Dark Trooper Project

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The Dark Trooper Project was a program run by General Rom Mohc of the Galactic Empire, funded by Emperor Palpatine, to develop what would have become next generation stormtroopers/battle droids, the dark troopers.

The factory ship Arc Hammer served as the main production facility of the battle droids.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Development 1.2 Deployment 1.3 Failure 2 Appearances 3 Sources

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[edit] Development

The Dark Trooper Project was the brainchild of General Rom Mohc who drew from his experiences helping TaggeCo develop the Z-X3 droid trooper. General Mohc, working with the Imperial Department of Military Research, requisitioned the Arc Hammer to both construct, house, and transport his new little army. However, not everyone in the Empire supported the project. Several officers and politicians had reservations about droids dating from the Clone Wars experiences. Notably Grand Vizier Sate Pestage never thought the project would work.

The project was divided into three phases: phases I, II, and III. While the Phase I dark troopers were little more than skeletal prototypes they were put into some use early on by General Rom Mohc guarding installations. A peculiarity of the Phase I when compared to the later stages is that instead of a blaster rifle, or some other projectile weapon, it was equipped with a retractable vibrosword and a blast shield.

[edit] Deployment

Success for the project was ultimately achieved with Phase II. After initial production of the Phase II dark troopers, an attack was launched on Talay Tak Base. The attack proved the capabilities of Phase II dark troopers; the base was completely wiped out in minutes. These battle droids were larger, bulkier, and equipped with armor of similar design to that of stormtroopers. This armor was made of phrik, a dense and durable alloy that was difficult for even lightsabers to cut through. The Phase II carried a weapon capable of firing both plasma shells and explosive rockets.

Not content with the modest success of the Phase II, Rom Mohc went on to develop the Phase III. To General Mohc the Phase III would be the ultimate battle droid, however it also served as an exosuit for living soldiers. Only one unit was ever constructed of the most devastating of the dark troopers. General Mohc utilized this droid to defend himself and the Arc Hammer from Kyle Katarn.

[edit] Failure

Under orders from Mon Mothma, Kyle Katarn and Jan Ors continually sabotaged the production facilities. Kyle Katarn quickly infilitrated and sabotaged a number of key facilities including the phrik mines on Gromas 16 and the phrik refining facility and Phase II factory on Anteevy. Eventually the mercenary infiltrated the Arc Hammer, where Mohc and Katarn had their final showdown. Mohc was killed in the skirmish, and the Arc Hammer was destroyed by thermal detonator charges.

Furious at the time and credits wasted on the project, Palpatine ended all productions of the dark troopers and even went so far as to withdraw funding for all Imperial battle droids being developed at that time.

[edit] Appearances

• Star Wars: Dark Forces (First appearance)
• Sand Blasted

[edit] Sources

•  Dark troopers in the Databank
• The Essential Chronology
• The New Essential Chronology
• The Essential Guide to Droids
• The New Essential Guide to Droids
• The Dark Forces Saga
• Kyle Katarn's Tale

The Dark Trooper campaign
First Talay · Second Talay · Anoat · Fest · Gromas Orinackra · Cal-Seti · Anteevy · Nar Shaddaa · Coruscant Ergo · Executor · Arc Hammer

The Dark Trooper Project
Primary models Phase I dark trooper - Phase II dark trooper Phase III dark trooper Other models Darktrooper Team Two Dark novatrooper - Inquisitorium dark trooper Exogen-class dark trooper - Glory-class dark trooper Oppressor-7 class dark trooper - Oppressor-9 class dark trooper Triumphant-class dark trooper - Victory-class dark trooper Black Hole dark trooper Production Rom Mohc - Arc Hammer
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