Star Wars: Imperial Stormtroopers

[pawsplay]

Open for comments.

Stormtroopers
Stormtroopers are the backbone of Imperial rule. They exist separately from the Imperial Army and Navy, but support them in military operations. The Stormtrooper, below, is a typical grunt. The Elite Stormtrooper has distinguished themselves in the field and gained some experience. The Stormtrooper Recruit is not a clone, but a recruit from the Army or the Imperial political organization.
Stormtrooper
ST 11; DX 10; IQ 10; HT 11
Damage 1d-1/1d+1; BL 24 lbs.; HP 11; Will 10; Per 10; FP 11.
Basic Speed 5.25; Basic Move 5; Dodge 6; Parry X; Block X.
SM 0; 6’ to 6’3”; 165 to 180 lbs.
Advantages/Disadvantages: Combat Reflexes; Extreme Fanaticism (The Empire); Fit; Hidebound; Low Empathy; No Sense of Humor; Short Lifespan.
Skills: Beam Weapons/TL11 (Rifles)-11; Climbing-9; Groundspeeder-10; Hiking-10; Intimidation-9; Leadership-6; NBC Suit/TL11-11; Soldier-11; Throwing-9.

Elite Stormtrooper
ST 12; DX 11; IQ 11; HT 12
Damage 1d-1/1d+2; BL 29 lbs.; HP 12; Will 11; Per 11; FP 12.
Basic Speed 5.75; Basic Move 5; Dodge 6; Parry X; Block X.
SM 0; 6’ to 6’3”; 165 to 180 lbs.
Advantages/Disadvantages: Combat Reflexes; Extreme Fanaticism (The Empire); Fit; Hidebound; Low Empathy; No Sense of Humor; Short Lifespan.
Skills: Beam Weapons/TL11 (Rifles)-13; Climbing-10; Groundspeeder-11; Gunner/TL11 (Beam Weapons)-13; Hiking-11; Intimidation-10; Law (Imperial Military)-9; Leadership-8; NBC Suit/TL11-13; Savoir-Faire (Military)-8; Soldier-12; Tactics-9; Throwing-10.
Sharpshooter: Add Camouflage-11; Demolitions-11; Stealth-11.
Sandtrooper: Add Ride (Reptile)-10; Survival (Desert)-10.
Snowtrooper: Add Drive (Walker)-10; Survival (Arctic)-10.
Officer: Increase to Leadership-9; Savoir-Faire (Military)-9; Tactics to 10.

Stormtrooper Recruit
ST 12; DX 11; IQ 11; HT 12
Damage 1d-1/1d+2; BL 29 lbs.; HP 12; Will 11; Per 11; FP 12.
Basic Speed 5.75; Basic Move 5; Dodge 6; Parry X; Block X.
SM 0; 6’ to 6’3”; 165 to 180 lbs.
Advantages/Disadvantages: Callous; Combat Reflexes; Extreme Fanaticism (The Empire); Fit. Many recruits also have Bully, Honesty, or Intolerance (Species).
Skills: Beam Weapons/TL11 (Rifles)-13; Climbing-10; Groundspeeder-11; Gunner/TL11 (Beam Weapons)-13; Hiking-11; Intimidation-10; Law (Imperial Military)-9; Leadership-11; NBC Suit/TL11-13; Savoir-Faire (Military)-11; Soldier-12; Tactics-9; Throwing-10.
Sharpshooter: Add Camouflage-11; Demolitions-11; Stealth-11.
Sandtrooper: Add Ride (Reptile)-10; Survival (Desert)-10.
Snowtrooper: Add Drive (Walker)-10; Survival (Arctic)-10.
Officer: Increase to Savoir-Faire (Military)-12; Tactics-10.

[mearrin69]

Looks like you might have your labels switched around? The last one (labeled recruit) looks like the elite one.

I'm not a huge stat guy so not too many comments:
* Why Short Lifespan? Are these early stormies? I think the later ones, except a very few anyway, were mostly just recruited humans...certainly by the events of Episode IV.
* Also, does Duty/Patron matter for NPCs? If so, you might want to drop that in there.
* How about scout troopers? Maybe speeder bikes, camo, stealth (yeah, some have camo armor :) ), etc.
* What are you doing with their armor/equipment?
M

[pawsplay]

The recruit, as noted, is a recruit from the Army or one the Emperor's loyalty organizations, judged to be of satisfactory zeal and physical fitness, easily the match and more of a clone fresh out of basic training. Short lifespan is because they are clones with growth acceleration. Duty/Patron/Legal Enforcement Powers does not really matter to me with a writeup like this. Armor and equipment to forthcoming.

An argument has been made by some writers that in the later stages of the Galactic Civil War, the Stormtrooper legions were supplemented by raw conscripts. However, to me that seems inconsistent with the established canon that Stormtroopers are almost incorruptible as well as "precise." In my view, pure cannon fodder would end up in the Army or Navy. Thus, I follow the thinking that Stormtroopers would be recruited from Army veterans or from special academies for the Imperial Youth Scouts or somesuch.

[Crakkerjakk]

Originally Posted by pawsplay

An argument has been made by some writers that in the later stages of the Galactic Civil War, the Stormtrooper legions were supplemented by raw conscripts. However, to me that seems inconsistent with the established canon that Stormtroopers are almost incorruptible as well as "precise." In my view, pure cannon fodder would end up in the Army or Navy. Thus, I follow the thinking that Stormtroopers would be recruited from Army veterans or from special academies for the Imperial Youth Scouts or somesuch.

If they're that cool, 11 is too low for for a Beam Weapon skill. 12 is what most grunts nowadays would have in Guns(rifle), I think anything else is too low for supposed elite troops.

[pawsplay]

Originally Posted by Crakkerjakk

If they're that cool, 11 is too low for for a Beam Weapon skill. 12 is what most grunts nowadays would have in Guns(rifle), I think anything else is too low for supposed elite troops.

Only the basic stormtrooper has BW 11. The Elite and Recruit have 13.

[pawsplay]

First draft of stormtrooper armor.

Stormtrooper Armor: Stormtrooper armor consists of an energy-distributing body glove covered by a number of overlapping plastoid plates. In addition to its defensive capabilities, the armor protects against extremes of temperature (improves comfort zone to -40 degrees to 120 degrees) and provides an environmental seal with a several minutes of air and protection from sudden decompression. The helmet includes a radio comlink, sound dampeners and polarizing lenses (Protected Hearing and Protected Vision), and enhanced imaging (Telescopic Vision 1 and Hyperspectral Imaging). It provides split DR; the higher number protects against lasers and blasters, and is semi-ablative, while the lower number, which protects against other damage types, is flexible but not ablative. Stormtrooper armor requires the Vacc Suit skill; however, it is lightweight enough that doffing the helmet removes any limitations on DX skills.
TL 11; all locations; DR 24/4*; Costs $6750; Weight 8 lbs.; LC 1. The armored lenses provides DR 20 to the eyes (only).

[Crakkerjakk]

Originally Posted by pawsplay

Only the basic stormtrooper has BW 11. The Elite and Recruit have 13.

Does the "basic" stormtrooper get less training with his weapon that a US Army grunt? If not, his skill should be at least 12.

[Celjabba]

Originally Posted by pawsplay

An argument has been made by some writers that in the later stages of the Galactic Civil War, the Stormtrooper legions were supplemented by raw conscripts. However, to me that seems inconsistent with the established canon that Stormtroopers are almost incorruptible as well as "precise." In my view, pure cannon fodder would end up in the Army or Navy. Thus, I follow the thinking that Stormtroopers would be recruited from Army veterans or from special academies for the Imperial Youth Scouts or somesuch.

Don't forget that when OWK say "Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise",
he have his mind 20 years in the past, at a time it was so.
Especially against low-cost mass-produced B1 battle-droid.

By the time of a 'new hope', standart have been lowered, and normal troop quality is the norm, well trained but not trained from birth in a genenginnered body like the clone trooper.

Celjabba

[Ragitsu]

And yet, bounty hunters regularly out-shoot Stormtroopers ;-}.

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by Ragitsu

And yet, bounty hunters regularly out-shoot Stormtroopers ;-}.

Only in the presence of protagonists.

Stormtroopers can be quite lethal when killing people without script protection.