The Dalriadan shock troopers of the Royal Dalriadan Marine Corps are the most highly trained and highly feared soldiers in the Dalriadan sphere of influence.  Clad in metallic-gray-colored ablative armor, and armed with only the most technologically-advanced weapons available, they are a feared fighting contingent, known and respected throughout the Dalriadan sphere of influence.

Highly capable and remarkably agile, the shock troopers are sent into the fray when the job had to be done right the first time.  A shock trooper has a keen, analytical mind, because, to be the perfect soldier, one must have brains as well as brawn.  A shock trooper has the reflexes of a machine, because the perfect soldier, one must be able to evade enemy attack and strike like lightning.

Their preferred weapons are a particle beam or neutral blast rifle.  A hit from the neural blast rifle floods the victim with sensations of intense, horrific pain leaving them convulsing on the ground while all of their neurons fired simultaneously for several minutes before the overload in the nervous system caused death.  It is not a pretty sight, and the sheer intimidation factor of the weapon has often won battles quickly.  They also have the advantage of not damaging equipment, which made capturing enemy ships much easier.  The standard assault weapon of mainstream military personnel is the particle- beam carbine, an efficient and effective rifle capable of maiming or killing an opponent.  There is no equivalent of the phaser stun capability on these weapons.  Dalriadan shock troop officers also carry disruptor weapons as sidearms.

The Dalriadan shock troops are the result of rigorous training of only the finest soldiers of the Dalriadan military.  They were specially trained in all methods of destruction, killing, and slaughter.  They are first sent to a 24-Terran-month-long training school where they are taught how to kill in every conceivable way.  They are instructed to show no mercy.  They know no surrender.