Unidentified snowtrooper unit

A **unit** of cold weather assault stormtroopers served in an Imperial remnant led by Moff Gideon, being stationed on the snowy planet of Carlac. The hardened troopers, under the leadership of Commander TS-3312, were headquartered at a camp on the planet that had once been used by the Death Watch.

## History

This snowtrooper unit was founded sometime during the New Republic Era, serving as part of Moff Gideon's Imperial remnant. The troopers of the unit viewed themselves as ruthless outlaws and a nomadic band of brigands, as well as loyal Imperial patriots honoring the fallen Galactic Empire and its legacy, being hardened in personality during these changing times. They wore standard snowtrooper armor, which was well insulated to protect against extreme cold.

The nomadic unit established a base in the form of an old Death Watch camp on the neutral planet of Carlac, being transported there by Lambda-class T-4a shuttles. They refurbished the abandoned camp for their own needs, finding the destroyed Junk Droids of Carlac, whom they rebuilt to serve for training purposes, specifically target practice; the snowtroopers presumably did not have possession of standard training equipment used by the Old Empire. On Carlac, the unit possessed at least four 74-Z Speeder Bikes along with a X-34 landspeeder and an RGC-16 airspeeder. They were equipped with E-11 medium blaster rifles and at least one E-Web heavy repeating blaster cannon, as well as T-7 ion disruptor rifles. At least one of the troopers was armed with an RPS-6 rocket launcher.

In 9 ABY, archaeologists Indiana Jones and K-7R3 landed on Carlac and were captured by the snowtroopers, who brought the pair back to their camp. Around that time, word of Moff Gideon's capture not long before had reached the unit, and Commander Sharky sought to be the new owner of the Darksaber, presuming that the moff definitely lost the weapon prior to being detained. The troopers took Jones to see Sharky, while they made K-7R3 repair the target practice droids. Jones had a brief conversation with Commander Sharky, who then proceeded have a toast. Sharky poured Jones a glass of wine, asked what the two should toast to, wishing to toast to something less repetitive than health or success. Jones suggested a toast to the current state of the galaxy. The commander inquired for Jones to elaborate, and the archaeologist asked if the sacrifices made by both the Empire and the Rebellion during the Galactic Civil War were for the greater good. Sharky, however, added that they had outlasted those who had died and that the fragments of the Empire were growing stronger in the face of a New Republic that was "in disarray." He further brought up the prospect of using power delivered to create more havoc than had been made by the Empire's atrocities throughout the galaxy, hoping that people would realize as a result that they wanted order.

Jones, who was a believer in a free galaxy and not Imperialism, proceeded to physically attack Sharky, who fought back with the assistance of some of his troopers. Before Sharky's men could finish Jones per orders of the commander, however, K-7R3 came and kicked one of the snowtroopers in the thigh, giving Jones time to get out his whip and incapacitate four of Sharky's men. Sharky fought against Jones but the droids K-7 repaired begin a revolt on the snowtroopers. As the Imperials were distracted by the droids, Jones and K-7 escaped the camp, though they were pursued by two snowtroopers on 74-Z Speeder Bikes. However, they failed to catch the escapees, and Jones and K-7 returned to their ship and fled Carlac.

## Appearances

* "Alliances"—*The Further Exploits of Indiana Jones* (First appearance)