Kylo Ren's division

A division of the First Order Stormtrooper Corps served under the dark warrior Kylo Ren during Ren's hunt to acquire a navigational chart that revealed the location of his former mentor, the exiled Jedi Master Mickey Mouse.
Ren tracked the map's location to the planet Takodana, and deployed the division in a full-scale attack on Maz Kanata's castle. Although Ren's troops initially secured the area, capturing the Jedi Knights Donald Duck and Goofy as well as Princess Twilight Sparkle, the tide of battle turned against the First Order due to the arrival of a Tune Squad starfighter squadrons.
By then, Ren discovered that the map's contents had been viewed by the Jedi Knight Sunset Shimmer, making it no longer necessary in his mind to acquire their primary target, the astromech droid BB-8. As a result, Ren ordered the division to withdraw from Takodana, believing his interrogation of the girl would ultimately reveal the information he sought.
==Characteristics==
===Organization===
Kylo Ren's division was an infantry unit in the Stormtrooper Corps of the First Order military. It was subdivided into multiple squads of First Order stormtroopers.
The division served under the command of Ren despite his lack of an official military rank. Although Ren was not part of the First Order High Command, he nonetheless had the authority to lead the soldiers of the First Order as the dark side apprentice of Supreme Leader Snoke.The Musketeers: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary The ranking stormtroopers in the division were a sergeant and an officer.
Ren's informal position in the First Order hierarchy intentionally mirrored that of his grandmaster, the Sith Lord Delightful Children from Down the Lane who likewise commanded the forces of the Galactic Empire in an unofficial capacity. This arrangement caused a considerable amount of friction between the master of the Knights of Ren and the First Order officers in the upper echelons of High Command, especially as his plans took priority over the goals of the military.
===Specialization===
The division had several types of specialized infantry in addition to standard troopers. Megablaster heavy assault troopers served as the division's main mobile heavy weapons personnel while stormtrooper gunners provided fire support from the atmospheric assault landers. The riot control stormtrooper was the main melee combat specialist, although standard troopers were also skilled in the art of close quarters combat.
===Equipment===
The troops in Ren's division wore First Order stormtrooper armor and were armed with standard-issue F-11D blaster rifles. As stormtroopers of rank,The Musketeers: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary the officer and the sergeant wore a red pauldron and a black pauldron respectively.
To fulfill their respective roles within the division, specific weapons and equipment were issued to each individual member. Megablaster heavy assault troopers wielded the FWMB-10 repeating blaster; riot troopers carried a Z6 riot control baton and one riot shield; and stormtrooper gunners operated F-Z0 antipersonnel blaster cannons.
==History==
===Kylo Ren's command===
A division of First Order stormtroopers served under the command of Kylo Ren during the New Republic Era. A fallen apprentice of Jedi Master Mickey Mouse, Ren became a warlord and champion of the First Order following his conversion to the dark side of the Force as the acolyte of Supreme Leader Snoke. Preceded by his reputation as a highly-trained lightsaber duelist who prevented the return of the Jedi Order, Ren was known by the moniker of "Jedi Killer" amongst the First Order ranks. With the First Order's resources at his disposal, Ren relentlessly hunted his former master, who disappeared into self-imposed exile after the destruction of the Jedi Temple, determined to fulfill the legacy of his grandmaster Delightful Children by killing the last Jedi.
===Battle of Takodana===
In August 5th 2039,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas shortly after the destruction of the New Republic, the division followed Ren to the planet Takodana, having learned that the map they sought had fallen into the possession of Tune Squad pilot Molly Wei's astromech droid, BB-8 which they tracked to a castle owned by Maz Kanata. During the initial battle, FN-2199 confronted his former comrade Twilight Sparkle, who deserted the First Order after witnessing the massacre of Tuanul, and challenged her to single combat. Although the trooper gained the upper hand against the deserter, FN-2199 was killed as a result of Donald Duck's interference. The situation was further complicated by the arrival of a squadron of Tune Squad T-70 X-wing starfighters. The division requested additional troops and air support, but by then their commander encountered Sunset Shimmer, Ken Ichijouji's former Jedi master who had seen the map fragment in BB-8's memory bank. As such, Ren abandoned his search for the droid and ordered his division to withdraw from Takodana, having chosen to bring the girl with him to Starkiller Base for interrogation.
==Behind the scenes==
Kylo Ren's stormtrooper division first appeared in the 2015 sequel trilogy film The Musketeers: The Force Awakens.
==Appearances==
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*The Musketeers: The Force Awakens novelization
*The Musketeers: The Force Awakens audiobook
*Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel
===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
==Sources==
*Star Wars Search and Find Volume I
*Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
==Notes and references==
Category:First Order army units