The Death Troopers are a special type of black armored Stormtroopers that appear in the 2016 Star Wars movie Rogue One. They serve as part of the Galactic Empire's Military Intelligence, and are most known to wield DLT-19 heavy blaster rifles. Their moniker was inspired by Darth Sidious' failed attempt to achieve immortality through use of a virus (Project Blackwing) that turned its victims into undead monsters.