Talk:Zero-G assault stormtrooper

Name
It appears that the official name of these soldiers was "Zero-G Assault Troopers", while "spacetroopers" was the AKA. --SparqMan 04:49, 31 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Appearances
any appearances, so where did the pic come fromRevan 05:20, 1 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * X-Wing Alliance TIEPilot051999 05:23, 1 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Rank
I have never, ever, heard the Zero-G trooper referred to as being "second [in rank] only to the Imperial Royal Guards."

First of all, there really isn't a strict hierarchy among Storm Troopers, though some units are more elite (Storm Commandos, Vader’s Fist). While Space Troopers are likely one of the more elite units, I find the “second only to the Royal Guard” claim to be suspect.

Unless someone can show a source that backs up the claim, I’m going to remove the line in question.

-Jad Jermain "Spacetroopers are deadly commandos of the highest order, second only to the Imperial Royal Guard."
 * I didn't add it in, but I've seen it somewhere. Admiral J. Nebulax 13:35, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * From the second paragraph in the databank...

- Spacetroopers entry in the databank.

Feel free to take a look yourself...the link to the databank is in the article itself. -Jaymach Ral'Tir 13:57, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Jaymach. Admiral J. Nebulax 14:19, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * The Imperial Sourcebook (page 47) says "Zero-G Assault Stormtroopers — or 'spacetroopers' — are deadly commandos of the highest order, second only to the Imperial Royal Guard in training, loyalty, and destructive capability." The Databank is just paraphrasing the original source. &mdash;Darth Culator   (talk)  16:44, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, then, there's no need to remove it. Admiral J. Nebulax 17:01, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * They're second only in their deadliness: lots of weapons, thick armor, good training. I don't think they're higher up on the hierarchy than other specialized Stormtrooper units, however. --SparqMan 17:13, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * That's what I thought. Admiral J. Nebulax 19:09, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Zero-G Spacetrooper origins
The Star Wars Databanks states under Commander Bacara that the Zero-G Spacetroopers were orginally formed as part of the Galactic Marines (the red snowtroopers in Episode 3) that took down the Jedi General Ki-Adi-Mundi under Clone Commander Bacara (1138). "The marines were cross-trained in space and ground-based fighting, and well-versed in zero-gee combat. These troops were among the first to field-test new equipment and combat gear. Their use of the prototype spacetrooper powersuit during the Battle of New Bornalex was well documented; when the weapons systems on the suits failed, the troopers used the mechanical musculature to engage the enemy super battle droids in hand-to-hand combat and tore into them with their enhanced manipulators. This fostered a ferocious reputation for the marines that Bacara particularly relished." This is directly from Commander Bacara's Expanded universe description paragraph 2. This is interesting as this would most likely mean that Spacetroopers and Snowtroopers should in effect be one in the same. Enjoy. Lord Tyranneix
 * Except the Galactic Marines aren't snowtroopers. They just wore the armor later revised and used by the Cold Assault Troopers - Kwenn 19:32, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * You are most likely correct, we now do have the origins of both the Snowtrooper suits and the Zero-G powersuits. Lord Tyranneix