Marine armor

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For other uses, see Rebel armor.

"Don't stop. Don't hide. Just run, and let the armor do its work."
―Rebel troopers[7]

The marine armor, also known as the Rebel reconnaissance armor, was a type of armor that was used by the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War.

Description

wearing Marine armor and casual dress.

Mon Calamari wearing Marine armor and casual dress.

The Rebel marine armor was developed for light, modern combat and was often worn by a soldier needing to retain their agility.[3] It offered a high degree of protection against energy-based weapons like blasters but lesser protection from kinetic damage.[1] The complete armor set was composed of the helmet, chest plate, left & right biceps, left & right bracers, gloves, leggings, boots and backpack.[3]

History

After the Battle of Yavin, the marine armor was one the most common models of armor used by the Alliance armed forces. It equipped an important number of specialized Rebel soldiers such as Rebel troopers, marksmen, grenadiers, guards and warrant officers. However, in most of the situations, Alliance troops did not wear the complete armor set but only the chest plate and leggings.[3]

Major Eker used to wear a green marine armor.[2]

In 1 ABY,[8] a spacer retrieved nine parts of a lost Rebel marine armor while visiting multiple worlds in the galaxy and finally assembled the complete armor.[9]

Behind the scenes

The Marine 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,[3] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[10] The Marine armor was the only Rebel armor present in the original release of the game.[3] It was later made one of the three Rebel faction armors and adapted to the new armor system of the "Combat Upgrade,"[1][11] released on April 27, 2005.[12]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed — Combat Upgrade
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided
  4. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies: Rage of the Wookiees
  5. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Imperial Quest: "Rescue the first Imperial Officer" on Corellia
  6. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Event: "The Battle of Restuss"
  7. ↑ Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Galactic Hunters Card: Marine Rebel Armor (backup link)
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ SWG logo sm Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Collection: "Lost Rebel Marine Armor"
  10. ↑ Gal-icon IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  11. ↑ Gal-icon Combat Upgrade: Armor System on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
  12. ↑ Gal-icon Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)

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