Imperial Black Operations

Imperial Black Operations, commonly known as Black Ops, was a special forces unit attached to Imperial Intelligence. Members of Blacks Op, although not part of the Stormtrooper Corps, wore stormtrooper armor that was designed to change coloration to match their environment as a form of camouflage. Operations carried out by Imperial Black Ops included espionage, sabotage, and assassination. As there were dozens of other Imperial specializations that performed the same tasks across the galaxy, Black Ops gradually diminished in importance and by the time of the Galactic Civil War were all but disbanded. Later, during the existence of the Imperial Remnant, a second generation of Black Ops soldiers were formed and carried out the same duty with the same equipment.