Rocket stormtrooper

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The rocket stormtroopers, also known as rocket launcher stormtroopers or Demolition Troopers^[4] were specialized stormtroopers equipped with large, shoulder-fired missile launchers that allowed them to damage vehicles and buildings from a great distance.^[5]

Description[]

Rocket stormtroopers were equipped with missile launchers such as the RPS-6 rocket launcher or Smart Rockets. They were trained to eliminate insurgent activity, diminish uprisings and quell dissent, providing ground support. Though effective, their weapons required them to reload after each shot, leaving them vulnerable.^[2] Some rocket stormtrooper armor's right shoulder plate featured a red symbol.^[1]

History[]

Five years into the Jedi Purge, rocket stormtroopers were stationed on Zeffo, the Imperial Refinery on Kashyyyk, Ilum, and the Fortress Inquisitorius on Nur, where they encountered and were defeated by the Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis.^[2] Demolition troopers were stationed on Chinook Station on the planet Bespin some time after the Battle of Endor, and were involved in a skirmish there against members of Inferno Squad. Demolition troopers also participated in the climactic Battle of Jakku in 5 ABY.^[3]