CompForce Assault Troops With the political reshuffling of COMPNOR and its components within the Servais Sector came an expansion of the responsibilities and duties of CompForce troopers, as well as a severe shift in its command structure. No longer a separate entity within the Imperial bureaucracy, CompForce has been placed under the control of the ISB as a supplemental force. CompForce Assault troopers are still distributed throughout the fleet, but in smaller numbers, and are also assigned to all ISB and bureaucracy posts as security and assault forces. Under the ISB's direction, CompForce Assault acts as a crisis response force, deployed when there is a volatile situation which might require combat. Such instances are hostage situations, bomb threats, visits from high dignitaries, or even larger-scale terrorist actions. Many of the events to which these troops will respond tend to be in the open, and under the (slightly) critical view of the media and public. Traditionally, CompForce troopers have had less than effective training in combat, tactics, and survival, but this has recently been changed in order to deal with their new situation. With a much larger training budget endowed to them, CompForce has been able to invest in more expensive, and marginally better, training for their recruits in order to make them more effective in appearance, if not in practice. Simply put, it would not do to have CompForce troops being killed or acting like morons with great frequency while conduction operations in the public eye; such things do not inspire the loyalty of the public. Despite these adjustments, however, CompForce Assault Troops are still considered very low on the threat-scale, and are ridiculed by Imperial military and Rebel forces alike. CompForce Assault troops are trained in combat, weapons, tactics, and survival to a degree which is adequate for them to fulfill their duties. Recruits are typically drawn from COMPNOR's SAGroup, the youth services program, and are put through a very dangerous training regimen (typically referred to as "training by attrition", as their casualty rates are so high). The training doctrine for these recruits is mostly focused on discipline and political indoctrination, supplemented by combat fundamentals. The quality of the actual skills taught is rather low, and the conditions under which they are learned are quite hostile and dangerous. The result of this training doctrine is a group of men and women who are able and willing to fight and die for the Empire. Accustomed to harsh, horrible combat conditions, provided by their training, these troops will never back down or crack under pressure.
Veteran CompForce Assault Troops Veteran CompForce Assault troops do exist, and are somewhat more skilled. This is a result of self-teaching, luck, and survival of the fittest. These troopers are a genuine threat, although rare, and should not be treated lightly. In addition to this, they are passing on their knowledge to the newer recruits; in time, there may come to be more of these types of veterans. The stats for veterans are as follows.
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