[Saga] Star Wars: Rebels with Style OOC

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

Well, that was something of a consequence of who the heroes of the movies were -- mystic warriors, princesses, and a smuggler and his crew. Not a ground soldier in the mix.

Not necessarily true, though. Look at the Rebel Marines we see in the opening scene of A New Hope. No armour on any of them beyond a simple vest and their helmets and those don't really count. On Hoth the Rebel Troopers aren't in armour, but simply cold weather gear, and on Endor the Strike Team is just in simple camo gear without armour again.

So it actually does go beyond just the main heroes.

 

[Shalimar]

Not necessarily true, though. Look at the Rebel Marines we see in the opening scene of A New Hope. No armour on any of them beyond a simple vest and their helmets and those don't really count. On Hoth the Rebel Troopers aren't in armour, but simply cold weather gear, and on Endor the Strike Team is just in simple camo gear without armour again.

So it actually does go beyond just the main heroes.

They could be considered blast helmet and vests which is light armor, and the default rebel trooper in the book is consistent with the helmet/vests being armor. We also don't know what specifically the pilots are wearing flight suit, padded flight suits or armored flight suits. Imperial pilots were wearing armored flight suits.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

They could be considered blast helmet and vests which is light armor. We also don't know what specifically the pilots are wearing flight suit, padded flight suits or armored flight suits. Imperial pilots were wearing armored flight suits.

I believe the Rebel flight suits ended up being stated as simply 'flight suits' according to the RCR, at least based on how the illustrations were labeled. Course, that's from memory so it COULD have been padded, but I seem to remember it just being the basic model. But actually talking the in-universe stuff and information on that end, the Rebels definitely ain't wearing armour.

Just an interesting thing I noticed that I felt like bringing up because...uh...I dunno, because I'd never seen it before and felt like mentioned it. I do like that the Saga rules make armour actually useful, even if it kind of flies in the face of what I'm used to seeing. Its nice to get a change in things like that sometimes.

EDIT: There's also the fact that armour is, basically, useless according to the movies. There's at least one Stormtrooper in RotJ that takes a blaster bolt to the shoulder pad and dies. Dramatic license, of course, but they might as well run around naked with how useful their armour is.

 

[drothgery]

Not necessarily true, though. Look at the Rebel Marines we see in the opening scene of A New Hope. No armour on any of them beyond a simple vest and their helmets and those don't really count. On Hoth the Rebel Troopers aren't in armour, but simply cold weather gear, and on Endor the Strike Team is just in simple camo gear without armour again.

So it actually does go beyond just the main heroes.

Of course, that might have something to do with the Rebellion not exactly being flush with cash...

 

[Shalimar]

I see a plan coming together to steal the Lambda.

2 People dress up in the trooper armor, Kay puts on the officer uniform. March the last two carrying the officer out to the Shuttle as prisoners. I'll spend a force point to actvate fools luck meaning that Kay will have a total of +20 to Deception and Persuasion. With that, her knowledge of Imperial regualtions (Know. Bureaucracy), and the uniforms we should be able to get to the shuttle and get the jump on the crew.

 

[FreeXenon]

I never thought about that. You will definitely have to stun them then. Good luck with that if you try it. That would completely Roxors!

 

[Shalimar]

If one were to include the R2 unit we would have all of the crew spots covered.

 

[drothgery]

I see a plan coming together to steal the Lambda.

2 People dress up in the trooper armor, Kay puts on the officer uniform. March the last two carrying the officer out to the Shuttle as prisoners.

Hmm... that might be a bit difficult. The 5' 10" Viria's probably the only one in our group who has any chance of fitting in stock stormtrooper armor (given time Duerr or Istara could probably resize it, but not on a battlefield). Kay (at 5' 5"), Lia (at 5' 4"), and especially Istara (at 5' even) are more than 'a little short for a stormtrooper'. And somehow I suspect Duerr wouldn't work either.

 

[Shalimar]

Party pooper

Then we could do it with just me and Viris, though I'd hate to have to leave behind the extra armor. We could always have Kay and Viria drag the stunned trooper while istara and Duerr carry the officer. Say that the rebels had trapped the base and the other trooper had set off a stun mine and we are taking him and the prisoners to the ship for the medics and interrogators.

 

[Blackrat]

Darn. Deurr would love to get his fiddling mechanic hands on a lambda. He might be mainly a bomber, but he's a gearheaded freak with love for moving parts too.