#supercommando

I've done some "star wars characters in a got/asoiaf medieval setting", so I decided to try my hand with the reverse. And where better to start than with troopers?

(more in depth detail on the different armor styles under the cut)

For the Kingsguard, I of course went with the Emperor's Guard for armor inspiration. I kept the three helmet fins from the GoT show, and the armor has been adapted from the show design. The helmet itself, especially the visor, is actually more reminiscent of the Republic Senate Guard. I went with the t-visor style both for accuracy to the GoT show helmets and also to have a t-visor trend with Targaryen affiliated troopers (which will be seen more later). The Kingsguard carry the double-bladed vibroblades wielded by Imperial Guard members Kir Kanos and Carnor Jax in the Crimson Empire comics.

Ordonian Supercommando’s.

This unit of mandalorians was formed shortly after the Ordonian Union gained its independence from the Galactic Republic. The mandalorian clans supported the formation of the union, though Mandalore itself, along with several core mandalorian worlds (Concordia, Concord Dawn) would not join the new nation.

The clans helped to found the government and army, with several mandalorian leaders even helping to draft the new Constitution. Mandalorians in the Ordonian Union wanted to avoid the repressive ‘pacifist’ monarchy that had been put into power after the excision, but simultaneously had a long standing feud with the clans loyal to the death watch, seeing their fanatic nationalism as self harming and dangerous, as well as contrary to their own beliefs, and while they wholeheartedly believed in the merits of democracy, they did not have faith in the ability of the Senate or the republic courts- much less the Chancellory, to represent them or anyone else in the region fairly.

So when independence was granted to the OU, with the clans so heavily involved in the founding years, though they would withdraw into political isolation later on, many Ordonians came to respect them, and saw opportunity in having a large mandalorian population.

From the earliest days of the nation’s existence, it was under constant threat from the Hutts and the likes of Black Sun, as well as the exiled monarchs and aristocrats who were relatives of the royal family on Mandalore, and who had powerful allies in the Senate and Republic Navy.

So the new military had to be able to respond to these threats effectively and be seen as competent and dangerous by potential enemies. The creation of a corps of Mandalorian soldiers meant that the army as a whole was immediately given a level of legitimacy and ability that might have otherwise taken upwards of a century to build up.

The new Supercommando’s were used as a fast reaction force, able to deploy on short notice anywhere in the Union and if necessary, beyond, in large scale infantry operations, in smaller tactical assault teams, and everything in between. They earned their keep ten times over, in early skirmishes with bounty Hunter guilds, border conflicts with the Hutts and once with the Hapans, in the infamous Summer war against the attempted invasion by republic backed monarchists in exile and their mercenary armies, and especially in the Death Watch-Ordonian war.