#trooper tech

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Tech is the most tattooed member of the bad batch until proven otherwise by canon.

Bonus: Colored version of this sketch

Edit: I just realized i did not draw the nippies in the lineart lmao im sorry

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no, i will not be taking criticisms at this time, and yes, the top slot is just domino squad and rex

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Bad Batch Tech headcannons 🥺🥺 bc I’ve been accumulating some over the past week:

He’s the charmer of the group. Who could resist a) someone as enthusiastic as him and b) someone as wholesome as him? He’s very wholesome and appreciative of everything— a trait you just can’t overlook and also— he’s super cute 🥺.... tbh he might be the promiscuous one of the group too. Considering that the Bad Batch probably planet hops a lot long-standing relationships wouldn’t really be realistic, but people can’t help but be charmed by Tech and he can’t help but indulge because everyone deserves love!!

His brothers are also super protective over him in situations such as those above ^ they’re afraid of him being hurt emotionally, or being taken advantage of— they just don’t want him to get in over his head and become cynical like Crosshair. He’s their little brother and they think he’s wayyyy more naive than he actually is (or is he 🤔).

He is unconventionally attractive in the eyes of most. He’s not bad looking at all per se, but his personality and intelligence really helps sway the tide— at least among other humans. I think that other species would take an interest in his appearance, especially knowing that he is a clone who looks so vastly different from the others.

He’s insecure about his appearance. He’s much smaller than his brothers, and also has a fairer skin tone, he definitely looks the least like them, and is definitely very self conscious about that. He’s also a tad bit envious and insecure about his hair and ever so slightly receding hairline. Aside from Wrecker, all of his brothers have a full head of hair, as do the Clones (unless it was shaved, point is, it’s not like natural balding is common for them), and also being the youngest doesn’t help. Why doesn’t he have a full head of hair too?!Definitely something he’s self conscious about :( .

This falls under most “smart character tropes” but while he’s well above average intelligence he can also be so. dense. He’s so used to critical thinking that he often neglects simipler situations and reasonings. So he overthinks everything to the most unnecessary extents. This was pretty evident in episode 2 of season 7 (A Distant Echo), when he keeps losing Echo’s signal, only to come to the conclusion that the reason why was much simpler than he had initially thought. That’s not to say he’s dense, he’s just overthinking, but social delimmas are another story entirely. Man can’t function in unnecessary “drama” as it is, especially involving himself. He’s the type of guy best described this way: He can tell you exactly how long a shoelace is, just by looking at it, but all the while forgets to tie his own shoes sometimes.

He’s flexible. Like really flexible. He’s incredibly agile and would probably have to be the one to get into tight spaces for a mission. He’s small, agile, it just works out. He does this kind of unnecessary but cool combat roll while shooting some droids in episode 2 (A Distant Echo), he probably does that a lot. Also he doesn’t have any armor or padding on his thighs, maybe it’s to aid in his mobility? Less constricting? More movement? He’s probably double jointed too, can naturally just do the splits, basically he’s gumby.

If you really watch closely, in just about all of their battle formations (minus the Shockwave in episode 1, the Bad Batch) Tech is located in the middle, or is surrounded by the others. He’s significantly less armored than his brothers and honestly, probably much more fragile, those formations were definitely done on purpose to protect him. They have to protect their lil bro at all costs. But him being surrounded by the rest of the group is evident in literally every other episode, he also never shoots first (which is more obvious and easier to notice) so it’s clear that they’ve established fighting perimeters where, he knows his brothers (literally) have his back, will protect him, and that he doesn’t HAVE to fight. He’s their techie 🥺.

He’s definitely somewhere on the spectrum, he most likely has aspergers to some degree but he doesn’t let it affect him. He has supportive brothers who know how to accommodate him.

He definitely is an insomniac and definitely has ADHD. It’s not that he’s unable to focus but that he CAN’T regulate his focus. There’s always so much going on in his head (a result, of course, from his mutation. He just has a rapid stream of consciousness, it’s ongoing). There are definitely instances where it’s obvious, with him being so zoned out with his computer devices— also his impulsivity when correcting factual information 🥺🥺.

He’s not allowed near caffeinated drinks anymore. He probably had them a lot when he was still growing (maybe it stunted his growth, maybe his brothers tease him about that). But he’s exceeded his life limit of caffeine.

Fuzzy animals are his favorite. Especially the cuddly ones. He loves anything with fur.

He loves wookies. The feeling is actually mutual, the wookies take a liking to him because well, he can understand them and he’s also very precious!! They wouldn’t let anyone mess with him and are just as protective of him as his brothers are. They definitely pat him on the head.

So do his brothers. They pat him on the head too.

He is definitely infantized by almost everyone around him. It used to bother him but he’s probably gotten used to it. There’s no use in fighting it because he knows he’s smarter and much more mature than they let on.

He was so little as a kid and teen. He probably had a major growth spurt as a teen and shot up like 8 inches before settling at 5’8.

He loves spaceships and shuttles!!!! Pod racing? Heck yeah! It’s awesome. He definitely keeps track of all the new speeders, shuttles, and ships that come out. He probably has plans to build a speederbike of his own at some point— time permitting— and collects parts whenever he can on missions.

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I’m so late to the game but Tech from Clone Wars 😔✋🥺. I’d do anything for him.

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Yooooo... hot take: Wookie-Tech solidarity. Tech loves learning about Wookies (he finds them fascinating) and the Wookies love him and want to protect him because he is small and very precious.