Hard Knocks 'verse
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A Series of Hard Knocks by CloneTrooperKit (CTKit), CTKit
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
02 Aug 2023
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Hardcase thought he knew what he was getting into, sacrificing himself for his brothers. What he didn’t expect was to survive, for Fives to pull him away from the explosions and bring him back down to Umbara. He definitely didn’t expect to be refused medical treatment and to be left fighting for his life. Kix says it’s going to be a long road to recovery, and he’s starting to wonder what “recovery” even looks like after something like this...
Dogma never thought he’d kill a Jedi. Even the thought of going against authority made him feel sick, and now his very existence was against the GAR’s wishes. He didn’t expect his brothers to forgive him and come alongside him, and he definitely doesn’t deserve it. Stuck in limbo awaiting his fate, he doesn’t know which decision scares him more…
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- Part 5 of In the Force, very different each of you is
- Part 1 of Hard Knocks 'verse
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Down But Not Knocked Out by CloneTrooperKit (CTKit), CTKit
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
23 Aug 2023
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After the Battle of Khorm, Patch spent the next couple of days walking around in a blur. The last of his batchmates, dead. His commanding officer, dead. With only one of his previous squadmates remaining, Patch comes to the sobering realization that he needs help. Thankfully, he is far from alone.
Prequel to A Series of Hard Knocks, focusing on Patch's mental struggles after the Battle of Khorm.
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- Part 2 of Hard Knocks 'verse
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Rejection is Hard (case) by CloneTrooperKit (CTKit), CTKit
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, star wars:
07 Mar 2022
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Karthoofh looks like Umbara. It’s the first thing Hardcase noticed when they landed on its surface, and it puts the entire 501st on edge. There’s a few differences, of course. Umbara had zero direct sunlight, but Karthoofh has a sunrise once every five standard days; they’re on the Southern Hemisphere where daytime only lasts two hours, but it’s there. Also, Umbara has an ever-present chill that would almost be preferable to the suffocating humidity of their current planet.
(Following Hardcase and the rest of the 501st on an eerily familiar planet where tensions are high, and morale is low. Surely nothing bad can come of this.)
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- Part 2 of In the Force, very different each of you is
- Part 3 of Hard Knocks 'verse
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Knockout by CloneTrooperKit (CTKit), CTKit
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon)
02 Oct 2025
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Six months after the trials of Umbara, Tup and Dogma are growing into themselves as well-established members of the 501st. Tup's been training more with Fives and Jesse, set on an ARC trooper promotion, and even Dogma has found a place in medical, where his intense focus and organization are both needed and appreciated.
While practicing for his medic exams, Dogma find some worrying abnormalities in Tup's numbers, making some worrying discoveries. As Tup's condition worsens, help comes from unlikely sources as Dogma, Kix, Fives, and Hardcase fight to discover the truth and save their brother.
A Sequel to the fic "A Series of Hard Knocks," focusing on Tup and Dogma as they discover a nefarious plot. Can be read as a stand-alone!
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- Part 4 of Hard Knocks 'verse
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Cold Hands, Warm Heart by CTKit
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
21 Oct 2024
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OC-tober event fic, focusing on my OC Patch. Set in the Hard Knocks 'verse!
1. Two times Patch hesitated to take off his armor and one time he didn't. A fic on healing and vulnerability, based on the prompt "Warm Sweaters and a Hot Drink."
2. Cadet Shenanigans with Patch and his batchmate Gev, written for the prompt "Pumpkin Patch."
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- Part 5 of Hard Knocks 'verse
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Made for This by CTKit
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
21 May 2025
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Exploring a Waxer who deserted after Umbara. A Waxer who’d been slowly dying inside throughout the war, getting more and more burnt-out as he’s put in charge of more and more troopers who keep dying no matter how much he tries to save them.
He was the first one to truly realize just how far Krell’s treachery had gone, and when he woke up in an eerily quiet battlefield with his armor’s vitals sensors half-destroyed, he realized that he was left behind. By the time he managed to drag himself back to base in salvaged gear, he’s already marked as KIA, Boil has already pulled himself back together after breaking down from his loss of his best friend (at least, to the outside observer).
It didn't take Waxer long to realize he couldn't do this anymore...
Loosely part of my Hard Knocks 'Verse Series, but can be read as a stand-alone fic!
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- Part 6 of Hard Knocks 'verse
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Knockback by CTKit
Fandoms: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars - All Media Types
20 Mar 2026
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“Don’t you have somewhere better to be?” Echo asked one day as he sat on his bunk, bored out of his mind. Tech was his minder at the moment, Fives having stepped away for a briefing after making Echo promise to stay put unless someone was there to help him.
For some reason, the Bad Batch had designated themselves his unofficial bodyguards, with at least one of them hanging out in the periphery whenever he turned around. They’d deny it when anyone asked, but his little shadows could only loiter around the barracks for so long before becoming conspicuous.
“The Separatists have organized a blockade around the planet, and GAR command has forbidden us from risking it at this juncture.” Tech responded, not looking up from his datapad. “We currently function as an extension of the 212th, and until Commander Cody finds a use for us, we’re more or less grounded.”
"Huh."
After Echo's rescue, recovery is less straightforward. Between his prosthetics, secret Separatist plots, and the search for a missing friend, Echo is trying to figure out if there's a place for him with the brothers he left behind.
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- Part 7 of Hard Knocks 'verse