Rebel assault armor was a type of heavy armor that was used by the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War.
Description
A Rebel Assault Forest Camouflage Armor.
The Rebel assault armor was developed for modern combat and was often worn by a soldier needing to retain their agility while ensuring maximum protection against pulse-wave blasters. In fact, it offered a high degree of protection against kinetic damage but lesser protection from energy-based weapons like blasters. The complete armor set was composed of the helmet, chest plate, left & right biceps, left & right bracers, gloves, leggings and boots. Typical suits had to be biolinked to the wearer to prevent unwanted use; they were also very expensive to create, meaning that such assault armor was a rare sight in battle.[1]
A variant of this armor, the Rebel assault forest camouflage armor, was designed to help Rebel assault troops blend with forest environments.[2]
Another variant was the Rebel Special Ops Officer armor,[3] best known as the Rebel Special Ops armor.[4] This armor was originally developed for Special Operations officers[3] but it was eventually provided to any Alliance soldier who had reached the rank of commander by proving superior fighting skills on the battlefield.[4]
History
After the Battle of Yavin, Rebel assault armor were sometimes used by Heavy Weapons Specialists.[5]
In 1 ABY,[6] certain spacers who allied with the Alliance to Restore the Republic received camouflaged Rebel assault armor for serving and assisting certain high-profile Rebellion leaders while they were in hiding within the Hidden Rebel Base on Corellia.[2] The same year, Rebel assault armor was worn by the Alliance organizer of the Remembrance Day event on Corellia.[7]
Also in 1 ABY,[6] a spacer retrieved the nine parts of a Rebel battle armor while visiting multiple worlds in the galaxy and finally assembled the complete armor.[8]
During the Galactic Civil War, the Mistryl Assault Troopers used an armor that included an helmet very similar to the Rebel assault armor helmet.[9]
Behind the scenes
The Rebel assault 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,[1] prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[10] The Rebel assault armor was one of the Rebel faction armors added to the game with the release of the "Combat Upgrade,"[11] on April 27, 2005.[12] The Rebel Assault Forest Camouflage Armor was added to the game with the revamped "Rebel Theme Park," released with the "Chapter 6" update, on May 22, 2007.[13]
Appearances
- Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed (First appearance)
- Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE)
Sources
Combat Upgrade: Armor System Enhancements – Faction Armor on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)- Combat Upgrade: Armor System on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience: Prima Official Game Guide
- Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Guide: Prima Official Game Guide
- Galactic Civil War Rank and Rewards on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- Friday Feature – All About Armor on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- Friday Feature – Empire Day (2008) on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Squadrons Over Corellia Card: Rebel Assault Helmet (backup link)
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Galactic Hunters Card: Rebel Conspirator (backup link) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — The Nightsister's Revenge Card: Heavy Weapon Specialist (backup link) (Picture only)
- Star Wars Galaxies Memory Book (Picture only)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed — Combat Upgrade
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Rebel Theme Park
- ↑ 3.0 3.1
Galactic Civil War Rank and Rewards on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Chapter 3: Smugglers and Scoundrels
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — The Nightsister's Revenge Card: Heavy Weapon Specialist (backup link)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Event: "Remembrance Day"
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Collection: "Lost Rebel Assault Armor"
- ↑ Star Wars Galaxies (post-NGE) — Chapter 6
- ↑ IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT STAR WARS GALAXIES™ on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Combat Upgrade: Armor System on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Publish Archive 2005 on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Publish Notes – Chapter 6: Masters of the Wild on the official Star Wars Galaxies website (original site is defunct)
