What happened to the scanning crew?

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-04-23 04:50pm

Hiding in the Milennium Falcon's hold, our brave heroes ambush a scanning crew and two storm troopers. They take their uniforms, and no one ever finds them.

So, are there dead bodies in the hold of the Falcon for the rest of the trip, or what? They had to go somewhere.

I can just imagine after the Yuuzhan Vong are defeated:

Han: Well, the galaxy is safe.
Leia: What's that smell? It's been there for a while now, and it bugs me.

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2004-04-23 04:55pm

You ate them, can't you remember?

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2004-04-23 06:34pm

more than likely they were jetisened as soon as opertunity allowed. So it is possible they are siting floating somewhere around the Yavin system

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-23 06:37pm

The Stormtroopers around the Falcon before they left the Death Star probably removed them.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-04-23 06:54pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:The Stormtroopers around the Falcon before they left the Death Star probably removed them.

They didn't know there was anyone unconscious aboard, did they? Right until the end no one knew what was going on.

And wookiees don't eat humanoids. That's something for filthy Trandoshans.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-23 06:58pm

You don't seriously expect that Stormtroopers would stand guard around an open enemy starship without taking a look inside, do you?

Man, I'd hate to have you as my squad leader.

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-04-23 07:28pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:You don't seriously expect that Stormtroopers would stand guard around an open enemy starship without taking a look inside, do you?

The Imperial military is a culture of fear. If someone told me to stand guard, I'd stand guard. Especially given how well Vader tolerates screw-ups.

And honestly, it wasn't that important at the time to the Empire.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-23 07:37pm

I need to reset, but I'm going to say this before I go for a second:

First, you need to think more open-mindedly. Don't go all the way out of the box, mind you, but try a littke peek once and a while.

Second: Because of that, did you bother to think that MAYBE they were ordered to check the ship again before guarding it?

Seriously...

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2004-04-23 07:39pm

Do you live in this forum?

Points taken.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-23 07:53pm

No, I just know how far inside and outside of the box to think.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-04-23 08:23pm

But WHERE are the burn marks on that armor!!!???

Listen to the shots! It wasn't precise sniping! It's more like:

OMFG! Stormtroopers! Fire! Fire!

kpow! kpow! kpow! kpow!

And then they come out and it looks like the plasteel's even been polished! WTF!?

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2004-04-23 08:38pm

Lazy Raptor wrote:But WHERE are the burn marks on that armor!!!???

Listen to the shots! It wasn't precise sniping! It's more like:

OMFG! Stormtroopers! Fire! Fire!

kpow! kpow! kpow! kpow!

And then they come out and it looks like the plasteel's even been polished! WTF!?

It's possible they used stun, you know.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-04-23 09:09pm

Captain tycho wrote:It's possible they used stun, you know.

Possible, but not likely. There's only one instance of the stun setting used and it sounds very different from the full-power setting on that model. Also, what did they do? Bound and gag them and hide them under the floor? This little plot device already suffers from severe time constraints (fortunately, the time until the officers get pissed is indefinate). But there can't be almost an hour until they wonder where the sentries went.

Burak Gazan · Post by **Burak Gazan** » 2004-04-23 09:18pm

Lazy Raptor wrote:But WHERE are the burn marks on that armor!!!???

Listen to the shots! It wasn't precise sniping! It's more like:

OMFG! Stormtroopers! Fire! Fire!

kpow! kpow! kpow! kpow!

And then they come out and it looks like the plasteel's even been polished! WTF!?

Actually, it was more like kpow! ....slight pause....kpow!kpow!

I'm thinking neck or armpit/joints aiming for the body glove instead of armour

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2004-04-23 10:04pm

Lazy Raptor wrote:
Captain tycho wrote:It's possible they used stun, you know.
Possible, but not likely. There's only one instance of the stun setting used and it sounds very different from the full-power setting on that model. Also, what did they do? Bound and gag them and hide them under the floor? This little plot device already suffers from severe time constraints (fortunately, the time until the officers get pissed is indefinate). But there can't be almost an hour until they wonder where the sentries went.

It's quite possible that it wasn't Luke and gang firing, but the stormies. The gang might've just pounced and beat them down, or Kenobi used the force to trip them up. As for what did they do with the bodies, who knows. Maybe they were dragged off the MF and placed in a crate in the docking bay off-camera.
(Though how they could do that without anyone seeing it is beyond me, unless Kenobi used the force to temporarily blind the officers in the over-looking control station, which seems unlikely.)

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2004-04-23 10:06pm

what about the lightsabre?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-23 10:18pm

PainRack wrote:what about the lightsabre?

Lightsabres don't sound like a blaster.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2004-04-23 10:35pm

Maybe no one was shot, they just knocked them out and put them in an airlock, then jetisoned them as soon as they hit space. That's what i'd do, to keep the armour unmarked and to save time.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2004-04-23 10:36pm

Err, i forgot to say, maybe we herad the Stormtroopers shooting not Han and Luke.

Burak Gazan · Post by **Burak Gazan** » 2004-04-23 10:40pm

The blasterfire that was heard was NOT from a standard stormtrooper rifle, it sounded like Solo's sidearm alone doing the shooting.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-23 10:57pm

It was Han's DL-44 that fired.

But it's also most likely that the stormtroopers removed them from the Falcon when they were standing guard before they left the Death Star.

That makes the most sense to me, considering how much time the Falcon is left alone by the heroes.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2004-04-23 11:17pm

Well, now, wouldnt they report the finding of two naked bodies of their comrades. I mean, that'd be a major thing wouldnt it, since it meant someone was walking around in stormie armor. They execute people for owning it, IIRC, so i think they'd at least report someone stealing it.

Granted they couldnt know who stole it, but still to just not report it, to have no alert or anything...it seems a bit unusual.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-23 11:23pm

My God, it's like watching an electric football game, and all the pieces are either falling over or getting stuck in the corners...

Not so far outside or inside the box, people.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2004-04-23 11:27pm

Okay, so it was Han's blaster firing? Chewie or someone distracted the Stormies while Han snuck up behind them and shot them in between their helmet and neck seal. He then shot them with the helmets off to make sure.

So they were killed, and it explains the shots AND the spotless armor!

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-04-23 11:29pm

And then other stormtroopers took care of the damn bodies while they were running around the Death Star.

There, problem fucking solved.