Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Cause of death unknown!

Kaminoan Doctor Nala Se was unable

to find the cause of an illness in Clone Trooper Tup.

In a desperate attempt to save his friend's life,

Fives located and removed a tumor from Tup's brain

with the help of medical droid AZI-3.

Immediately following the procedure, Tup died,

and Fives was placed under arrest.

Now, the tumor is the only hope to finding answers

for Tup's mysterious illness.

General, what did the Chancellor say?

Supreme Chancellor Palpatine wants the tumor

and all of the intel gathered

sent to the Grand Republic Medical Facility on Coruscant.

So, then I'll be going to Coruscant as well?

You were not a part of the Chancellor's request.

I'm sorry, Fives,

but this is a matter best left to the medical professionals.

There is still so much we do not know.

Perhaps we would know more

if this clone had not taken matters into his own hands.

Listen! I was trying to save my friend!

And yet perhaps by removing this tumor, it was you who killed him.

What do you care?

You were going to kill him anyway, and dissect him, too.

He's a soldier. He deserves better!

Stand down, Fives!

Doctor, there is no proof of your claim.

I want this specimen and all the data prepared for transit to the Jedi Temple.

The Chancellor said the tumor and data

was to be sent directly to the Medical Facility on Coruscant,

not the Jedi Temple.

And it will get there,

but after the Jedi have run an analysis on it first.

I protest. I must personally deliver the tumor to the Chancellor as ordered.

You can protest all you want.

My word is final.

You have one more physical to pass.

If you are cleared, you will be sent back to the 501st.

Thank you, General.

It will be good to put this entire incident behind you, Trooper.

I agree.

AZI-3!

Hello, ARC Trooper Fives.

I regret that we were unable to heal your friend.

Yeah, me, too.

Are you going to be reprogrammed as well?

No, AZI, I'm going back to the front.

That is not what I heard.

I heard your mind was going to be wiped

and that you would be reassigned here and placed on sanitation detail.

We can still be friends,

assuming we both remember each other

after our memories have been erased.

Let's go, CT-5555.

No!

Look what you did!

I cannot believe what you did!

I am not getting my mind erased, and neither are you.

Get out of here!

Are we escaping?

Why are we here?

I knew it!

Nala Se switched the cases.

She's trying to hide something.

Oh, the tumor?

So we are going to continue our research?

Yeah, the research, that's it. Now come on!

Whoa!

I'm sorry, sir. All ships are locked down during the emergency.

- Oh? What about that one? - Hey!

There they are!

Sorry, brother.

I want him brought in alive!

- Have that ship tracked. - Yes, ma'am.

Can you float?

I am buoyant and have several survival modes.

Ah! Survival, eh?

Autopilot engaged. Navigation and orbit set.

Wait! What are you doing? I thought we were escaping?

Nope, this is a diversion.

I need them to chase this pod

while we go back and investigate the cause of Tup's death.

Any more questions, Doctor?

Actually, yes, now that you mention it...

AZI! AZI!

Now what?

We're going back to figure out why Tup died.

I can get us there much faster.

Oh! You're just full of surprises, aren't you?

This is one of my various survival modes.

I am equipped...

Droids.

A "thank you" would have been nice.

Lord Tyranus, you summoned me?

Prime Minister Lama Su tells me there has been a complication.

What has happened to the inhibitor chip?

It was stolen by a renegade clone.

What does this clone know?

Nothing as of yet. He is just a soldier, after all.

However, he was a friend

to the clone which malfunctioned.

This behavior is unsettling.

First the malfunctioning clone and now a renegade.

Are you certain these soldiers will live up to your design in the end?

I am certain. The malfunction to the inhibitor chip is an aberration.

And how do you explain the renegade?

I'm afraid the Jedi have inspired creative thinking in some of the clones.

That is the cause of this type of divergent behavior.

Will this interfere with Protocol 66?

No, I am certain of that.

Find the renegade clone immediately

and make sure you recover the chip.

The true nature of the inhibitor chip must not be discovered by the Jedi.

Yes, Lord Tyranus.

What... Oh.

Once we're inside, I need you to get me a change of clothes, AZI.

Trooper, I think I saw the renegade clone head into the storage room.

All right, let's check it out.

I think he was over there.

We need to get the tumor analyzed.

Follow me.

This is the Genetic Records Hall.

It contains data on the original DNA of every being we have ever cloned.

We will compare the tumor's DNA

versus that of Jango Fett, the original donor.

If any tumor like this has been noted before, we will find it.

The tumor, please?

- Nothing. - What?

The sample doesn't match anything found in the Jango Fett genotype.

Furthermore, it is not even completely organic.

It is foreign to the body.

Someone implanted it there.

An implant? You mean this isn't an accident?

- Someone did this to Tup? - Precisely.

There have been no unauthorized ships leaving Kamino, General.

I sense we are looking in the wrong place.

We have a report from the Genetic Records Hall.

Explain.