Iotran Guard

The Iotran Guard was a defense force within the InterGalactic Banking Clan's Collections and Security Division, placed under the command of Captain Tost. Assisted by IG-100 MagnaGuards, they were assigned to safeguard the corporation's collection of vault worlds. The Muuns were considered cowardly and would never go into combat zones themselves. As such, they used their large amounts of money to hire Iotrans, a burly and militaristic species from the Iotra system of the Outer Rim Territories, which was also where the Guard originated.

After the Clone Wars—fought between 22 BBY and 19 BBY—erupted, the Iotran Guard joined with the Confederacy of Independent Systems in their fight against the Galactic Republic, absorbed alongside their captain into the Separatist Droid Army. During the Outer Rim Sieges, IG-227 Hailfire-class droid tanks were used by the Iotran Guard for patrolling the vault worlds Muunilinst, Mygeeto, and Scipio. The Guard wielded blaster rifles.

They were not commonly seen in the Confederacy military around the start of the war. However, over time the Separatist Senate convinced many to join the Guard and other corporate security forces, and by the Outer Rim Sieges were more often seen in combat. In 19 BBY, the Iotran Guard were mentioned by Clone Commander Verd in an intelligence report about the IG-227, as well as a later report on the Collections and Security Division by ARC trooper Muzzle, which were both collected in expansions to the guide "Neyo's Almanac of Clankers." Muzzle warned clone troopers that the Iotrans worked alongside MagnaGuards.

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