Unreviewed Salvage Trooper Armor

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To create a specialized type of armor for Mahporeem Salvage Troopers.
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• Canon Link: Stormtrooper Armor.
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• Primary Source: Wookieepedia.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Mahporeem Imperial Remnant.
• Affiliation: Mahporeem Imperial Remnant.
• Market Status: Closed Market.
• Model: Salvage Trooper Armor.
• Modularity: No.
• Production: Limited.
• Material:
  • Plastoid
  • Carbamesh

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Classification: Modified Stormtrooper Armor.
• Weight: Light.
• Resistances:
  • Energy: Low.
  • Kinetic: High.
  • Lightsabers: Low.
  • Environmental: Average.
  • EMP/ION: Average.
  • Radiation: Very Low.
  • Sonic: Low.
  • Acid: Low.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Tool Harness
• Low Light Level Googles
• Foot Mounted Climbing Spikes
• Backpack Mounted Vibro-Drill
• Wrist Mounted Fibercord Grappling Hook

STRENGTHS

• Lightweight: Salvage Trooper Armor is quite lightweight to wear when compared to other armor systems
• Mountaineer: Salvage Trooper Armor is designed to allow its wearer to scale vertical surfaces with ease, such as the sides of starships and buildings
• Handy: Salvage Trooper Armors comes equipped with a good amount of personal storage space
• Inexpensive: Creating Salvage Trooper Armor is relatively quick and inexpensive, allowing the armor to be produced in large numbers

WEAKNESSES

• Specialized: Salvage Trooper Armor is really specialized toward salvage operations, making it ineffective for general combat
• Unprotected: Salvage Trooper Armor does a poor job of protecting its wearer from the most common forms of damage, such as blasters and lightsabers
• Exposed: Salvage Trooper Armor only covers a limited portion of the body, keeping much of its user exposed
• Non-huMan: Salvage Trooper Armor is only designed to be worn by human beings, and cannot be worn by even humanoid alien species

DESCRIPTION

Mahporeem is home to some of the largest and most impressive junkyards and scrapyards in the entire galaxy. Of particular note are the numerous Star Destroyers awaiting decommissioning on Mahporeem. Though the Imperial Remnant does have specialized equipment to deconstruct these vessels, they do sometimes require a more delicate touch. That is where Salvage Troopers come in.

These troopers are directly responsible for managing the salvaging operations of these massive Star Destroyers. Each trooper's armor is equipped with Climbing Spikes and a Fibercord Grappling Hook, allowing them to scale Star Destroyers and similarly sized vehicles with ease. Their Vibro-Drills can tear apart armor plating in seconds, though they are most often used to create openings for explosives, allowing the Salvage Trooper to perform controlled detonations. The Low Light Level Googles of each Salvage Trooper allows them to continue their work day and night, ensuring that no Star Destroyer remains intact for long.

It was found that Salvage Troopers make surprisingly powerful melee combatants, as they can entangle enemy units with their fibercord grappling hooks and then dispatch them with their Vibro-Drills. That being said, the armor remains highly specialized and relatively uncommon.