To all member of the Galactic Empire Armed Forces, In the coming days you may notice many fresh

faces among your crewmen, but you may notice that they all have the same face. In fact, they are all brothers one can say. After many years of slumber, the Clone Trooper Program has been officially reinstated. In the coming months, our ranks will become filled with capable men cloned from the very best stock that the Old republic had to offer. They will join you, brave men and women of the Galactic Empire, stand by your side, and eventually help you to conquer the galaxy. Know this; your prospects for the future are safe. Your positions are safe. You chances for promotion are safe. In fact, now you will be safer than ever, because the clones will pick up the slack on the front, where their lives will be on the line instead of most of yours. These clones, however, are much more specialized than the variants used during the Clone Wars. Below, I will detail the major types of clone troopers you may encounter. Each one, because it is grown much more quickly than before, is given a flash memory program making them the perfect soldiers, albeit in their particular role. It does not mean that they are inflexible, but they are less so than any human or other species. Still, they will suffice for now, and will be admirable comrades on the field of battle.

CLONE COMMISSAR Clone Commissars are the equivalent of tacticians and strategists, they have studied every battle, every tactic, and every individual soldier and know how best to apply them. They form plans, with multiple fallbacks, and are the people that non-clone commanders will rely on to properly relay their information. Armed rather lightly, they should stay behind their soldiers and instead employ their powerful instruments like sat-arrays, binocs, vital scanners, and 3D mapping technologies to root out the enemy and command other clones to defend them. Eloquent and trained in speech, they also make adequate diplomats and can be trusted to draft terms of surrender for the enemy as well as see them executed.

STORMTROOPER MK II Clone Stormtroopers will be in distinctive armor, and will be referred to as Stormtroopers Mark II. Armed similarly to their non-clone counterpart, they are best employed as mid-to-close range fighters, flexible enough to independently tackle localized threats like emplacements, sudden troop movements, covering fire, and small-unit based tactics. Though not as tactically flexible as non-clones, they can be relied upon as teammates to either provide support for non-clones or even spearhead assaults with the others. Physically as strong as a 21 year old human male, they can be expected to do what is necessary at any moment to carry the day.

ELITE STORMTROOPER Clone Stormtroopers who distinguish themselves or are found to be much more flexible than others will be given stronger armor, better weaponry, and in the event of their death, their DNA will be harvested to see if some particular mutations or variants occurred that could explain why one clone was better than others. Part reward and part experiment, Elite Stormtroopers will be a challenge on the battlefield and will be given more leeway in terms of how they will be told to handle situations. Effectively, those troopers in this type of armor are as near-human soldiers as possible.

AIRBORNE CLONETROOPER This particular trooper specializes in aerial warfare, specifically starfighter combat. Each Clonetrooper has the combined tactical prowess of hundreds of prior pilots, and can be depended on should the need arise. Also, they are competent engineers and are equipped with a variety of tools that assist with on-the-fly repair. If they have time, these troopers can completely disassemble and reassemble a craft, fixing all of the issues. Their armor is self-sealing, and can survive orbital reentry. However, due to the large complement of tools, scanners, and other tech equipment, these troopers are armed with a single compact rifle to avoid encumbrance.

RECON CLONETROOPER A Recon Clonetrooper will be given lighter, more mobile armor, greater stores of consumables, as well as advance cartography, scouting, and other technologies to plot pathways through tough terrain, as well as investigate potential sites of enemy resistance. Recon Clonetroopers will also be given jetpacks which will allow themselves to make use of terrain to their advantage as well as take enemies by surprise through advance ambushes. Light, highly mobile, and capable of decent damage, they are an excellent flanking force.

COMMUNICATIONS CLONETROOPER These troopers specialize in the interpreting, conveying, and overall control of information. Whereas the Commissar has a battalion-wide comm-array, Communications Clonetroopers can reach anyone in orbit around the planet as well as anyone on the planet. They are armed with a very expensive comm-array, and are decently well-armed, they are best employed at the back of assaults at the right-hand of commissars and other commanders. Information is integral to effectiveness in battle, so these troopers also are equipped with an entire suite of hacking tools used to delve into the enemies information as well to help commanders craft the best attack plan possible.

FIRESTORM CLONETROOPER Firestorm Clonetroopers have specialized equipment for dealing with pesky pillboxes, trenches, tight corridors, and foxholes where enemies like to hide. Usually employed just behind the first wave of an assault, these clonetroopers burn away any cover that the enemy has. The specialized mix used in the flames can melt duracrete, disintegrate metals, and cut through a body as though it were paper. The only downside is that they are decently slow, and their weapons function best in close-range. They also cannot hide well so are best not used in ambushes.

OUTLANDER CLONETROOPER These particular troopers specialize in warfare on difficult terrain, such as mountains, swamps, and deserts. They possess tools necessary to quickly and stealthily scale heights, survive in extreme heat or cold, and go where other troopers would be disadvantaged. They are trained three times longer as any other trooper, and are meant to be an all-purpose solution to unconventional situations. Their armor is reinforced, their weapons more honed, and their skill set more advanced. Essentially, these are the equivalent of commandoes, and have a more equipment load based on the location to which they are sent, as well as what threats they could potentially face.

HALO CLONETROOPER This particular trooper specializes in aerial warfare, as well as ship-to-ship combat the way our Stormtrooper Marines do. Effectively, these troopers are equipped with self-sealing suits to ensure survival should they be taken out of a ship, plasma cutters to go through ships hulls, and a few other specialized technologies. Also, their suit would allow them to go through orbital reentry and a parachute lets them land safely, though the suit can fail if debris or blaster fire or intense heat past its threshold occurs. These troopers will also be used to secure landing zones by arriving on the surface through orbital reentry and provide support for drop pods, landing shuttles, and other clonetroopers. AQUATIC CLONETROOPER If the need ever arises, this particular trooper is specialized to fight in aquatic environments. Their armor is light on land, but under water uses water pressure as a reinforcing membrane. Further, their compact helmet includes rebreathers instead of cumbersome oxygen tanks, and unlike other trooper has a UI that accounts for the vitality of each individual plate, to avoid leaks and other unfortunate pressure breaks. Their blaster rifles are specially insulated against water or other liquids, and a special refractor keeps the beam from scattering in liquids. Also, their helmets allow them specialized views to identify targets in murky waters, as well as communicate via shortband to avoid detection themselves.

SNIPER CLONETROOPER This particular trooper is equipped with various plastisteel plates that have embedded computers that allow for near perfect cloaking in any environment. Their helmets have various built in lenses that allow for magnifications up to 400x, while also having sound dampeners built in to avoid detection by conventional equipment. Their guns are specialized rifles that fire hard projectiles, but can also switch to a more rapid firing laser underbarrel in the event that precision is more important than detection. Also, a specialized armored plate reduces recoil by 70% so more shots can be placed on target more often.

SPECIAL OPERATION CLONETROOPER This particular trooper is not trained for this role; rather, any trooper who excels at his role, to the point of perfection or even abovehuman status will be selected for this corps and undergo a rigorous training regimen. These troopers will be armed with extremely expensive tri-weave armor capable of perfectly adapting to their surroundings, while also being built with special technology rendering them also invisible to any conventional sensor and most advanced sensors as well. Each trooper selects his own loadout, his own upgrades and stylization. These troopers will be sent in when the way forward is blocked and the only road is through the night.

URBAN ASSAULT CLONETROOPER This trooper is styled and outfitted to make the most out of urban combat. Equipped with a short-range assault rifle, bad for long-range but excellent in mid-to-close quarters, as well as various vision techs, like thermal, electric, particle, and others, he is suited to find any enemy attempting to defend an urban center. Drafted from regular Clone Stormtroopers, these particular clones do not carry consumables, tents, or any of the marching equipment that others need. Instead, the extra weight is added on as more rounds, grenades, a back-up rifle, and splicing tech as well as increased density plating. Effectively, this trooper is meant to push a line forward, a forlorn hope whose goal is to kill as many as possible before themselves dying. This is not an enviable job, but it is one of particular prestige, especially for veterans.

CLOSE QUARTERS CLONETROOPER This trooper is much like the Urban Assault Clonetrooper, but this is for the aging clones, veterans whose advanced aging due to the cloning process has brought them close to the end of their lives. Usually a 2 year old clone would be assigned to this unit, but younger clones may also be brought in to pad it out. These troopers are the most heavily armored in the entire army, capable of withstanding bombing runs as though they were in a bunker. They are armed only with a blaster pistol and a powerfist, capable of punching through any material short of a blast door. The pistons and cylinders in the glove allow a trooper to crush skulls and helmets, bend doors in their frames, and tear through a light armored vehicles plating like a knife through butter. These troopers are in the first wave of men sent, because they seek their deaths in combat, and few survive from battle to battle. However, the effectiveness of this type of trooper shocked the senate into banning them before, when one trooper was able to single handedly kill 1000 Geonosians, crushing them with mighty blows and still surviving. This is the type who wants to find death in battle and find glory to bring meaning to their lives. Men, these are the clone troopers who will serve with you. They will not feel fear, they will not stop, and through them, we will be victorious. You may expect the first divisions to arrive later this week. Please welcome them openly, and treat them like any other soldier or comrade-in-arms. I wish each and every one of you great luck in your coming endeavors, and may you live to see the Empire be reborn. For the Empire!