Storm Commando Demolition Platoon

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## General Information

### Population Value

Covert Operations, Anti-Armor, Demolitions
1

### Price Cost

3
* 1900 Credits (Galactic Conquest)
* 1500 Credits (Skirmish)

### Build Time

* 127 Seconds (Galactic Conquest)
* 75 Seconds (Skirmish)

### Required Structures

* Elite Barracks
* Imperial Global Ground Tech - Infantry 3

## Combat Statistics

### Composition

* 1x Sergeant
* 2x Missileer
* 2x Rifleman + Concussion Grenade
* 2x Rifleman + Proton Grenade

### Shield Refresh Rate

Infantry
15
0.075 per second

### Unit Abilities

* Stealth: Activates a cloaking device and turns the unit invisible.
* Firing Position: Increase fire rate and defense, but reduces movement speed.

## Lore Description

Commissioned by Wilhuff Tarkin, the Imperial Storm Commandos were the elite special forces core of the regular stormtrooper divisions and were often recruited from the best of the stormtrooper core and thrown into advanced training both in direct open battlefields and covert guerilla warfare. In addition, they were also given access to otherwise classified knowledge and more sophisticated equipment. Some commandos were even given advanced starfighters to pilot. While the storm commandos were sometimes given missions to contain or start uprisings on worlds, most of their missions consisted of sabotaging the Rebellion or acting as elite reserve forces in a planetary invasion.

While a storm commando was trained to handle almost every situation, sometimes more heavy firepower would be needed to accomplish a task, Tarkin predicted this and conducted training in explosives and demolitions for a select few commandos. This resulted in the demolition platoons. While they were uncommon, they brought devastating fire to the battlefield and were capable of destroying entire vehicle companies.

## Combat Information

### Player Evaluation

The demolition variant of the Storm Commando Platoon was trained to deal with armored threats during stealth raids, something that it does very well. With two Smart Rocket Launchers at their disposals, they are able to deal high damaged to light and medium armored targets, giving raids a much needed boast against Alliance or Black Sun armored defenses. The rest of the platoon is made up of elite Storm Commandos, which are able to deal with low and mid-tier infantry squads, though they do struggle against the elites of the Black Sun and Alliance.

Like all infiltrator squads, they are not made for front line combat. Their strengths rely on hit-and-run style attacks and fast movement. If they get caught in a large firefight, the Storm Commando's will struggle. Keeping them away from large groups of units and utilizing their cloaking fields ensures that they will survive to fight another day.

It should be noted that the Demolition Platoon cannot be built in Ground Skirmish through normal conventions. This implies that they are either built at specific capturable buildings or they cannot be built period, despite having a skirmish cost and build time.