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** Stormtrooper armor blocks radiation, chemical and biological weapons, stun bolts, and most (non-energy) melee attacks, as well as providing general life support and environmental protection. [[Armor Is Useless|Too bad (for the stormtroopers) that the rebels just use simple blasters.]] But, [[All There in the Manual|other sources]] say that while it might be penetrated by a direct blaster bolt, it would at least significantly reduce damage from the absorbed bolt, [[Fan Wank|so the]] [[Short-Range Long-Range Weapon|constantly close-ranges of combat]] [[Fan Wank|in the movies is why the armour seems useless]].
** 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 rebels, they go down, while only direct hits to 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. As 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 cause knockdown and injury and 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 a large unit of stormtroopers cannot be stopped by toxic and corrosive gases, depressurizing, shrapnel and shockwaves of blaster near misses and grenades, and fight on, they will win simply because of the advantage in numbers, as long as they are disciplined and competent enough - and stormtroopers are. The helm's communication and optics lock down so it's mostly useless for an enemy who picked it up, especially for [[False
** 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
* ''[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]'' - Making the fact that they left out the book's power armor even more obvious.
** The armor props were sold to a ''lot'' of other productions, like ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Firefly]]''.
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