On 1/14/2018 at 3:33 AM, OddballE8 said:Looking at the Endor scenes, I see Storm Troopers, Imperial Officers (in grey), Naval Officers (in black) and Naval Infantry (or marines?) in black with black goofy helmets.
I never explicitly see Imperial Army Infantry.
In my world, Storm Troopers are the Infantry of the Imperial Military... period.
There's Naval infantry too (Marines, I call them in my game), but they're basically just there to perform security operations on Naval installations.
Pretty much everyone else is some sort of NCO or officer.
In other words, if you want to be a fighter, you become a Storm Trooper.
If you want to have a military career without all the fighting, you become either Navy or Army, neither of which do much actual fighting and is used as a career ladder for most imperial upper class families. It's also where individuals with technical aptitude are put, albeit in the engineers instead.
If you want to fly, you become a Pilot in the Navy or Army (I separate those in my campaign, but that's just headcanon that not even the players know).
Google a pic of the Imperial crew that Chewbacca pulls out of the AT-ST. They sport goggles and beige uniforms, not the black of Imperial Naval Troopers.
Non-stormtrooper Imperial Army troops, including the idea of using conscripts, are canonical . If that clashes with your headcanon, so be it, but that doesn't change anything.