Stormtrooper Corps

## Imperial Stormtrooper Corps

Darth Vader inspecting his troops from the 501st Legion.

"*I am a stormtrooper. My skin is my armor. My face is my helmet. My name is my number. I am fulfilled, for I am an agent of the Emperor.*"
―Stormtrooper pledge
The **Imperial Stormtrooper Corps**, also referred to as the **Trooper Corps** and **Imperial Corps**, was an independent military branch operating under the Imperial Army of the Galactic Empire. The Corps was best known for its near limitless supply of obedient stormtroopers trained at Imperial academies across the galaxy, as well as its near fanatical devotion to Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious. Regarded as the Empire's chief enforcers, the Corps served to remind the civilian populace of the Empire's military supremacy.

The Stormtrooper Corps could trace its roots to the Grand Army of the Republic—clone troopers who fought for the Galactic Republic in the Clone Wars. Although Republic forces were absorbed by the Imperial Military. After the end of Clone Wars at the aftermath of Order 66 by betraying both the Jedi and the Terran Alliance as well. When the Galactic Empire focuses their militarization efforts after transitioning the Galactic Republic into a militaristic empire as Sheev Palpatine takes over the entire Andromeda Galaxy along with Darth Vader as his apprentice. All clones at the end of the clone wars were transitioned into the first generation of stormtroopers, but after the entire clone force were retired they started to recruit non-clone human recruits and conscripts. During the Imperial Era, the Corps suppressed Separatist holdouts, occupied worlds, and became embroiled in a galaxy-wide conflict with the Alliance to Restore the Republic and Terran Alliance.

## Stormtrooper specializations and variations

* Stormtrooper — The Empire's main enforcer throughout the Andromeda galaxy which also serves as an Elite Infantry unit and shock forces. Equipped with E-11 blaster rifles and specialized armor made up of over 18 plastoid, composite plates.
	+ Elite Squad Troopers - The first generation of Natural-born human recruits of the Imperial Army prior to the Termination of Cloning which they served as Special Forces unit of the Imperial Military, their armor looked similar to the Clonetrooper combat uniform but only difference is they're dark colored.
	+ Coastal defender stormtrooper — Also known as *Shoretroopers*, *Imperial Marines* or simply Marines, An infantry unit stationed at the top secret Imperial security complex on the tropical planet Scarif, shoretroopers patrolled the beaches and bunkers of the planetary facility these soldiers were encountered by the Rebel Alliance and Terran Alliace SpecOps (mainly the Delta Force).
	+ Cold weather assault stormtrooper — Better known as Imperial snowtroopers or Imperial Cold assault stormtrooper, trained for operations in arctic environments, these soldiers were both encountered by the Alliance and Terran Forces during the Battle of Hoth, The Blizzard Force is one of the examples of who fought in the said battle.
	+ Crimson Stormtrooper — Also known as the Magma troopers, These soldiers are trained to operate in the heat of volcanic areas one of the examples are soldiers were stationed in Fortress Vader, which was encountered by Plo Koon's task force.
		- Lava Trooper — Same as the Magma troopers, Except that they were equipped with black armor and respiration tubes that were charged with defending Fortress Vader on Mustafar.
	+ Forest trooper - Stormtroopers that trained to operate in forested environments, these soldiers traces their capabilities to the Clone scout troopers in Kashyyyk both wearing camouflaged armour and they are the encountered soldiers by the Vietnamese Terran soldiers and Wookies in their insurgency.
	+ Heavy Weapons Stormtrooper — Heavy Stormtroopers, also known as Heavy Weapons Stormtroopers these soldiers were specialized and equipped with Z-6 rotary blaster cannons, DLT-19 heavy blaster rifles and heavy armor, they serves both Anti-Infantry and support units of the Imperial Infantry.
		- Heavy Sandtrooper
		- Heavy Shoretrooper
		- Heavy Snowtrooper
	+ Scout trooper — Also known as the Biker scouts, were the reconnaissance units of the Corps, utilized to determine enemy positions, perform hit-and-run attacks and gather intelligence on enemy operations in a combat zone, these soldiers were encountered by Leia, Han, Luke, Kelly and some of the Rebel Alliance and Terran troops at the Battle of Endor.
		- Sniper trooper—Also known as Imperial sharpshooters a variant of Scout trooper, They were specialists pulled from the ranks of the scout troopers and equipped with E-11s sniper rifles.
	+ Rocket Stormtroopers — also known as Rocket Launcher Stormtroopers, were specialized stormtroopers equipped with large, shoulder-fired missile launchers that allowed them to damage vehicles and buildings from a great distance.
	+ Death Stormtroopers —
	+ Special Commando Advanced Recon trooper - The Elite special forces unit of the Stormtrooper Corps, which is deployed by the Imperial Military, One such unit was Task Force 99, which consisted of a squad of SCAR troopers led by Sergeant Kreel, Each member of a unit specialized in different tactics.

## List of the Stormtrooper Corps units

* 1st Legion (Stormtrooper Corps)
* 501st Legion (Imperial-era,Stormtrooper Corps) - Can be distinguished by their mixed Blue and White armor, they serves as Darth Vader's personal Division of Stormtroopers comprising of both Clones and Human recruits.
* 212th Attack Battalion (Imperial-era,Stormtrooper Corps)
* 975th Battalion
* 68th Legion
* Bardelberan 7 Imperial Garrison
* Death Star's Imperial Army garrison
* Cloud City Imperial Garrison
* Coruscant Guard
* Coastal Defense Division
* Felucia Imperial garrison
* Foot Patrol 7
* Garel Imperial Garrison
* Gigor Imperial garrison
* Imperial Ninety-Seventh Stormtrooper Legion
* JN-093's squad
* Lothal Imperial Garrison
* Mataou Imperial garrison
* Mantooine Imperial garrison
* Naalol Imperial Garrison
* Naboo Imperial Garrison
* Obumubo Imperial garrison
* One-Oh-Seventh Stormtrooper Legion
* Plateau City Imperial Garrison
* Scarif Deployment
* Scrim Island Imperial garrison
* Team Five
* Winter's Edge stormtrooper garrison
* Other unnamed Stormtrooper Corps divisions but it has numbers on their units.

## Gallery

Basic StormtrooperRocket Launcher stormtrooperHeavy assault StormtrooperThe 501st Stormtroopers, known for it's iconic Blue Markings comprised of both former Clone legions and all-Human recruit soldiers serving for the Empire.Inceneration StormtrooperShoretroopers, the Marine unit of the Stormtrooper CorpsShoretrooper on it's Default uniform.Shadow Trooper, an Elite Special Forces variant of the Stormtrooper Corps.Scout Trooper, the sniper variant of the Stormtrooper.Imperial Camo Stormtroopers, the camouflaged variant of the Stormtroopers.The Magma Stormtroopers.Wolfenstein March + Imperial March + StormtroopersStormtroopers marching as part of their propaganda made by the Empire.
## Appearances

* *The Terran Alliance Strikes Back (first appearance)*
* *The Terran and the Mandalorian*

## Trivia

* The Imperial Stormtrooper Corps, were seemingly inspired to the former Imperial German Army's elite special Forces known as the Sturmtruppen or Storm Trooper.
* The Stormtroopers are also the equivalent of Space Corps and Space Marines in fiction.
* Despite the Stormtroopers being the 'vangard' of the Imperial military, a large majority of them (Other than Elite trooper types) are extremely awful quality conscripts that even regular USMC grunts could terminate them with fewer casualties. Moreover they are more like a peace keeping force than an effective military force when compared to the Terran Alliance's experienced, never stop adapting and always improving military forces, which explains how pathetic and quite laughable the Stormtroopers are even when they outnumbered the TA's whole military force.
	+ Ironically the Philippine 8th Infantry Division is more considered as a Stormtrooper than the Imperial Stormtrooper since they can adapt in their surroundings and can also deal with many Rebel and Terrorist forces like the Communist-aligned New People's Army.
* The Stormtrooper Corps were mostly in white armor and rarely seen wearing their camouflage uniforms or camouflage armor, more notably the Forest Jungle Stormtroopers, the soldiers stationed in Kashyyyk and Endor.

## See Also:

* Galactic Empire
	+ Imperial Military
		- Imperial Army