Clone shadow trooper/Legends

The shadow troopers were reconnaissance clone troopers serving in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars.

History
The shadow troopers were created originally by Armand Isard to supplement the decreasing quantity of Advanced Recon Commandos. They used stealth and trickery to pose as dangerous individuals working for even more dangerous and powerful people and organizations. They worked on their own or in pairs. When it was discovered that General Grievous was hiding along with the Separatist Council on Utapau, a shadow trooper platoon was dispatched to several sinkhole cities to apply jammers that would allow unnoticed invasion by Republic forces. The storm commandos and Blackhole stormtroopers were both products of the shadow troopers' success.

Equipment


Standard Phase II clone trooper armor was the basis of the shadow trooper armor. However, this special armor was outfitted with magseals which allowed the attachment of plating as a disguise. The armor also masked a clone's sensor signature and altered the clones' otherwise recognizable stride. A jaw switch inside the helmet could quickly relieve a trooper of the magseals and revert the armor back to its regular status. The armor could also consume active scans that detected standard armor signatures. A jammer also allowed a shadow trooper to be completely undetected. Instead of a standard DC-15 blaster, shadow troopers used a DC-19 "Stealth" carbine. It was a deadly weapon, equipped with a sound suppressor. It also possessed a mode in which all blaster bolts were invisible, which was used excellently by shadow snipers. Shadow troopers also carried a vibrodagger for melee engagements.

Behind the scenes

 * The shadow troopers' backstory was established by Hyperspace member Maso Tirag as part of the What's the Story? campaign on StarWars.com.
 * The origin of the shadow troopers can be found in the Utapau shadow trooper Hasbro action figure. At that point, they were identified only as stealth-based troopers.