Stormtrooper Corps

The Stormtrooper Corps was an independent military branch that operated alongside the Army and Navy of the Galactic Republic and Galactic Empire. It was the smallest of the primary three branches of the military.
== Role ==
An independent branch of the Republic/Imperial military, the Stormtrooper Corps served as an expeditionary force-in-readiness, acting as security forces on both starships and space stations as well as securing various enemy ships for capture. On the ground, they led assaults, advancing ahead of Army units to take strategic targets like spaceports and gun emplacements, and were deployed to the toughest fighting. A rapid deployment force rather than one for occupation, the Stormtrooper Corps was almost entirely infantry-based with only light mechanized support, and was far smaller in personnel numbers than either the Army or Navy. In addition to their practical role in Imperial military doctrine, the Corps also act as a form of psychological warfare, being adept at manipulating the psychology of dominance while shielded in the eerie anonymity of their armor.
== History ==
=== Origins ===
The Republic Stormtrooper Corps was formed in the year 981 ARR at the mid-point of the Clone Wars. Operating under the command authority of the Republic Navy, Stormtroopers were meant to act as a an expeditionary rapid reaction force, reinforcing GAR units as needed. One of the first major deployments of Stormtroopers occurred during the Battle of Kehdal, where the Corps' 9th Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Kurasa Setav reinforced the GAR's 66th Legion under General Phaesa Uerno.
=== The New Order ===
Following Order 66 the Stormtrooper Corps was an integral part to Emperor Palpatine's efforts to consolidate the fledgling Empire. Revolts were spread across the galaxy, ranging from the Emperor's home planet of Naboo to the Outer Rim world of Mustafar. The Corps not only contended with various planetary insurrections, but also the scattered remnants of the former Separatist Alliance.
The introduction of new clone lines and Human recruits to the stormtrooper ranks was the direct result of a new policy influenced by the highly classified Kaminoan Uprising. Until then, most stormtroopers still consisted of the same genetic makeup, the modified template of Jango Fett. One exception was the experimental GeNode clone line, composed of clones created from several different templates. The GeNodes proved unreliable, however, and were prone to mental instability. By and large, clone stormtroopers were bred from the same gene pool, grown and trained through Kaminoan and Arkanian methods. When the Kaminoans created their own secret army of renegade clone troopers, the Emperor deemed the Fett line to be compromised. The insurrection was thwarted and the Empire regained control of Kamino's cloning facilities, but the Stormtrooper Corps became increasingly diverse with an influx of clones from a variety of templates in addition to natural-born recruits.
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