Random clone pilot headcanons

thebisexualmandalorian:

• Pilots are widely regarded as the most absolutely batshit of all the GAR, except maybe the heavy gunners
• They stare death by fire or the vacuum of space in the face every battle and say “not today motherfucker”
• They’re adrenaline junkies at best
• The ground troops joke about “too much zero g” scrambling their brains but goddamn if they don’t respect every last one of the crazy motherfuckers, because there is no better sight than a bunch of fighters coming through the smoke when you’re pinned under heavy fire
• It’s an unofficial GAR rule that pilots are never allowed to mingle with the heavy gunners, unless you really want something to be on fire or blown up
• Someone always has a story about a buddy’s batchmate’s squadron leader who flew a mission buck-ass naked.  
• All pilots have been explicitly banned from trying it
• They try anyway
• Pilots are shorter and slimmer than “standard” troopers, to control how much extra weight is in the fighters
• That doesn’t mean they’re any less capable of fucking your shit up if you want to start a fight with them
• Nobody talks about the ghost ships, don’t ask about them
• Pilots are a very tight-knit group, and if general GAR gossip is rampant, the comm chatter from the pilots is wild
• They work hard and play harder
• If shenanigans are happening on leave, there’s an 85% chance there’s at least one pilot involved
• They run in packs, and the amount of chaos caused is directly proportional to how many pilots are there at any given time