Imperial trooper

> You are soldiers of the Sith Empire, the greatest army to ever march across the galaxy! Take up your weapons, charge into the heat of battle, and win! Now, the Republic will face the true strength of the Empire. Now they will face you!
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> ━Allegiant General Pyre Kinall to his soldiers before battle

**Imperial troopers**, also called **Imperial soldiers**, were the standard infantry that was deployed by the Imperial Army of the Sith Empire. These troopers served as the ground invasion force for the Imperial Military’s campaign of conquest and worked to defend the Empire’s holdings during its war for galactic domination. They were also tasked with subjugating worlds that dared to resist the Sith Emperor’s rule. Imperial soldiers were either conscripted, willingly enlisted or were demanded to work in the military under the orders of their Sith overlords. They often worked alongside members of the Sith Order, Imperial Intelligence, Ministry agents, Inquisitors, Sith Warriors, and even those who directly served the Emperor.

As the Empire grew, Imperial soldiers worked to secure more territory for the coming war with the resurgent Republic following their victory against the Galactic Empire. The Galactic Empire’s remnants became part of the new Sith Empire, they adopted the Imperial soldier's uniform, and the rebuilt Imperial army quickly seized the Outer Rim sectors and the original territories of the Old Empire. Originally, Imperial soldiers were strictly human due to the traditions of the late Galactic Empire, however, the fully restored Sith Emperor altered this and permitted aliens within the Imperial ranks, secretly removing those who would oppose his decree. The Imperial soldiers would ultimately have their forces augmented with the reactivation and creation of Imperial Clone troopers alongside factories being built to produce battle droids, which would all come to serve as an unyielding reminder of the Empire’s omnipresence.

## Equipment

> If it's anything the Empire specializes in, it's having enough bodies to throw until their problems are destroyed.
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> ━Jedi Master Quinn Maru

The ground forces of the Sith Empire, the soldiers of the Empire typically wore gray armor and utilized the DLA-13 blaster rifle as the standard weapon, however, numerous weapons from the Clone Wars and Imperial Era were in circulation through the military. Originally, ground forces began live-fire exercises in the jungles of Dromund Kaas within weeks of their enlistment into the military, and even those non-combatants in the military were trained in the use of basic weapons, survival skills, and first aid. Since the Empire’s recapture of their original territories though, numerous Imperial military academies have been built throughout the Empire’s territory to train new recruits.

The army made use of Imperial crawler tanks, walkers, and a number of models of war droids. Imperial troopers were issued full-body gray armor crafted from duraplast, with colored marking signifying their unit or special assignments. Their leg armor was specifically designed to preserve mobility and to protect from shrapnel, and while their belt housed extra ammunition and grenades for easy access, the armor’s bracers housed environmental and targeting controls, and the readouts on the suit’s chest provided medical diagnostics for treating soldiers who were wounded in their armor. Heavy troopers typically wore about a hundred pounds of armor, and most soldiers carried rifles, sidearms, grenades, and five days of rations. Typically, the service period for an Imperial soldier was twenty-five to thirty years.