If this is for the quests which also don't have the radial dialogue menu and instead give you a numbered list, it's an intentional throwback to the original Knights of the Old Republic. It's only for those specific missions and not any great chunk of the game, so don't worry! I almost think there's a way to switch it to the regular mode, but I've never looked or tried.

There certaintly is stuff in the middle, but how can that be accomplished alone? I'm genuinely asking, I'm not trying to be sassy. Would each quest have you fight larger groups, but with multiple companions? In a story driven game, it's hard to imagine a consistant stream of excuses from above as to why an average soldier would repeatedly be send off on his own.

I get the whole, "Just an average Joe, doin' my own thing... fighting for the Empire... having a drink in the cantina... polishing my boots" non-Epic desire. I do. I don't share it, really, but I get it. Galaxies did that. You could dance your little heart out and make it work for however many levels and never even concern yourself with recoignition. SWtOR has said from the start that the classes were inspired from Han, Boba, Palpatine.... Oola was not mentioned. (RIP) Nor was Aunt Beru. Cliche or not, what storyline is the Imperial Trooper supposed to have that isn't epic, exactly? I totally get wanting to have one, as I'm enjoying the (elite) Republic Trooper fairly well, but I'm destined for great things. I'm just trying to understand what the desired result is here. Do you want a mirror class with it's own unique, epic storyline? Possible in an expansion down the line, I would imagine. Grand Moff is as good a title as any (I'm sure there are ways to twist the plot to make it work). Or do you want a mirror class with a "Joe the Soldier" storyline, where you punch the clock, get orders to.... stand rank and file? I'm not even sure how that would work. True grunts don't operate alone. You would need 11 companions just to make it not epic or "all about you". Well, 3 at once at least. A squad is where I'm going with that. But really, whenever we see the Imperial non-elite Troopers, they're standing guard or lost in a sea of their cohorts (same is true of their Republic bretheren, barring Special Forces which has the name Special right there in the title). Or they're wounded quest givers who've been seperated from their squads. *sigh* Maybe I should petition for a Calrissian class so I can play pazaak. Edit: My wounded tendon makes me type slow. A few posts with similar flavor have posted since I hit reply. XD