Coruscant Guards

Fire Fly · Post by **Fire Fly** » 2004-05-12 08:45pm

During the height of the Empire, an elite unit of stormtroopers served as highly trained peacekeepers of the sprawling Imperial Center. On Coruscant, and select Core Worlds, law was enforced by the crimson-hued Coruscant Guard. Under the provisions of martial law and Palpatine's sweeping emergency powers, the Coruscant Guard were empowered to search any facility or dwelling, arrest any citizen, and otherwise locate and detain suspected subversives and Rebel agents. These troopers rarely saw combat engagements, and were instead strictly for police service.
The red and black Coruscant Guard armor was light and heavily padded, providing excellent protection against physical attacks. The sophisticated battle helm was lined with advanced sensors that allowed the trooper to operate effectively in complete darkness. The helmet also included a comlink scrambler that linked a trooper to other members of the Coruscant Guard. Optional tracking beacon software let a unit commander know the whereabouts of his troops at all times. The unit commander's helmet featured a voice-activated heads-up display that showed troop positions.

In addition to blaster sidearms, the Coruscant Guard carried Merr-Sonn taser staves, a standard weapon for crowd control and riot suppression. The weapon has variable power settings; it can deliver a lethal or incapacitating charge when it strikes its target. Some Coruscant Guards also carry the Merr-Sonn R-88 Suppressor riot rifle that combined the precise targeting of a blaster rifle with the area of effect of a stun grenade.

I think that this is a good indication of what the standard stormtrooper is equipped with and can do for those nay sayers out there.

Fire Fly · Post by **Fire Fly** » 2004-05-12 08:46pm

ops.....from starwars.com data banks

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-05-12 08:48pm

Who are the naysayers? What are they saying? And what do the capabilities of a special unit have to do with stormtroopers in general?

Fire Fly · Post by **Fire Fly** » 2004-05-12 08:53pm

I'm only comparing coruscant guards to stormtroopers in general (nay sayers in general, no one in specific, aka those who prefer looking at shadows in a cave to walking in the light). Nothing else.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-05-12 08:54pm

Fire Fly wrote:I'm only comparing coruscant guards to stormtroopers in general (nay sayers in general, no one in specific, aka those who prefer looking at shadows in a cave to walking in the light). Nothing else.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-05-12 08:57pm

What LR is saying is that it's best to attempt some sort of context when you write a thread.

As it is, you can't really get what the hell you're attempting to evaluate or conclude, let alone what you're really even talking about.

Fire Fly · Post by **Fire Fly** » 2004-05-13 03:17am

hmm, now that I look at it...yeah, my bad

Grand Admiral Mango · Post by **Grand Admiral Mango** » 2004-05-13 02:22pm

Where did you get that quote from

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-05-13 02:42pm

Grand Admiral Mango wrote:Where did you get that quote from

if you'd bothered reading the entire thread you'd notice he said it was from the starwars.com databank.

Grand Admiral Mango · Post by **Grand Admiral Mango** » 2004-05-17 12:58pm