+++Storm Troopers+++

The Storm Troopers are the Imperial Guard's best fighting regiment. Unlike other regiments they are recruited from all across the Imperium, from the very best Imperial Guard units. Companies or battallions of Storm Troopers are sent to war zones to bolster the fighting strength of other Imperial Guard regiments. In combat, they provide a core of well-trained, well-equipped squads that can bedeployed amongst other Imperial Guard regiments as needed.

Storm Troopers are also recruited from the orphan sons of Imperial officials from all over the galaxy. The families of men who die in the Emperor's service are looked after very well by the missions of the Imperial Cult, the most famous of which is the Schola Progenium. Here young orphans are schooled to love the Emperor. They are shown the many ways in which they can earn the Emperor's gratitude and thereby attain the highest honor in the Imperium. They gladly embrace a demanding and unremitting regimen of prayer, study, and physical training. Though hard, the path is trod willingly for all know that those who excel are marked for greatness.

Many students of the Schola are recruited into the Inquisition, the Ecclesiarchy, the Guard Staff Officer Corps, and the Storm Troopers. The best of these often attend the School of the Commissar, and become the Emperor's representatives on the battlefield.