Shadow Trooper



Shadow Troopers or Shadow Stormtroopers were elite special forces stormtroopers serving Imperial Intelligence or Imperial Special Forces depending on the variant. Both variants were extremely skilled fighters who used portable cloaking devices to excel on stealth missions.

History
The shadow troopers in Imperial Intelligence were tasked with serving the elite Stormtrooper Commanders as well as the Emperor's personal Shadow Guard. They operated as both stealth troopers, using their cloaking tech to move into advantageous positions and also as elite enforcers who fought on the frontlines alongside the standard Imperial troops. These troopers struck fear into both rebels as well as their Imperial allies with how deadly and efficient they were.

The elite shadow troopers of Imperial Special Forces acted as fast moving, fast acting disruptors. Using the electricity produced by their experimental cloaking devices, they would stun targets in order to capture, kill or allow the troopers to move to a better position. The troopers also used their omni-directional jammers to disrupt rebel communications and damage equipment. The shadow troopers favored hit and run tactics, de-cloaking to attack targets before re-cloaking and vanishing to prepare to strike again. Rebel commanders found this variant of shadow trooper not only to be dangerous, but also annoying as the fast acting elite shadow troopers would easily overtake most rebel infantry forces.

Equipment
The standard issue for Imperial Intelligence shadow troopers was an experimental version of the standard stormtrooper armor. This experimental armor was made of stygian-triprismatic polymer which boosted their portable cloaking devices and hid them from many forms of sensors. The armor was painted all black except for the eye lenses and mouthpiece which were silver in color. The troopers were equipped with portable cloaking devices that rendered them near invisible and allowed them to operate undetected on missions of high importance. Like regular Imperial troops, shadow troopers also wore pauldrons, survival backpacks and ammo pouches when necessary for the mission or to represent specialty. Shadow troopers were equipped with the E-11x, which had an integrated suppressor to reduce the noise the blaster made which was toggle-able with a switch on the side. When dealing with less stealth based operations and more direct combat situations, shadow troopers were known to use the E-11D which was also used by the Empire's death troopers.

Elite shadow troopers under the command of Imperial Special Forces wore similar armor as the shadow troopers from Imperial Intelligence, but their armor was laced with durasteel fibers. In addition to this, their armor had omni-directional jammers, similar to those used by clone shadow troopers during the Clone Wars. Like their predecessors they kept their distance from standard units to prevent damaging to Imperial equipment. They utilized experimental portable cloaking devices which gave off an amount of electricity when initially cloaking or de-cloaking, otherwise the field rendered the soldier almost completely invisible. The stealth field could be compromised briefly by overcharging the cloaking device with additional electricity. These elite shadow troopers would wield E-11x blaster rifles that fired electrified blue blaster bolts as opposed to the standard red blaster bolts used by the rest of the Empire.