ORIGIN
The creation of an Imperial Stormtrooper. A cloned
man is one of a group of genetically identical humans, an assembly-line
product. He is a thinking man, but he serves a specific purpose and no
other. A clone has no mother; only his trainers, and he accepts his fate
because he believes it is inevitable. A clone is, physically and emotionally,
a normal man. He simply has no human rights and no name. He is the property
of the Emperor. Soldires fully formed in the growth tanks quickly proved
impractical. Scientists found themselves the befuddled fathers of one hundred
sixty pound blubbering idiots. A fetus is now removed from the hatchery
after a gestation peiord of sixty weeks and is delivered immediately into
the hands of its trainers.
TRAINING
As kids, Stormtroopers live like hardened cell
block inmates only barely under control. Hundreds of nast little orphans
with only one thing on their minds: the sheer unparalleled joy of a good
raid. These boys know that they are special and they strut with the proud
arrogance of samurai. Their military education is picked up as naturally
as an infant learns to talk, and any purpose other than their preordained
future as commandos is inconceivable. By the time they are actually contracted
into service, each Trooper is anxious to fulfill his common lifelong ambition;
to wear the Imperial armor, and to be carried away with the Star Fleet
into incredible adventure and battle. Trainees are generally devoid of
imagination, but after years of rough talk and stories of conflicts lost
and won, indiviual temperaments emerge.
An introduction of the TIM armored spacesuit:
a white eggshell wornlike a second skin and made
of super lightweight Impervium. Many
troopers become so attached and dependent on
the suits that they fear to remove them. A black, two piece body temperature
control glove is worn under the armor and is adjustable for comfort.
Eighteen pieces of armor, which include the battery
box and control devices, snap together to form an effective anti-laser
cocoon. Indirect hits are reflected off the surface of the armor, though
it provides little protection against a well-aimed
piercing blast. During the off-duty hours, only the body glove is worn.
Each trooper is issued two body gloves, one set of armor and spare
parts. His helmet featuresautomatic polarized
lenses and voice-activated transceiver. Belts include specialized survival
equipment concentrated ration, emergency batteries, and a Comlink. Additional
equipment is issued for desert and arctic use.
Impervium resist decay so effectively that early models of the spacesuit
can still be found near century-old battle sites. They bring high prices
as souvenirs and privateers rebuild them for another fifty years of good
use.
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