Ghorman security trooper regiment

A security trooper regiment of the Imperial Army was assigned to the planet Ghorman due to growing tensions with the Galactic Empire's occupation of the world, as it secretly attempted to forcefully relocate the population and mine the world for Kalkite, a mineral sought by the Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research for Project Stardust. The regiment was led by Sergeant Bloy.

The regiment supplemented a contingent of stormtroopers, existing Imperial security troopers, Imperial Security Bureau personnel, TIE fighters, Imperial Navy assets, and KX-series security droids. Multiple units from the regiment were continuously deployed in the days leading up to the Ghorman Massacre. However, the regiment was untested and unready for the ready-to-boil-over unrest on Ghorman, with one group even consisting of new recruits. Bloy and these rookie troopers were used to incite a crowd of Ghorman people and serve as sacrifices, allowing the Empire to justify its use of force in what became the Ghorman Massacre.

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