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** Nala Se was intending to blow up her lab regardless of what Rampart did, but Rampart's attempt to extort knowledge of Project Necromancer out of Nala Se so he can buy back some Imperial favor or to get some means of leverage or blackmail over them, as well as killing her, means that him being caught in the explosion isn't exactly a tragic occurrence.

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** Nala Se was intending to blow up her lab regardless of what Rampart did, but Rampart's attempt to extort knowledge of Project Necromancer out of Nala Se so he can buy back some Imperial favor or to get some means of leverage or blackmail over them, them (which in any case would endanger Omega), as well as killing her, means that him being caught in the explosion isn't exactly a tragic occurrence.


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* IgnoredEpiphany: Just when it seemed like Rampart has finally wised up to the fact that the Empire considers everyone expendable and would think twice before endearing himself them, things change after Hemlock tells him that his work involving Omega makes him indispensable. This gives Rampart the idea to extort information on Project Necromancer from Nala Se and use the research as leverage, which would at the very least earn himself amnesty from the Emperor at Omega's expense.
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* YouWouldntShootMe: Hemlock cuffs Omega to himself as a human shield, reasoning her brothers won't risk shooting him as long as there's a risk of hitting her. Omega calls him own on his bullshit, as he also needs her alive now that Nala Se destroyed the lab. He also stands near the edge of the bridge so he'll fall if they try it, taking her with him. Omega stabs him with her tool to briefly get away, allowing Crosshair to snipe the cuffs before he and Hunter unload into Hemlock.

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* YouWouldntShootMe: Hemlock cuffs Omega to himself as a human shield, reasoning her brothers won't risk shooting him as long as there's a risk of hitting her. Omega calls him own out on his bullshit, as he also needs her alive now that Nala Se destroyed the lab. He also stands hedges his bets by standing near the edge of the bridge so he'll fall if they try it, taking her with him. Omega stabs him with her tool to briefly get away, allowing Crosshair to snipe the cuffs before he and Hunter unload into Hemlock.
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* GoryDiscretionShot:
** When CX-2 slices off Crosshair's hand, the scene cuts just as the blade makes contact with his wrist.
** When Nala Se is shot by Rampart, we only see her reaction, not the shot actually hitting her.
** Averted for the rest of the episode. Hemlock, Scorch, the X Troopers, and the clone prisoners have their deaths shown in full detail.
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** ES-02, the SoleSurvior of Crosshair's Elite Squad from Season 1, remains unaccounted for following her last appearance in "Return to Kamino".

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** ES-02, the SoleSurvior SoleSurvivor of Crosshair's Elite Squad from Season 1, remains unaccounted for following her last appearance in "Return to Kamino".
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** ES-02, the SoleSurvior of Crosshair's Elite Squad from Season 1, remains unaccounted for following her last appearance in "Return to Kamino".
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** In hindsight, Dr. Hemlock should not have given Rampart any ideas. By telling him just how valuable Project Necromancer was, it leads to Rampart attempting to extort the information from Nala Se. Said attempt results in the databanks destroyed, meaning the Empire has no more contingency for Project Necromancer to continue should anything happen to him.

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** In hindsight, Dr. Hemlock should not have given Rampart any ideas.ideas, and it's not helped by the fact that Nala Se was within earshot of the conversation. By telling him just how valuable Project Necromancer was, it leads to Rampart attempting to extort the information from Nala Se. Said attempt results in the databanks destroyed, meaning the Empire has no more contingency for Project Necromancer to continue should anything happen to him.
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** Hemlock ominously warns that Scalder will be punished for the children escaping on her watch and that Karr will share her fate if she doesn't find Omega, completely unaware that Karr is working with Echo in helping Omega and the children escape Tantiss. Even if Hemlock doesn't live to deliver on that, Tarkin would likely finish the job.

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** Hemlock ominously warns that Scalder will be punished for the children escaping on her watch and that Karr will share her fate if she doesn't find Omega, completely unaware that Karr is working with Echo in finding Omega and then helping Omega her and the children escape Tantiss. Even if Hemlock doesn't live to deliver on that, Tarkin would likely finish the job.

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* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: Crosshair comes up with a plan where Hunter and Wrecker be somewhere safe while he infiltrates alone which would ''very'' likely get him killed. Hunter realizes Crosshair was clearly suggesting Plan 99, and tells him they're ''not'' doing another one.



* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: Crosshair comes up with a plan where Hunter and Wrecker be somewhere safe while he infiltrates alone which would ''very'' likely get him killed. Hunter realizes Crosshair was clearly suggesting Plan 99, and tells him they're ''not'' doing another one.
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* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: Crosshair comes up with a plan where Hunter and Wrecker be somewhere safe while he infiltrates alone which would ''very'' likely get him killed. Hunter realizes Crosshair was clearly suggesting Plan 99, and tells him they're ''not'' doing another one.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Even with Dr. Hemlock gone, Project Necromancer [[Series/TheMandalorian will be revived under Brendol Hux years later]], albeit flawed with much of the research lost. Despite Nala Se's efforts, at least the basics of Project Necromancer had to have survived somewhere for Brendol Hux to continue the project. From that, decent progress was still made, and others like Moff Gideon were able to come close to replicating what Project Necromancer was supposed to accomplish. Nala Se's main objective of protecting Omega, however, does succeed, as those projects were forced to turn to alternate subjects.

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* ForegoneConclusion: Even with Dr. Hemlock gone, Project Necromancer [[Series/TheMandalorian will be revived under Brendol Hux years later]], albeit flawed with much of the research lost. Despite Nala Se's efforts, at least the basics of Project Necromancer had to have survived somewhere for Brendol Hux to continue the project. From that, decent progress was still made, and others like Moff Gideon were able to come close to replicating what Project Necromancer was supposed to accomplish. Nala Se's main objective of protecting Omega, Omega (the key to making Necromancer successful), however, does succeed, as those projects were forced to turn to alternate subjects.



** Crosshair believes he's probably going to die infiltrating Tantiss and rescuing Omega alone but it's what he deserves for his past actions. [[SubvertedTrope However, he manages to survive]].

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** Crosshair believes he's probably going to die infiltrating Tantiss and rescuing Omega alone but it's what he deserves for his past actions. [[SubvertedTrope However, he manages to survive]].survive]], but loses a hand in the process.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Even with Dr. Hemlock gone, Project Necromancer [[Series/TheMandalorian will be revived under Brendol Hux years later]], albeit completely flawed with much of the research lost. Despite all the databanks were destroyed, at least the basics of Project Necromancer had to have survived somewhere for Brendol Hux to continue the project. From that, decent progress was still made, and others like Moff Gideon were able to come close to replicating what Project Necromancer was supposed to accomplish.

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* ForegoneConclusion: Even with Dr. Hemlock gone, Project Necromancer [[Series/TheMandalorian will be revived under Brendol Hux years later]], albeit completely flawed with much of the research lost. Despite all the databanks were destroyed, Nala Se's efforts, at least the basics of Project Necromancer had to have survived somewhere for Brendol Hux to continue the project. From that, decent progress was still made, and others like Moff Gideon were able to come close to replicating what Project Necromancer was supposed to accomplish. Nala Se's main objective of protecting Omega, however, does succeed, as those projects were forced to turn to alternate subjects.



* HeKnowsTooMuch: Nala Se feeds Rampart intel on Project Necromancer but makes sure he dies even if she is killed, preventing any chance of Project Necromancer surviving the fall of Tantiss. Unbeknownst to her, however, some information on it survived somewhere enough for Brendol Hux to revive it.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Nala Se feeds Rampart intel on Project Necromancer but makes sure he dies even if she is killed, preventing any chance of Project Necromancer surviving the fall of Tantiss. Unbeknownst to her, however, some information on it survived somewhere somewhere, enough for Brendol Hux to revive it.



* TheLoad: Bayrn only being a baby means he blows the group's cover due to getting fussy and crying. Fortunately, the troopers realize the escaped Zillo Beast took greater priority.

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* TheLoad: Bayrn only being a baby means he blows the group's cover due to getting fussy and crying. Fortunately, Omega uses that distraction to free the Zillo Beast, forcing the troopers realize to turn their attention to the escaped Zillo Beast took greater priority.bigger threat.

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* DeadlyGas: Hemlock engages the gas to take out the rest of the clones attempting to rescue the Bad Batch. Echo was immune due to wearing a helmet, but he's horribly outnumbered and outmatched.



* FailedASpotCheck: While Rampart attempted to extract the information of Project Necromancer from Nala Se, he failed to notice the thermal grenade in her hand (which she didn't even attempt to hide). One lapse of common sense and it costs him his own life.



* IChooseToStay: Nala Se doesn't escape with Omega and chooses to go back to the lab to destroy her research.



* TheLoad: Bayrn only being a baby means he blows the group's cover due to getting fussy and crying.

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* TheLoad: Bayrn only being a baby means he blows the group's cover due to getting fussy and crying. Fortunately, the troopers realize the escaped Zillo Beast took greater priority.



** Tarkin eagerly jumps on the chance to come to Tantiss to see Hemlock punished and his research shut down for losing control of the base. While Hemlock is already dead by the time Tarkin arrives, Tarkin still makes sure to close down Project Necromancer.

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** Tarkin eagerly jumps on the chance to come to Tantiss to see Hemlock punished and his research shut down for losing control of the base. While Hemlock is already dead by the time Tarkin arrives, Tarkin still makes sure to close down Project Necromancer.Necromancer since none of the research can be salvaged.
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* EverybodyLives: From the perspective of the Batch members, who feared not all of them would make it out of the mission to Tanitss. All five surviving members of the Bad Batch -- Hunter, Wrecker, Crosshair, Echo, and Omega -- survive the events of the series. However outside of the Batch itself, Nala Se and several of the clones in Tantiss die.
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** Lama Su was last seen in "Metamorphosis" giving Hemlock information on how to get Nala Se to cooperate in exchange for his freedom, but his current status remains unknown.
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The series finale. Omega and the Bad Batch battle Imperial forces for their freedom and that of the rest of prisoners imprisoned in Tantiss base.

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The series finale. Omega and the Bad Batch battle Imperial forces for their freedom and that of the rest of the prisoners imprisoned in Tantiss base.



* HeKnowsTooMuch: Nala Se feeds Rampart intel on Project Necromancer but makes sure he dies even if she is killed, preventing any chance of Project Necromancer surviving the fall of Tantiss. Unbeknownst to her however, some information on it survived somewhere enough for Brendol Hux to revive it.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Nala Se feeds Rampart intel on Project Necromancer but makes sure he dies even if she is killed, preventing any chance of Project Necromancer surviving the fall of Tantiss. Unbeknownst to her her, however, some information on it survived somewhere enough for Brendol Hux to revive it.



** While it's more RedemptionEqualsDeath than this trope, Nala Se still dies exactly how Fives died, getting shot in the chest with a blaster pistol, albeit a RK-3 blaster instead of the DC-17 hand blaster Fox used when killing Fives.

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** While it's more RedemptionEqualsDeath than this trope, Nala Se still dies exactly how Fives died, getting shot in the chest with a blaster pistol, albeit a an RK-3 blaster instead of the DC-17 hand blaster Fox used when killing Fives.



** Both Scorch and Hemlock get absolutely peppered with blaster bolts by Crosshair and Hunter before their dead bodies falls over the side of the railing into the jungle below.

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** Both Scorch and Hemlock get absolutely peppered with blaster bolts by Crosshair and Hunter before their dead bodies falls fall over the side of the railing into the jungle below.



* RedemptionEqualsAffliction: Crosshair loses his right hand by the end to the series.

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* RedemptionEqualsAffliction: Crosshair loses his right hand by the end to of the series.



* SequelHook: Though the Batch gets a happy ending, there are still threads for both what we know is to come and what ''may'' come. Tarkin reroutes funding for Project Necromancer to Project Stardust, which in itself is something of a GreaterScopeVillain for the time span between the Prequel and Original Trilogies. Echo and Emerie go to join Senator Chuchi's cause, a.k.a. the nascent Rebellion. And the series [[AndTheAdventureContinues ends]] with a now adult Omega leaving Pabu to enlist in the Rebellion to have further adventures while the Batch retires in peace.

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* SequelHook: Though the Batch gets a happy ending, there are still threads for both what we know is to come and what ''may'' come. Tarkin reroutes funding for Project Necromancer to Project Stardust, which in itself is something of a GreaterScopeVillain for the time span between the Prequel and Original Trilogies. Echo and Emerie go to join Senator Chuchi's cause, a.k.a. the nascent Rebellion. And the series [[AndTheAdventureContinues ends]] with a now adult now-adult Omega leaving Pabu to enlist in the Rebellion to have further adventures while the Batch retires in peace.



* SpottingTheThread: Echo recognizes the tactics he taught to Omega as part of her escape strategy. The others quickly realize that a rampaging Zillo is Omega's handiwork as well.

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* SpottingTheThread: Echo recognizes the tactics he taught to Omega as part of her escape strategy. The others quickly realize that a rampaging Zillo is Omega's handiwork as well.

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