Imperial Sith trooper

> You will remember this day as the day that when the crimson army marched, your people’s lives shared in their crimson━that their blood is on your hands and that it was your ignorance that led to your world being destroyed by the Empire.
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> ━Allegiant General Pyre Kinall to an unnamed local planetary leader

**Imperial Sith troopers**, also known as **Sith stormtroopers**, or simply **Sith troopers**, were elite soldiers who served the Sith Empire. These soldiers were originally compromised of children that were kidnapped and raised by the Imperial Cult, who worshipped Darth Deceptious and carried out his most cruel and ruthless of goals. While Sith troopers were named after the Sith Order, they were not Force-sensitive like their namesake. Nevertheless, they shared the Imperial Cult’s devotion to the dark side and ultimately revered the Emperor himself. Taking inspiration from their zealous devotion to their immortal master, the armor worn by Sith troopers was red like Sith lightsaber blades, but also like the Emperor’s shallow crimson eyes━as they believed themselves to be extensions of his sight across the galaxy. In the aftermath of the reactivation of the production of Imperial clone troopers, the Sith troopers ranks dramatically increased over time due to the evolutions in cloning technology. Albeit rarely, Sith troopers strictly selected new recruits from only the best of the Imperial Army and subject them to the same level of indoctrination as the rest underwent.

They were the culmination of the Sith Emperor’s goal to create an army exclusively loyal to him, allowing him to reinforce and assert his will and power over the other Sith and the Empire entire, while simultaneously creating a soldier that could inflict fear into the Republic and their Jedi, while also dissuading any unseen enemies from acting against his reign of the new Sith Empire.

Sith troopers followed the tradition of armored infantry units, one of the most enduring symbols of military might in galactic history. This heritage began with the clone troopers that fought in the Clone Wars, who represented hope to the citizens of the Galactic Empire. The Galactic Empire appropriated the clone army’s legacy, altering it into a symbol of fascist rule. Sith troopers, whether they were children taken from their families or clones selected for the role, were conditioned for absolute loyalty, and by building on the success of methods used by Kaminoan scientists, the Imperial Cult and cloners succeeded in suppressing the individuality of the Sith troopers, resulting in an even more loyal and obedient soldier the galaxy had ever seen.

Dedicated to carrying out the will of the Immortal Emperor, the Sith troopers, under the command of his chosen warlord, the Allegiant General Pyre Kinall, paved their reputation into one of ruthlessness and sheer tenacity, and their insistence to unhesitatingly forsake their own lives in an effort to achieve their mission at all costs greatly disturbed those unfortunate enough to cross their path. However, only the best in their ranks served as Sovereign Protectors, an elite variant of Sith trooper that served as one of many specializations among the Emperor’s Imperial Guard━sworn to sacrifice their lives to protect the Emperor.

## Training

> My soldiers are perfected. They were made for war, to serve the Emperor. There is no force like any other.
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> ━Allegiant General Pyre Kinall on the creation of the Sith troopers