Imperial Army Trooper

An Imperial Army soldier in Planet Kenari

**Imperial Army troopers**, also known as **Imperial Army soldiers**, were the standard infantry soldiers deployed by the Imperial Army of the Galactic Empire throughout the galaxy. These troopers, who were separate from the elite white-armored stormtroopers and the fleet troopers of the Imperial Navy, were formed from young, eager conscripts and served as expeditionary units tasked with subjugating worlds that dared resist the Emperor's rule.

Despite being the main infantry forces of the Imperial Military during the Galactic Civil War, they were the minor enemies encountered by the Terran Forces and Rebel Alliance, until the later years of the Galactic Revolution.

## History

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## Equipment

Imperial Army troopers were outfitted with a set of armor similar to Imperial officer battle armor, which covered the torso, shoulders, and upper arm. Polarized goggles and respirator masks could be issued to filter out toxic substances in hostile environments as seen on Mimban. The set also featured optional helmets, shin guards, and colored bicep bands that denoted the trooper's position, with red indicating a soldier and white indicating a medic. As seen within the Aldhani Garrison, troopers could forego the combat helmet in favor of an Imperial kepi. Troopers wore olive green colored utility fatigues and gray armor. Elite security troopers, such those in the Ferrix garrison, were issued black utility fatigues and matching black armor.

As front line combatants of the Imperial Military, Army troopers had access to the extensive arsenal deployed by the Galactic Empire. Their weaponry included the E-10, E-10.5, and E-11 blaster rifles. Other blasters seen amongst the infantry included E-22 reciprocating double-barreled blaster rifles, SX-21 pump-action scatter blasters, DLT-19 heavy blaster rifles, and blaster pistols such as the EC-17 hold-out blaster. Troopers stationed in urban garrisons, such as the deployment on Ferrix, would also be fielded with non-lethal riot gear such as ballistic shields and batons to suppress citizen uprisings and protests. These units were specially trained to form multi-layered walls with their shields and occasionally allow snatch squads to emerge, grab protesters close to the wall and pull them back behind it where they would be arrested.

## Specialized Army troopers

* **Imperial Army Special Missions troopers**— Deadly special forces personnel, these troopers were deployed on high-risk black-ops missions for Special Forces Command and operated as snipers, saboteurs, commandos, assassins, and slicers. They were fully aware that they were disposable assets.
* **Imperial security troopers** — Elite Army troopers who were deployed into urban environments to maintain Imperial order. Security troopers wielded riot shields and batons when putting down civilian demonstrations.
* **Swamp troopers** — Informally known as **mud troopers**, Swamp troopers were Army soldiers who were fielded into begrimed, mud-caked environments. Swamp troopers possessed waterproof capes in order to keep mud from gathering within the gaps of their armor. They also possessed breathing masks and could wear their googles over their eyes to keep hazardous materials out of their eyes.