by Cschultz1212
Radiation Zone Assault Troopers, also known as Radiation Zone Assault Stormtroopers, or simply Radtroopers, were elite members of the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps. They were well equipped to operate in one of the deadliest terrain types: heavy radiation zones.
Radiation zones above Grade 4 caused continuous malfunctions in most powered weapons. As a result Radtroopers blaster carbines were more powerful than standard Stormtrooper issue weapons to compensate for the effects of malfunctions. Radtroopers also received extensive training with melee weapons which they would switch to when their blasters failed.
Radtroopers were deployed to the planet of Qat Chrystac at the time of Grand Admiral Thrawn's command of part of The Empire. Qat Chrystac was a volcanic planet with a type IV atmosphere that required most life forms to wear an environment suit. Radioactive lava spewed from hissing crevasses in the planet's surface. Due to its harsh environment, a Rebel cell decided it would make an ideal place to establish a base.
Radtroopers, along with representatives from every specialized Stormtrooper Corps, were assigned to Grand Moff Tarkin’s OverSector Outer and Darth Vader’s Death Squadron.
The simple act of donning Radtrooper armor also resulted in at least one victory over the Rebel Alliance, most infamously during the Battle on Immalia, where Imperial troops suited up in Radtrooper armor and caused the rebels to call an immediate retreat out of fear of operating in a contaminated zone when in actuality the troops donned the armor because that was simply what was available at that particular base. General Carlist Rieekan later reflected that they gave up the ground for nothing.