The elite wing of the Edenite military, these brutish veteran types have served long enough to be allowed to vote for whoever is currently telling them what to do. They are noted for their armoured suits and jetpacks, which give them the look of colossal, steel-covered bouncing toddlers, and their approach to morals and citizenship, which revolves around hating sissies.
It is suspected that New Eden has access to Ghast biotechnology, and that the skytroopers have been doctored with avian DNA in a futile attempt to make them less dense. These techniques are clearly primitive, and we have heard of several incidents of such twisted science malfunctioning, causing the trooper to tar and feather himself.