Stormtrooper sniper

Stormtrooper Snipers, also called Stormsnipers, were elite stormtroopers that served in the Galactic Empire. They were essentially the Imperial version of Clone Trooper Snipers.



History
After the activation of Order 66, clone troopers were renamed stormtroopers, and they were absorbed into the ranks of the Imperial Military. Clone Trooper Snipers were now Stormtrooper Snipers. Within years, the line of Jango Fett clones began to dwindle, and birth-born recruits and new clones became part of the Empire's army of stormtroopers. With this, only specially trained birth-born recruits were allowed to become snipers.

The snipers operated in special assasination missions during the Empire's rise to power, eliminating members of the Imperial Senate that Emperor Palpatinesaw as treasonous. By 0 BBY, most senators had been killed, and the rest lost their jobs as senators when the senate was dissolved by Palpatine. Thier work was indirectly praised by Grand Moff Wilhuf Tarkin.

"The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away."

- Wilhuff Tarkin

During the Galactic Civil War, Stormtrooper Snipers were used to great effect, as combat specialists and in taking out key Rebel Alliance members. When the Galactic Empire was crushed at the end of the Galactic Civil War, stormtrooper snipers gave up thier jobs and became civillians in the newly formed New Republic. It is unknown if stormtrooper snipers were active within the New Galactic Empire.

Equipment
In the early days of the Galactic Empire, Stormtrooper Snipers wore modified stark-white Phase II clone trooper armor, with a special rangefinder added to the helmet.This was made from a softer alloy, to add a stealth effect. With the advent of stormtrooper armor, snipers wore an unmodified set of armor, save for a rangefinder. This was due to economic issues within the Empire.

Stormtrooper Snipers carried a [DC-17sn Sniper Rifle]] and wore a strap over thier torso armor with extra ammunition. They also carried E-11 Blaster Rifles if thier DC-17sn was rendered useless or lost. If there were any snipers in the New Galactic Empire, they did not use the DC-17sn, as the weapon had been retired for a while.