was enraged and e screamed for him to go and change. When he came back Tyran was still barking orders and the others were doing special echniques with their blades. After the training Tyran ordered Ray forth and talked in a stern voice.

"You think it's great you broke this suit?! I bet you couldn't by a new one if I asked you could? NO YOU COULDN'T!!"

Ray replied in the voice that he used with many others,a harsh,cold voice but one that would hold back any rage he had.

"You told me not to hold back and I didn't,Sir! NOw why ar e you angered by me folowing orders?"

Tyran said nothing.

"Now may I go to Hospital Wing? I think I broke my wrist..."

Ray walked out toward the Hospital Wing as Tyran's gaze faded.

Out of the com-link a message could be heard of the ones who would finallly graduate and finally become stormtroopers. There were trainees who became sandtroopers, others became snowtroopers. A lot became Scout troopers, cause learning to become a scout trooper was pretty easy. The com-link mentionned that Ray also would graduate soon. The coming graduation test would be very tough to do. It was a simulation of three Jedi...Only if Ray could assasinate all of them...only then he would graduate. The test did reveal that these Jedi weren't the strongest Jedi otherwise the test would just be impossible. These were Jedi at the level of "Padawan learners". Still Ray was outnumbered. They had lightsabers while Ray had only his vibroblades on his wrists. He had to use tactics, speed and strategy...stealth, motivation and improvisation. It would be extraordinary if he would succeed the first time.

When the intercom went off Ray sighed and stood up from the bench in the hall. He stood there for a minute and talked to himself.\

"I am good enough for this planet. I am good enough for the Empire...I am good enough for that scum,Vader...NO! I am better than them..I am the best!"

The tint of yellow in his eyes grew and his heart raced as sweat dripped from him. He entered the test room where Tyran was swtanding next to the VR pod. They saluted and Ray entered the pod...He appeared in what seemed to be the Jedi Temple before it had fallen to Darth Vader and the 501st. He searched the place but found no sighn of the Padawans. Then he entered the main hall and there were two people standing there..a young man and lady..they were the Padawan! He quickly ducted in a corner a waited for the man to leave. When that happened the lady walked by and Ray instantly slit her throat and wathed as she fell. He went through the main hall and chased the young man. When he found him Ray got into a corner but not before the man saw him and called for someone name Gnalil. Ray hopped around trying to confuse the Padawan but this one was like a rock,he stood his ground and didn't blink. Ray charged him and dodged a few stiff sweeps and the guy could block.

"Ha this is just like TK 711's style!" Ray thought to himself.

So Ray did what he had to his sparring partner...He did a few special moves and the Padawan went down. Not a second after this happened the other Padawan,most likely Gnalil,was behind Ray with his saber out with it right behind Ray's head.

The Padawan called, "Put down your weapon or I'll have to kill you...Please don't make me do that!"

Ray turned his head slightly and saw the saber..this one was blue,the other two had been green,like Kylin's. Like that cruel man's..ever since that day on Korriban Ray had hated his guts but had a respect that wouldn't go away. Ray jumped away from the Padawan and faced him off. He and the Jedi stood for what seemed like hours and then the Padawan charged. He swung at Ray but Ray escaped by jumping over him. Ray got hurt by this because the lightsaber caught his left foot and Ray dropped instantly and the Padawan attacked with a huge power wich Ray almost got hit by. Ray stood and stumbled around with the lightsaber swinging left and right...Then Ray noticed a pattern in the attacks,left then right then stab. He waited for the stab and attacked. When the Jedi dropped Ray grinned and laughed so hard it hurt. Then Ray thought about what his life was going to be like. He knew it was wrong but so was everything else that he'd done. The pod opened and Ray stepped out...He'd killed all the Padawans with only a few injuries.

The Pod opened and Ray came out exhausted. It seemed that he was surprised that he was really wounded by the lightsaber. This test was more real than any other test, cause he had to prove his worth.
Lamu Su himself stood by the pod and talked to him.

"You've done well trooper. You're days in training are over and you are now officially a Storm Assassin. You will be put on a ship to Coruscant under the Legion of the 406th Legion. It is small and keeps itself rather secret, I must tell you...But I guess you understand why..."

Lamu Su and Ray walked through the corridors heading to the landing platform. There a shuttle, lamda class, awaited to take Ray to the Star Destroyer "The Devestator". There he would get new orders.