House Trooper

Mixed Canonicity

This article refers to elements from both
Original Dune & Expanded Dune

The House Trooper was the common house guard soldier in the Imperium. Every Major House had its own army, formally independent from the Emperor's own military forces.

Trooper Types[]

Regular troop types included the common Infantry footman, armored squads, technicians, personal guard and elite guard (or Pretorians) as well as shock troops and support troops. House Harkonnen also deployed specialized Hunters. In the age of shield-fighting the infantry were swordsmen, armed with blades, and, for support, dartguns or needle projectors. Gunners operated armored Groundcars, Cannons, Launchers and large heavy-duty Lasguns.

Assassins
Crack Troops (colloquial for Elite or Special Ops)
Detectors
Guardians
House Guard (Aay armed House defense force)
Hunters (House Harkonnen)
Patrol (Watch and police forces)
Scouts
Searchers
Ship guards (Deployed to defend spacecraft and other large aircraft or boats)
Soldier spies
Suburban patrol (used as outer-city police forces)
Suspensor elites
Swordsmen
Vanguard
Gunners
Armored squads
Personal guards
Pretorians
Shock troops
Technicians
Support troops
Footmen
Weaponsmasters
Engineers
Mercenaries (professional soldiers who fight for money)
Officers
Bravos (House Harkonnen)
Heavy infantry
Light infantry
Armored infantry
Gladiators
Sardaukar troopers (House Corrino)
Sardaukar shock troopers (House Corrino)
Sardaukar armored infantry (House Corrino)
Sardaukar officers (House Corrino)
Sardaukar swordsmen (House Corrino)
Commandos
Staff officers
Fish Speakers
Soldier-Mentats
Thumper infantry
Saboteurs
Snipers
Flamethrower infantry
Rocket-launcher infantry
Agitator agents
Propaganda soldiers
Ordos saboteurs (House Ordos)
Atreides Kindjal-launcher infantry (House Atreides)
Harkonnen flamethrower infantry (House Harkonnen)
Launcher infantry
Ordos mortar infantry (House Ordos)
Mortar infantry
Chemical troopers (House Ordos)

Common Elements of the House Trooper Uniform[]

A House Trooper's apparel varied greatly depending on their environment, specialty, rank, and which house they served. Their uniforms might consist of a cap, tunic, jacket, robe, trousers or shorts, and boots. Alternatively, the uniform might be a one-piece working uniform in either the color of their house or sometimes camouflage. A trooper would also often wear a com-helmet. Com-helmets could be provided with helmet amplifiers, communicator, sunglasses and night lenses and emergency transmitter and occasionally with crests, filters, gas masks or visors. Armored squads could also wear a heavier battle garb, suit of armor of Alloyglas or metal armor made of Plasteel.

Uniforms of the Empire[]

Faction	Colors	Symbol and emblems
House Atreides	Black, Green and White later: Black, Green, White and Gold	Red hawk, Crossed swords later: Moon / Fist
House Corrino	Black-grey/Bronze and gold; tan and brown desert camouflage	Golden Lion Lion Claws
House Ginaz	Khaki/white	Crossed Swords
House Harkonnen	Blue/Orange	Gryphon/Ram
House Metulli	Red, White and Brown	Rose
House Moritani	White and Blue/Yellow	Platinum Horsehead
House Ordos	White/Green	Crossed Bones and Ivy/Serpent on a Book
House Vernius	Silver/White	purple-and-copper helix
Bene Gesserit Guard	light grey	Library Key Symbol/Three Waves
Bene Tleilax Guard	White/yellow	Scarabaeus
Fish Speakers	White/Blue/Black and Gold/ Black and Green	Moon and Fist/Red Hawk