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What's the point in Storm Trooper Armour?
- Thread starter T002 Tyrant
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That's because those are Clone troopers not Storm troopers.Genndy Tartakovsky made them pretty bad ass
Yeah, the animated series make it clear that the main reason the empire stopped using clone troopers in favor of conscripted soldiers was to save costs.
When Rex wears stormtrooper armor in rebels, he comments that it's way worse than clone armor
So to this point, a mask filter that helps against toxic gases in alien atmospheres is different from a full on breathing apparatus. If they were supposed to give oxygen to their masks, you would probably hear the breathing sounds similar to Vader's mask.
The most logical fannon and EU stuff to explain it away is that the armor certainly does stop blaster bolts from civilian grade pistols and rifles. And most of the firefights we see on screen are between Storm Troopers and rebels / criminals using military grade weapons they shouldn't have access to.
Believe it or not, no matter how weak the armor, making your troops look identical and endless does serve a useful function in terms of psychological warfare. Of course it also dehumanizes your soldiers which makes them significantly easier to kill without feeling bad about it so.... Yeah, the Empire was pretty stupid overall.
Stormtrooper armor, at least in the Disney canon, does protect Stormtroopers from common blaster bolts. It doesn't, however, protect them well from the higher grade blasters that the rebels typically used. And I assume any armor that's impervious to all blaster bolts, outside of Beskar or similar alloys, would be heavy, cumbersome to wear, and expensive as hell for the Empire or First Order to mass produce.
This is mostly a myth. Obviously compromises need to be made in terms of cost and mass production but military grade components still need to meet a minimum spec far in excess of standard consumer fare.
As others have said, real life armor doesn't work the way people think it does. It's more to save your life rather than to keep you in the fight. Being shot with a bulletproof vest on can still break your ribs and damage organs. being shot in the head with helmet on is still probably going to give you a concussion. That being said, stormtroopers are just entertainment fodder. They look cool but their function is to to be rolled over to make the hero's look good when they want.
It's very interesting because even before Stormtroopers existed the Clones armor was downgraded a bit in a way. That's why Rex gutted and welded parts from his Phase 1 armor into his Phase 2 armor. His phase 1 armor was more efficient. You can see the light blue streaks on his visor and chest were from him replacing those parts. So there's like a bit of history of the armor being downgraded slightly, even if it was for comfort.
But anyways a lot of people don't think about the fact that the Imperial Navy had to redistribute their funds after the Clone War. Clones were made by and looked after by the Kaminoians. The Empire had to pay, to train, feed, and house all their Stormtroopers across the galaxy. They also had to have armor built for the different shapes and sizes of men and women they recruited. And not just that, they also had to do that but for all the different branches of the Imperial Navy. So their quality definitely had to have taken a hit even if they still "worked". Being a regular ass Stormtrooper likely meant you got the bare minimum.
But anyways a lot of people don't think about the fact that the Imperial Navy had to redistribute their funds after the Clone War. Clones were made by and looked after by the Kaminoians. The Empire had to pay, to train, feed, and house all their Stormtroopers across the galaxy. They also had to have armor built for the different shapes and sizes of men and women they recruited. And not just that, they also had to do that but for all the different branches of the Imperial Navy. So their quality definitely had to have taken a hit even if they still "worked". Being a regular ass Stormtrooper likely meant you got the bare minimum.
In the current RPG game it basically gives you protection from 1 damage of energy attacks and keeps you alive if you hit zero hit points.
As many have pointed out, basically what modern body armor does except its used against laser weapons.
As many have pointed out, basically what modern body armor does except its used against laser weapons.
Blasters fire super-heated plasma sealed within a magnetic field. That's how they explain the strong impact since a laser would have no impact.
It's pure plot based and looks. Clone Trooper armor for example works, when the plot demands it we see in the Clone Wars series. Otherwise clones are one shotted by anything. Several novels and comics will also have the armor actually working to protect a wearer but then when they need action to move along it's just nothing but a uniform
lol at "duraplast" :P fucking staaaaaaaaar waaaaaaaaars haha
reminds me of the expose of darth's armor which is made of "plastisteel"
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVzc20Bm8Xo
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reminds me of the expose of darth's armor which is made of "plastisteel"
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVzc20Bm8Xo
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When Stormtroopers get hit by a blaster, do they die?
They just get scorched armor and there is no exit wound, but they seem pretty limp.
They just get scorched armor and there is no exit wound, but they seem pretty limp.
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They just go to sleep after being shot. No need to look further into it. Nothing to see there. š
Favreau and modern media have turned Stormtroopers into a joke and it is awful when your own series does it to itself.
Episode IV starts with Stormtroopers blasting away rebel forces. The next mention is them killing the Lars family with precision. Then people were like "why can't the Stormtroopers hit the heroes so the movie series can instantly be over? it isn't like any other film does this as well" and it all went down hill from there.
The armor isn't the best but it is supposed to help protect against indirect fire by glancing/bouncing BLASTER fire. But direct fire is how they normally get it. The bigger reason for the armor is uniform. They wanted all the Stormtroopers to look identical so when one was killed, 5 more identical soldiers showed up in its place. It is a tactic of demoralizing their opponent with this unyielding force that looks all the same. There aren't supposed to be all these painted versions, maybe a leader with a pauldron here or there (but money$$$). More proof of the uniform aspect is when Luke meets Leia in the prison cell, she says aren't you a little short? It is cause they want all their troopers about the same height so it looks like the same unit that was shot is still in the fight.
That's why they created other forms of Storm Troopers, like the Death Troopers from Rogue One: