Nightingale Squad, also known by their fellow clones as the Nightingales was an elite squad consisting of four Clone troopers and a Jedi General, who were assigned with two major tasks: assisting the Jedi in any roles the Jedi Order needed filled and conducting special, covert operations behind enemy lines during the Clone Wars. Thought to be the best soldiers in the Republic military, the Squad was adored by the Republic and feared by the CIS.