We Will Wear Armor in the Future: Difference between revisions

** Blaster hits also tend to turn fist-sized chunks of a wall into shrapnel, so without armor near misses can wound or kill too. This is illustrated in the first battle scene in the entire series. Armored stormtroopers vs. unarmored rebel bodyguards - if a blaster bolt hits anywhere near one of the rebelsunarmored rebel bodyguards, they go down, while only direct hits to armored storm troopers do any damage. Also, you see some stormtroopers helping up their wounded after - while ''none'' of the rebel troops seem to be even moving.

** Stormtrooper armor, as everything else, is designed for a specific purpose. AsBeing a product of the same "[[Zerg Rush|drown them in attackers]]" doctrine as TIE fighter, it's made to protect ''units'' rather than ''individuals''. That is, optimized to stop anything (short of very heavy weapons) that could inflict mass casualties. While ''direct hits'' of blasters stronger than handguns can causeknock knockdowndown andor injury andwound, melee weapons and ''sometimes'' a lucky shrapnel may kill through the weak neck joint, hits in a small area at just right angle are a rare misfortune, and stormtroopers can shoot more than they are shot at. If aA large unit of stormtroopers cannot be stopped by toxic and corrosive gases, depressurizing, shrapnel and shockwaves of blaster near misses and grenades,. andThey fightmost on,often they willcan win simply because of the advantage ingreater numbers, as long as they are disciplined and competent enough - and stormtroopers usually are. The helm's communication and optics lock down so it's mostly useless for an enemy who picked it up, especially for [[False -Flag Operation]].

** If you look for tough "space marine" grade stuff, it's [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Katarn-class_commando_armor Katarn-class commando armor] of clone commandos. It's made of material resistant even to lightsabers, with shields on top of this, and even a retractable [[Vibroweapon|vibroblade]] on the glove. Later versions included cool extras like EMP-hardening. Of course, it's also inconvenient when the wearer tries to sit in and costs (on black market) like ''five'' of Gian landspeeders<ref>low-profile "boats" in which Naboo Royal Security Forces buzzed by and one-shot assault hovertanks</ref> in mint condition, or ten used.

* Most of the ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' armies give their troops some sort of armor, though the [[Redshirt Army|Imperial Guard's]] flak armor is commonly nicknamed [[Fan Nickname|"cardboard vests" or "t-shirts"]] due to its [[Armor Is Useless|ineffectiveness]].

* DueIn ''[[Traveller]]'', due to the general lethality of combat in [[Traveller]] armour is all but required to survive more than a couple shots. Besides [[Powered Armor|Battle Dress]] available armours range from practically useless leather to Combat armour that requires a laser or gauss rifle to really penetrate, there's also reflec that only defends against lasers and can be added to other types of armour. However most armour tend to be a higher [[Technology Levels|tech level]] and much more expensive than the weapons that can pierce it.

* Starting with ''Tiberian Sun'' soldiers in [[Command and& Conquer]], particularly GDI, have worn plating and helmets, culminating in GDI's infantry all wearing powered armor by ''Tiberium Twilight''.

* The armor worn by Terran Marines in ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' is likewise bulky, but does come with a helmet.

** The low-profile powered suits look a lot like cloth uniforms, but definitely function as armor. "Carbonan [[Latex Space Suit|crotch-huggers]]", as Karl Tagon calls them, seem to be standard issue in at least some human armies, and they stop a lot of things, from bullets to flame to anti-personnel [[nanobots]], can sustain the wearer in space for short time periods ([[Collapsible Helmet]] is deployed on mental command or bad atmosphere), and include inertiics that both protect from collisions and provide limited flight. [[Armor Is Useless]] usually when armor-piercing ammo or overkill with heavy weapons isare involved. Which is to say, almost as often as not.

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