Imperial Purge trooper

> The Inquisitor’s Purge troopers are skilled and well-trained. Don’t underestimate their ability to kill surviving Jedi, Allegiant General, they will carry out their task without fail.
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> ━Darth Acedia to Allegiant General Pyre Kinall

The **Imperial Purge troopers**, also known as **Purge stormtroopers**, were a specialized variant of Imperial Clone trooper, and sometimes Imperial soldier, used by the Sith Inquisition of the Sith Empire as special forces and expendable death squads. These soldiers were assigned to hunt down any surviving Jedi, being activated in the first year of the Sith Empire’s return to the galaxy. The first Purge troopers were actually specialized clone troopers and as their predecessors from the Grand Army of the Galactic Republic, who carried out Order 66, were instead programmed with hostility against all Jedi from the start. Their ranks were eventually greatly expanded by non-clone recruits drawn from the Imperial Army. Unlike the Galactic Empire’s Purge troopers, who were few in number and kept out of the public eye, the Sith Empire had formalized them into the Imperial hierarchy, making them the staple soldier of the Inquisition.

## Description

> Purge troopers relentlessly hunt Jedi and those who would harm the Empire. They are a message not just to surviving Jedi, but to Sith who defy the doctrine.
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> ━Darth Vanitus

    Purge troopers were specialized Imperial Clone troopers and soldiers placed at the disposal of the Sith Inquisition, often accompanying them in pursuit of surviving members of the Jedi Order and Sith who defy the Rule of Order, although some engaged their enemies without nearby support. Despite a vast majority of Purge troopers being clones, those who served in the Imperial Army that displayed great loyalty and talent were sometimes selected to join their ranks.

## Equipment

> Looks like the Empire trained some new living weapons for the Emperor.
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> ━Jedi Master Quinn Maru

The original designs for the Purge Trooper armor were taken from the archives of the previous Galactic Empire, as such, the armor consisted of a set of black armor plates over a black body glove. Its most obvious deviation from the previous armor model was the helmet, which was stylized in a manner closely resembling a standard stormtrooper.

   As the troopers specialized in hunting both Jedi and Sith, the armor was made to be lightsaber-resistant by adding light traces of cortosis, however, repeated strikes from a lightsaber ultimately pierced the armor. Unlike the original armor model, which tended to vary slightly in appearance depending on the trooper’s rank and role, the new generation of Purge trooper armor used by the Sith Empire was equipped with a red pauldron and black kama. Instead, the visors of Purge trooper helmets gave them an indication of the rank of other Imperial soldiers and fellow Purge troopers.

For ranged weaponry, they were usually equipped with DC-15A blaster rifles, DC-15LEs, DC-15A blaster carbines, E-11 medium blaster rifles, or E-11D blaster carbines. In close-quarters combat, certain Purge troopers utilized electrostaffs, electrobatons, or electrohammers.

To carry out their duties, Purge troopers made use of S-SC4 *Bloodmark*-class Space Superiority Interceptors and *Regent*-class Assault Shuttles.