105th Stormtrooper Platoon
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The 105th Stormtrooper Platoon of the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps served during the Galactic Civil War. Stationed aboard Starlyte Station, the platoon supported Imperial liaison officer Lieutenant Arissa Fawn.
Despite its backwater posting, the 105th was outfitted with the standard Stormtrooper platoon complement: a Platoon Commander, Platoon Adjutant / Sergeant Major, four Sergeants, and four squads of eight Stormtroopers with one light repeating blaster each.
Nicknamed "The Emperor's Irregulars", the unit's members were particularly mediocre Stormtroopers, displaying incompetence at almost every opportunity. Only their unswerving loyalty and tight discipline, harshly maintained by Commander Brezzic Marr, commanding officer of the platoon, prevented the unit from being reassigned to swab duty. In fact, under the appropriate circumstances, the unit was capable of displaying creativity and tenacity.
To encourage the creative individuality of his troops, Marr encouraged armor personalization normally banned. Each Stormtrooper wore the 105th's platoon symbol, the cog of the Empire with a series of lightning bolts arcing across it, on their right shoulder.
[edit] Behind the scenes
It should also be noted that 105 is 501 backwards. The 501st Legion is arguably one of the most famous Stormtrooper Legions in Star Wars. It is unknown whether or not this similarity between the two designations is intentional or not. However, the fact that the platoon is the near opposite of the 501st Legion appears to be more than coincidence: both the designation numbers and the attitudes of each unit are reversed, almost making a sort of humorous joke out of the descriptions.
