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Troop Type : Standard Shock Trooper
Affiliation : Galactic Empire
Armour Cost : Not available for sale. BLACK MARKET 2,500 Credits
Armour Availability : 3, X
Armour : 18 Piece Impervium Anti-Blaster Cocoon Armour Shell worn over a black two piece Climate-Controlled Body Glove. Note that Impervium is a brand-name Plasteel. The Armour itself is made up of four layers. 1. Impervium, 2. Anti-Blaster Mesh, 3. Magnetic Shielding Layer and 4. Inner Insulator
Armour Features : <Helmet> Reinforced helmet contains Breathing Filters (Protects against Chemical and Biological Weapons), Tongue Toggled Comlink (SoroSuub DH77 or Herzfall Corporation DH107 comlinks) for instant communication with other units-it also has different frequency options (Note: black strip that runs above eye slots is a Broadband Communications Antenna) [The comlink uses linked encoding sequences to change frequencies every few seconds while keeping all troopers in the unit synchronized. If the trooper's helmet is removed without the trooper first hitting the comlink's control stud, the frequency coding routine is automatically deleted from that helmet], automatic Polarizing Lenses to protect against intense glare which providing them with enhanced combat vision or Holographic Vision Processors (Allows vision through many barriers such as smoke, darkness and fire), Multi-Frequency Targeting and Acquisition System (MFTAS) assists perception (+2D to Perception) in darkness, smoke and other visibility obscuring conditions. It also assists in aiming against moving targets (+2D to ranged weapon skill used against targets that move more than 10 metres per round). Comtech Series IV helmet speaker uses three-phase sonic filtering for clear sound (For trooper, it is connected to the audio pickup). Also it has a Vocoder (Speaker) for talking to non-Stormtroopers. <Backplate> Contains an emergency 20 minutes of oxygen if the trooper is exposed to vacuum or underwater, it also contains a power pack. <Stomach Armour> Contains Manual Suit Seal and Environmental Controls. <Thigh Armour> Has reinforced alloy plate ridge and lower right side near the knee contains Suit Systems power cells (Look like a row of boxes) <Shin Armour> Left upper side has a Sniper Position Knee Protector Plate. <Utility Belt> Has two Blast Energy Sinks to protect the trooper's hips. <Boots> Are not armoured but they are positive gripped. <Amour> Is equipped with IFF circuitry for identification and command purposes.
Armour Capabilities : <Armour> +2D Physical, +1D Energy protection, -1D to Dexterity and related skills. It protects troopers from harsh environments, projectile and impact weapons, blast shrapnel and glancing blaster bolts. The armour may be penetrated by a direct blaster bolt, but it will reduce damage from the bolts absorbed. <Body Glove> Allows operation in moderately warm or cold climates, however it will protect the trooper from almost any environment, from total vacuum to extremes in cold and heat for a limited period of time.
Main Weapon : BlasTech E-11 Blaster Rifle or the SoroSuub Stormtrooper One Blaster Rifle [Damage 5D]
Other Weapons : Short-Range Combat Pistol (Blaster) [Damage 4D], BlasTech DLT-19 Rifle, BlasTech T-21 Light Repeating Blaster, BlasTech E-Web Heavy Repeating Blaster, Vibro-Shiv, Thermal Detonator (On back of belt)
Equipment : <Utility Belt> Contains spare blaster power packs, concentrated rations, compact tool kit, spare hand-held comlink and a Thermal Detonator on back of belt. <Can be added to Utility Belt or other storage pouches> Specialized or Basic Survival Equipment, Grappling Hook with Fibercord Reel, Combat De-Ionizer, Binders (Handcuffs), Electrobinoculars, Magnetic Demolition Charges, Concussion and High Explosive Grenades. <Backpack> Can be a life-support pack to extend the trooper's exposure to open space [and allow them to operate in space] (the pack comes with self-contained oxygen supplies. In conjunction with the pack the trooper can be equipped with magnetic boots). Component construction allows standard backpack frames to be filled with mission specific gear, they can include field communication sets, mortar launchers, storage, rations, ammunition and equipment for establishing security perimeters or a wide variety of base camp, survival and field operative equipment. Makes each trooper self-sufficient, used for extended deployment.
Special Equipment : Wrist Comlink, a tiny Battle Holocam built into the helmet and or have a Proper Resonator (To open secure doors) built into their armour. Or having an external helmet light, having a Glow Rod attached to the Stormtrooper's blaster rifle, or using a Glow Rod Staff, Power Gloves (Used in hand to hand combat)
Standard Height : 1.8 Metres
Move : 10 Metres
Ranks : Officers in field units may wear coloured shoulder pauldrons as high-visibility rank indicators
Skills : Dexterity 2D, Knowledge 2D, Mechanical 2D, Perception 2D, Strength 2D and Technical 2D
Training : Blaster 4D, brawling parry 4D, dodge 4D and brawling 3D. Trained to obey orders, Rifle Salute (Holding of weapons in vertical position, guarding against an accidental discharge), extensively trained in space combat (suffers no penalties when fighting in zero-G), fighting in low gravity vacuum locations (ie asteroids), security protocols, flying shuttles, breathing exercises, troopers are also trained in unarmed-combat and fencing. Officers train for 4 hard and rigorous years, trained to ask for advice when things go wrong, to do collateral documentation, to make fact based decisions. Omega Exercise (For Officers)-Testing Cadets in (actual) battle to see what their made of, those who completed their missions with a satisfactory score received their commission and graduate from the Imperial Military Academy at Cliffside on Carida. Those who failed would serve in the ranks. Ordinary troopers train for 6 months, Caridian training leaves all Stormtroopers capable of surviving on any liveable surface, some elite troopers are trained for specialized Stormtrooper units. Costs over 500,000 Credits to feed, house and educate Stormtrooper Officers. Not trained by the Imperial Army or Imperial Navy