During the Cold War between the First Order and the New Republic, stormtroopers were presented as a territorial protection force.

Throughout its time, the program was centered on training human conscripts from early childhood. Though the Galactic Concordance banned the mobilization of stormtroopers, the First Order secretly began its own stormtrooper program under the supervision of General Brendol Hux and Captain Cardinal, and later General Armitage Hux and Captain Phasma. The First Order Stormtrooper Corps was formed during the New Republic Era, following the collapse of its Imperial-era predecessor in the aftermath of the Galactic Civil War.

Ultimately, members of this new generation of stormtroopers were trained to serve one purpose-conquering the galaxy in the name of the First Order. To ensure absolute loyalty and conformity, First Order troopers were identified by alphanumeric designations instead of individual names and programmed from birth through regular exposure to state-controlled propaganda. As the latest evolution of one of galactic history's most distinctive symbols of military might, the First Order's infantry units were outfitted with stark white armor derived from that worn by the Galactic Republic's clone troopers and the Galactic Empire's identically named elite shock troops. Stormtroopers, also known as First Order stormtroopers or ' bucketheads,' were the infantry soldiers of the First Order that were deployed from within the Unknown Regions. A real stormtrooper is the extension of the First Order, of Supreme Leader Snoke's will, nothing less.' вЂ•Phasma ' A real stormtrooper has no room for sympathy.

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