Designation:

Imperial Royal Guard

Training:
60

Mental strength:
80

Combat Endurance:
108

Primary Weapon Power:
12

Secondary Weapon Power:
12

Equipment:

1 Heavy Blaster Pistol

1 Force Pike

Imperial Royal Guard Armor

- Anti Flash Blinding Lenses

- Night Vision Viewplate

- Comlink

- Sealed Body Glove

- 1 hour of emergency oxygen

1 High-tension wire

2 Grappling Hooks

4 Spare Blaster Power Packs

3 Ion Flares

1 Concentrated Ration

1 Spare Comlink

3 Water Packs

2 Medpacks

 

The Imperial Royal Guard is a special detachment of hand-picked Imperial Stormtroopers who serve as the Emperor's personal guards. Each of these soldiers is specially scrutinized to fit select size, strength, intelligence and loyalty requirements, and equipment and training is lavished upon them.

No firm figures are available on the exact number of Royal Guards serving the Emperor, but speculations ranges from fewer than 50 to the tens of thousands. Whatever the case, the Royal Guard has become a formidable military sub-unit which is directly under the control of the Emperor.

The entire Royal Guard is never sent on combat missions. A few small elements of the guard are sent into combat on a rotating basis to keep them in fighting trim. On such missions, guard members usually dispense with their ceremonial uniform and don the armor worn by other stormtroopers in the operation. In such instances, the guard members are always part of the same unit. They are never dispersed among the ordinary stormtroopers.

Rumors abound about this fierce fighting force. The legend is that no Royal Guard member has yet been killed in Combat. Stories tell of their invincible fighting powers - always in the service of the Emperor.

Royal Guards wear garb consisting of flowing red robes, red battle armor, and red helmets. Although ceremonial, the red armor does not hamper the guardsmen in regards to movement or fighting. This armor is derived from a pair of similar designs, the uniform of the Death Watch of the Mandalore system, the Sun Guards of the Thyrsus system, and the Senate Guards of the Old Republic.