The Pengalan Tradeoff

Publisher's Summary
''Joram Kithe is a Republic accountant who's dodged responsibility his entire life. Somehow, he's ended up stranded on the battlefield in charge of a clone trooper platoon.''

Continuity
The original dating of this Short Story prior to changes necessitated by Star Wars: The Clone Wars puts this story occurring +2 ABG (months After the Battle of Geonosis) or 13:8 in GrS format; our internal timeline places it at +1 ABG or 13:7 GrS.