98th Elite Mechanized Assault Group

The 98th Elite Mechanized Assault Group was an elite Imperial Remnant battle group during the Imperial Civil War.

Characteristics
The Imperial Remnant's 98th Elite Mechanized Assault Group was outfitted with gray and dark blue-striped century tanks&mdash;compact assault vessels consisting of a TIE fighter cockpit linked between two tank treads. Unofficially called TIE crawlers, these were equipped with upgraded medium blaster cannons and hardpoints for missile launchers. This gave the units of the 98th Elite the capability of delivering greater damage to targets during the Imperial Civil War with better accuracy than the stock century tanks used by the 88th Mechanized.

Behind the scenes
The 98th Elite Mechanized Assault Group was represented with a miniature labeled as a "TIE Crawler" in the Ground Assault expansion of the Star Wars PocketModel TCG.