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Death troopers , also known as death soldiers or AWR Troopers , were an elite variant of stormtroopers specializing in stealth, espionage and lethality that served the Galactic Empire. Operating under the death trooper division , they acted as a protective detail for significant Imperial officers and members of the Tarkin Initiative , as well as special-assignment commandos for Imperial Intelligence.
They wore black suits of body armor and specialized helmets with vocal scramblers, micro-motion sensors, and heads-up displays with data on enemy and friendly positions on the battlefield. Death troopers were trained in unarmed combat, heavy weapons, demolitions, improvised weaponry, guerrilla warfare, and marksmanship. Experts at covering their tracks, death troopers left little to no evidence of their missions. Identifiable by their distinct black armor, death troopers struck fear in the heart of anyone who crossed the Empire.
Death troopers were named by Emperor Palpatine himself to capitalize on rumors [10] about a legendary Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research project to revive necrotic tissue, [11] which ultimately resulted in the creation of uncontrollable Undead Troopers during the Galactic Civil War. Early during the construction of the Death Star above the planet Geonosis , Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin was accompanied by a squad of death troopers to Scarif to confront a breach of security by the Emperor's lieutenant , Darth Vader.
After Governor Tarkin confronted the cyborg , Lord Vader was ordered by Emperor Palpatine to uncover who was responsible for several sabotage attempts on the Death Star's construction. An assassination attempt was made on Krennic and Vader, as an explosion sent a pile of rocks crashing down on the Imperials, crushing several death troopers. Despite the attempt, Vader investigated and eventually learned that a rogue Geonosian hive led by a Geonosian queen were responsible. The Dark Lord of the Sith and a contingent of death troopers then fought in a skirmish in the Korakanni Mound , killing the saboteurs and the queen.
