Delta-class Advanced Commando

Delta-class Advanced Commandos, or DAC troopers, are an elite branch of the Dlarit Special Operations Group. DACs are among the best equipped and highest trained soldiers in the Dlarit Corporation.

History

The DAC trooper project began in early 27 ABY after the Dlarit Corporation recovered a number of Spaarti cloning cylinders from a rogue Kaminoan scientist. With Spaarti cylinders in hand, the corporation them secretly installed in the lower levels of the Cenota Facility on Gamuslag. The prime clone was selected from among the ranks of the Dlarit Security Force and an initial batch of thirty four DAC troopers was begun for completion in 28 ABY.

The DAC project was to prove somewhat short lived when the Dlarit Security Force was decimated in the middle of 27 ABY after the Battle of Antei. In order to replenish the ranks and provide crew for the warships scheduled for completion in 28 ABY the DAC project was abandoned and the remaining Spaarti cylinders assigned to begin work on a new line of ordinary field soldiers.

This resulted in the DAC project being effectively abandoned with only a small number of DAC troopers ever completed. The project may be continued again in the future but one can only expect DAC troopers to remain in small numbers with the majority of the Spaarti cylinders being devoted full time to rebuilding the damaged Dlarit military.

Cloning

As with all cloning: quality cannot be hurried. Whilst Spaarti technology is not as successful as Kaminoan or as fast as Arkanian methods, it is capable of satisfactory production times with the average clone taking only a year to grow as opposed to ten using Kaminoan methods or six months using Arkanian.

The original batch of DAC troopers were completed on schedule in early 28 ABY and have performed significantly better in combat than ordinary DSOG clone troopers thanks to having been allowed the recommended full year of growing time.

While the DAC troopers all came from the same original prime clone they are not entirely identical. Each exhibits a certain degree of individual traits, having been allowed to maintain a certain degree of independence compared to the ordinary DSOG troopers. The method of cloning employed also leads the clones to exhibit different phenotypes, creating a certain degree of inherent variation between them.