Varik Ice
The Broken King
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent:To submit a special forces unit armour for the Galactic Empire
- Image Source: Star Wars Wookieepedia
- Canon Link: Storm Commando Armour
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: Scout trooper armour
- Manufacturer: Galactic Empre
- Model: ICBA-2 (Imperial Commando Battle Armour Mark 2)
- Affiliation: Galactic Empire
- Modularity: No
- Production: Limited
Stygian-Trisprismatic Polymer- Thermoguard Bodyglove
- Reflec
- Armorweave
- Magnetic Seal
- Enviro Filter
- Comm Unit Scrambler
- MFTAS (Multi-Frequency Targeting and Acquisition System)
- Flash Guard Visor
- Temperature Regulator
- Electro-Photo Receptor
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Multipurpose
- Weight: 4kg
- Resistances
- Kinetic: Average
- Lightsabers: None
- Environmental: Very High
SPECIAL FEATURES
- N/A
- Environmental Hardiness: Storm Commando armour is designed with deep, long-range reconnaissance in mind, and its systems are focused on accommodating this. The armour provides temperature regulation and comfortable wear along with mobility and flexibility to allow Storm Commandos to operate in all manner of environments.
- Subtlety: Thanks to the materials used in the creation of the armour, it is invisible on heat and infared scanners as well as usual sensors; thanks to the Reflec and the dark black paint used, it's also very difficult to physically see.
- Ion Vulnerability: Thanks to the sensitive equipment contained within the helmet and suit, ion weaponry could cause a shutdown of much of it, until extensive and proper repairs are done.
- Light and Thin: Though the armour does allow mobility, it has very limited protection in comparison to other suits of armour; high-power blasters could do real damage if not punch right through, and a lightsaber could cleave through it like hot butter.
The ICBA-2 or Storm Commando Mark 2 Armour is designed for Infiltration, reconnaissance, stealth and sabotage. Military Research and Development within the Empire believed Scout Trooper armour was too noticeable to slip past enemy defenses and bring in intelligence on them to higher command before a battle even began. Designed with elite Storm Commando teams in mind, it is assumed anyone using this armour is going to avoid being shot at or even in any conflict at all.
Avoid it they should, as this armour provided little in the way of protection from an enemy combatant; though a glancing blow by an average or low power blaster could be shrugged off, direct hits would be far more of an issue. Higher-end blasters may even penetrate the armour and hit the wearer directly, and that point only luck and circumstance will save their life. Military designers have gone to great lengths to ensure combat is easier to avoid, with users of the armour being near-impossible to detect on usual scanners and difficult for the naked eye to see.
