The storm commandos, also known as Imperial commandos, were an elite branch of Imperial stormtroopers that were formed by Crix Madine in response to the guerilla tactics of the Rebel Alliance during the early days of the Galactic Civil War. Some other important tasks of the storm commandos included acquiring new technology for the Empire by capturing scientists. They engineered the assault on Ralltiir to abduct a group of cowering scientists. Yet another task for storm commandos was to instill uprisings on enemy systems or to subdue insurrections on Imperial-held worlds.