K-12 is a Federation unit that was stationed at the Fort Casey, and lead by Major Henry Varro.
History[]
After Carl Jenkins, the minister of the Ministry of Paranormal Warfare, found a Queen Bug at the Fort Casey, he ordered the K-12 team to capture the Bug. Knowing it would suffer a great loss, K-12 commander Major Varro refused to carry out the mission. He was ordered to be arrested for disobedience by Carl Jenkins.
Though the Queen was captured, most of the K-12 troopers were killed during the process. The survivors of the team, including acting commander Lieutenant Otis Hacks, Ratzass, Holy Man, Gunfodder and Kharon, were later rescued by the A-01 team stationed aboard the FAS Alesia. Upon learning that Major Varro was relieved from his duty, the A-01 commander Lieutenant Daugherty ask what happen. Ratzass complained but was stopped by Bugsray. The K-12 was successfully evacuated to the ship before the Arachnid force was destroyed in Fort Casey by the explosive charges set by Mech, the A-01 sergeant.
After boarding the Alesia, the A-01 trooper Chase asked Ratzass what happened in Fort Casey. Ratzass complained Carl Jenkins gave them a suicide mission straight to a Bug hive. It seems the matter was forbidden to be discussed as later, when he mentioned Fort Casey before the next mission, he was stopped by Bugspray.
A while later, the team received a new order from General Rico from the L-6 Satellite Base. The John A. Warden was missing after it headed out on a classified mission lead by Carl Jenkins, the team was ordered to search the ship with the A-01. Ignoring Buspray's warning, Ratzass stood up and claimed to speak for the everyone from the Fort Casey mission when General Rico asked if there were any questions regarding the order. Ratzass agreed to go on one condition: that Major Varro lead the team. General Rico granted the request as long as Varro was willing to do so. However, this action would not have any influence on the outcome of Major Varro's trial.
Lieutenant Daugherty and Captain Ibanez talked to Major Varro, who later agreed to lead the mission. The joint force was separated into two groups. A-01 commanded by Lieutenant Daugherty would lead four A-01 troopers to escort Captain Ibanez to the ship's bridge. The remaining troopers joined Team-02 alongside the K-12 troopers lead by Major Varro to search the ship's engine room.
Major Varro lead Team-02, which consisted of the surviving members of the K-12: Bugspray, Ratzass, Holy Man, Gunfodder and Kharon, and several troopers from the A-01, including Chase.
After boarding the John A. Warden, Varro lead his team to investigate the engine room. They then found a horrified Jenkins, who locked himself in a Bug cage and warned them not to restart the engine — but the warning came too late. The troopers came under heavy attack by an overwhelming force of Warrior Bugs. Kharon was mortally wounded during the evacuation, he decided to sacrifice himself to draw the Bugs' attention away from the rest of the troopers so that they could escape. They then found out that the Warden had been taken over by a Queen Bug after it destroyed the Alesia and prepared the John A. Warden to head to Earth. Gunfodder sustained a fatal wound from a bug and was rescued by Shock Jock, but bled to death shortly after the rescue. Before the warp to Earth, Major Varro told Captain Ibanez what happened at Fort Casey.
After the John A. Warden crash-landed on Earth, Major Varro lead the remaining troopers: Ice Blonde, Mech, Bugspray, Ratzass and Holy Man, to kill the Queen. Holy Man was killed after he took a plasma shot from a Plasma Grenadier Bug intended for Ice Blonde. The troopers were being psychically guided by Carl Jenkins. Ice Blonde stayed with Captain Ibanez while Major Varro lead the kill team. Mech and Ratzass were later ordered to set C-4 in the engine room of the Warden. While heading to the Queen, Bugspray found Trig's body. He was then ambushed and fatally wounded by a Warrior Bug, though he managed to kill the bug. He held off the advancing enemies before he succumbed to his wounds.
When Major Varro was heading to the chamber where the Queen was, he was ambushed by a group of Warrior Bugs. Suddenly, several Warrior Bugs appeared behind him and attacked those Warrior Bugs. Those Bugs were controlled by Carl Jenkins. Jenkins revealed that those Bugs were "Federal Intelligence Bugs", part of his secret research taking place on the John A. Warden. However, all the Federal Intelligence Bug were later killed. Jenkins said if he could finish the research, he would be able to use more Federal Intelligence Bugs. Varro told Jenkins to escape, so the project could be finished. Later, Major Varro was mortally wounded and he detonated a grenade, killing himself along with the Warrior Bugs around him. General Rico referred to him as a true hero.
All of the K-12 troopers were killed in action, except for Ratzass, who lead the salute to the fallen troopers after the battle. Starship Troopers: Invasion
Known members[]
| Name | Image | Status | Notes |
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| Henry Varro (Major) |
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Commanding officer of the K-12. | |
| Otis Hacks (Lieutenant) |
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Second in command when Varro is out of action. | |
| Guy Cunningham (Sergeant) |
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Last surviving member of the K-12. Perish during the Second Battle of Mars. | |
| Holy Man |  |
The "Believer" of the team. | |
| Kharon |  |
Atheist quoter. | |
| Gunfodder |  |
New member of the team as seen in the prequel game. |
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
References[]
Starship Troopers: Invasion
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