Stormtrooper Corps (First Order)

The Stormtrooper Corps was an infantry division that operated under the army of the First Order. Modeled on the original Stormtrooper Corps of the Galactic Empire as well as the Grand Army of the Republic, First Order stormtroopers were the face of the military and were the culmination of a military tradition dating back to the Clone Wars when white-armored soldiers represented the future of galactic warfare. High-ranking officers held authority over the Corps, such as General Armitage Hux and Captain Phasma, although the troopers' overall allegiance was to the Supreme Leader of the First Order.

The Corps was formed and molded by the influence of Commandant Brendol Hux, an Imperial officer who believed that soldiers should be trained from birth like the clone troopers and Jedi Knights who served the Galactic Republic. The First Order conscripted a generation of human children whose obedience was programmed through indoctrination. With their exceptional training and live-fire exercises, First Order stormtroopers surpassed their Imperial precursors both in skill and loyalty. Lacking the Empire's military academies, members of the Corps were trained on the Resurgent-class Star Destroyers of the First Order Navy.

Although the Corps' existence violated the terms of the Galactic Concordance due to the First Order claiming the status as a successor of the Galactic Empire, the Galactic Senate of the New Republic did not take action against the First Order, which said that their stormtroopers were a territorial defense force. In reality, the Corps was trained as an invasion army; the First Order was determined to reclaim the legacy of the Empire by conquering the galaxy. In the wake of the Hosnian Cataclysm of 34 ABY, the First Order moved to take control of the major star systems through military force. Despite facing opposition from the Resistance, the First Order had conquered large swathes of territory, with planets like Kijimi occupied by a garrison of stormtroopers in 35 ABY.

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