Clone shock trooper/Legends



Clone shock troopers were specialist clone troopers introduced during Clone Wars to increase security and order on Coruscant in the form of the Coruscant Guard.

Though a military force, they served mostly in a police capacity or as body guards for diplomats and other dignitaries including the Supreme Chancellor.

Throughout the Clone Wars, they were distinguished by red markings all over their helmet and body armor. This was carried into the Imperial era where Coruscant Guard became well known by its all crimson body armor.

History
The shock troopers were members of the Coruscant Guard, a unit originally established to work with but not supplant the Coruscant Security Force and the Senate Guard. They were in charge of patrolling public plazas and guarding government buildings and landing platforms. Prior to the rise of the Galactic Empire, the clone shock troopers were the first armed force to be dubbed as "stormtroopers." This nickname would immediately become a title for all clone troopers upon the Republic's transformation into the Empire.

However their roles were expanded and they soon began to take on more of a police role. They had the authority to demand anyone to reveal their identification on the spot and perform other random security checks. During the time of the Empire the Coruscant Guard became the primary law enforcement agency for Coruscant. The Guard became an elite Imperial stormtrooper unit yet separate from the stormtroopers who were assigned to CSF.

Equipment
As all clone troopers, they were armed with DC-15A blaster rifles, DC-15S blasters, and thermal detonators. They were also seen armed with Rocket launchers and Z-6 rotary blaster cannons during battle. All Terrain Recon Transports were also a popular vehicle used by this clone trooper division who utilized them in pacifying operations against unruly mobs.

Behind the scenes
While all canonically-seen shock troopers had red armor highlights, a promotional card for Official Pix sent with the 2006 Star Wars Hyperspace Fan Club membership kit depicted a shock trooper with blue paint instead of red, but otherwise identical in appearance. The canonicity of this color scheme, and of whether those who wore it were indeed part of the shock trooper corps, remains ambiguous.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: Crisis on Coruscant
 * Out Foxed
 * Giant spiders are awesome
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars Volume 2: Crash Course
 * LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novel
 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Giant spiders are awesome
 * Star Wars The Clone Wars Volume 2: Crash Course
 * LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novel
 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Millennium Falcon

Notes and references
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