The Imperial Spec Ops Officer armor,[3] or Imperial Spec Ops armor for short,[2] was a special type of Imperial stormtrooper armor introduced during the Galactic Civil War.[3]
The Imperial Spec Ops armor was a full-body armor similar in appearance than regular stormtrooper armors. However, it was far more resistant and existed in two different colors: full black or white with black markings. The armor was also equipped with a shoulder pauldron which color was customizable by the owner. The armor offered protection against kinetic damage as well as from energy-based weapons like blasters.[2]
This armor was originally developed for Special Operations officers[3] but it was eventually provided to any Imperial soldier who had reached the rank of lieutenant colonel by proving superior fighting skills on the battlefield.[2] The trooper HX-138 wore parts of this armor dyed black during the Blackwing virus outbreak on Dathomir.[5]
Behind the scenes
The Imperial Spec Ops armor appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts,[2] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[6] It was added to the game with the release of the "Chapter 3," on September 27, 2006.[7]
Appearances
- Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) (First appearance) (First identified as Imperial Spec Ops armor)
Sources
Galactic Civil War Rank and Rewards on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct) (First identified as Imperial Spec Ops Officer armor)
Notes and references
- ↑ The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6
Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Chapter 3: Smugglers and Scoundrels
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5
Galactic Civil War Rank and Rewards on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ The opening crawl of Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided dates the game to after the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, and additionally, Serji-X Arrogantus, who died in Star Wars (1977) 10—the events of which The New Essential Chronology dates to 0 ABY—appears in the game. Therefore, at least a portion of Star Wars Galaxies must be set in that year. Furthermore, in the game Ruwan Tokai references the destruction of the Death Star as having occurred one year earlier, and Strongholds of Resistance also places the events of Galaxies' Chapter 9: "The Fury of Exar Kun" in 1 ABY. Lastly, while Chapter 11: "The Battle of Echo Base" features the Battle of Hoth—dated to 3 ABY by The New Essential Chronology—the developers have stated that the portrayal of that battle in the game is intentionally anachronistic. Therefore, the events of Star Wars Galaxies must span from 0 ABY to around 1 ABY.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Quest: "Find the Stormtroopers" on Dathomir
- ↑ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Chapter Archive 2006 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
External links
- Imperial Spec Ops Armor on the SWG Wiki
