Advanced Assault Commando

Advanced Assault Commandos, also known as AAC troopers, were an elite variant of dark troopers that served in the United Front Special Forces and United Front Army. Troopers of the United Front Army that showed superior performance during training and warfare were chosen to become AAC troopers. They were given additional training which was more intense to test the troopers' resilience and determination. When cadets went through training, Overseers and Instructors of the United Front Academy identified particular cadets who demonstrated the potential to become future AAC troopers.

History
An elite variant of the standard dark troopers, Advanced Assault Commandos—also known as AAC troopers—were widely regarded as the best soldiers in the United Front Army.

Training
Dark trooper candidates who excelled in training and warfare were selected to advance in AAC training. The commando training was more rigorous and intense to test the trooper's resilience and determination. AAC troopers were required to meet rigid physical and ideological standards, with height and weight standards that exceeded typical trooper averages. Other specialties included unarmed combat, heavy weapons, demolitions, improvised weaponry, guerrilla warfare, and marksmanship. In the field, AAC troopers operated the best in groups with each trooper specializing in one or a few specific skill sets.

Equipment
AAC troopers were equipped with AAC trooper armor, a variant of the standard dark trooper armor. The helmet featured a number of advanced sensor and targeting systems to give full combat awareness. These various upgrades to the helmet systems included a Neuro-Saav macromotion monitor, multi-frequency targeting and acquisition sensors, and image-intensifying active pulse emitters. The color of the armor was in black and was often outfitted with a pauldron on the left shoulder, a short kama and ammunition pouches. They were armed with weapons such as the RT-11r light repeating blaster, AC-12C blaster carbine, DLT-19C heavy blaster rifle, DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle and Smart Rocket. They were equipped with explosives such as a baradium thermal detonator and thermal imploder.