Venom Guard

The Venom Guard, also called the Emperor's special reserve guard, was an Imperial Navy special forces unit made up of some of the best TIE pilots, Navy troopers, gunners, and crewmen in the Galactic Empire. All members were hand picked by Naval Command, sometimes the Admiralty, and even the Emperor himself. They were often credited by the Rebel Navy as the storm commandos of the Imperial Navy, created to target the Alliance to Restore the Republic with guerrilla tactics and to respond to immediate threats before a normal fleet could be assembled.

The Venom Guard saw action throughout the Galactic Civil War, and was later in service of the Imperial Remnant (as well as Grand Admiral Thrawn's confederacy and the Dark Empire.) They were not as well known and the Rebel Alliance Intelligence Agency, as well as the later New Republic Intelligence and Galactic Alliance Intelligence, had little information on them.