#jumptrooper

[theowlhousefanboy]

From Avery Butler and his fellow Jumptroops in Exo-Squad:

"Any heroes in here?"

"No, sir!"

"GOOD! NOW LET'S JUMP!!!"

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[krinsbez]

Last couple bits and bobs, of which I thought there were more, hmmph.

-As a general rule, Mongo has superior AeroSpace tech (both ASFs and WarShips) than the IS or Clans (cuz of all the rockets), which does not mean they skimp out on 'Mechs, Vees, or BA!

-Speaking of the last, between the Lion Men, Dragon Men, Tusk Men, Ice Giants, etc. etc. Ming's armies can match Elementals pretty well.

-The Hawk Men have the best ASFs in the known universe. Also, the best ASF pilots. Their BA and 'Mechs are all about Jump Jets and enhancements thereof; their Jumptroopers can actually fly under certain circumstances, and their 'MechWarriors have turned Death From Above into an artform. We considered giving them LAMs that don't suck, but there was pushback on that.

-Fire People have Quadruple Heat Sinks, their 'Mechs will basically never overheat under any circumstances. The downside is that the coolant they use is A: highly toxic, and B: radioactive, with the result that their 'MechWarriors have a distinct tendency to get ALL the cancers. Since their homeworld of Volcania's atmosphere is full of toxic awfulness anyways, they don't see this as a problem. Nobody else agrees.

If anyone has ideas for ways we can BT-ify the other Peoples of Mongo, I am all ears.

Flash Gordon Conquers the Inner Sphere: A Battletech/Pulp Hero Storybuilding/Worldbuilding Project

Well, Conan/BT has died off and Tarzan/BT isn't getting much traction, but I'm an optimist and also definitionally insane, so I'm hoping the third-place contestant gets better results.

Keeping in mind folks, while I am not averse to fic or ficlets being written, the point here is a story- and worldbuilding. Ideally it'd be a group project, not just me shouting into the void for your entertainment. But then, at least I'll have entertained y'all, so that's something!

Anways, this one happened almost by accident. So this one started when I asked if we could do characters that are collar-tug, someone noted that "Stefan Amaris covers Ming", and I and a few others disagreed:

Pfft, Amaris wishes..wished?

(that's me, BTW)

Ming the Merciless is WAY more of a guy then Ameris is, if Ming existed in battletech he'd be driving a battlemech straight into combat against the titular Flash Gordon. Were as Amaris well, his best showing was a sneak attack and then hiding behind his guards. And he surrendered by offering his weapon to Kerensky. Ming would not be caught dead doing such a thing. So that's just a false equivalency.

(that's forum poster HouseOfWolves)

And so we started talking about Ming and eventually we ended up with the following: -Ming the Merciless is Ming Allard-Liao, the son of Melisssa Allard-Liao who spent decades preparing his Revenge. Well that's the reason he admits to, the fact is that (to quote forumposter BadHabits) he is "returning 'to type' for a Liao, but with a distinctly different flavor to him", and thus is a narcissistic and ruthless megalomaniac who intends to make himself emperor of universe, and in fact already styles himself as such. Anyways, he's a genius polymath: a brilliant scientist and Tech, an expert military strategist and tactician, a master of political intrigue and psychological manipulation, and his skill as a MechWarrior makes one think of his grandfather (he is not, in fact, as good as his grandfather the GOAT but he's one of the best currently living). He's also charismatic as hell, and thus far no one has ever been able to beat him at...basically anything.

-Mongo is, (to quote forumposter HouseOfWolves) a "series of systems had it's origins as a expansion to the Capelan Confederation with everything set up to become a province. Then the Civil war and Succession wars happen and Mongo was lost. Untill 2 centuries later all that prep work laid down that kept it from devolving into yet another periphery state plus Mings personal touch turning it into a proper contender for the Throne on terra." In that time the various worlds within the Mongo region have diverged greatly and gotten very, very strange, and spent most of their time fighting each other until Ming came along and conquered them by force, which included moving substantial portions of the population to the one-time provincial capital, after which the region is named. There he forged them into an army with which he was able to swfitly conquer the Capellan Confederation, then put a bigger version of The Wall around it's borders, while he consolidated his holdings.

-Note that the vague similarities between Mongothic overculture (if that's a word) and the Clans is coincidental and the reuslt of a sort of cultural convergent eovlution, both being the result of an isolated population using advanced technology to survive while fighting over scare resources on worlds that are often only marginally habitable

-Anyways, Ming launched is blitzkrieg of the CC in the wake of the Blackout; we considered that he caused the Blackout, but ultimately decided that he just took advantage.

-Anyways, a decade (or two, more on this below) later, Solaris champion Flash Gordon hired to serve as bodyguard to rogue scientist Dr. Hans Zharkov; his usual tech wasn't unavailable so he ended up with a replacement in Dale Arden who is as skilled in the job as she is nice to look at (and she's VERY nice to look at!). Dr. Zharkov, because he is working too hard and not sleeping enough became paranoid, was convinced they are spies trying to steal his secrets and forces them to come along on the test flight of his new and improved super-KF-Drive, which jumps them past the Capellan Wall and straight to Mongo itself, just as Ming is planning to drop The Wall and launch the next phase of his conquest of the Inner Sphere. They manage to earn Ming's personal ire (or at least Flash does. Not sure if should keep Ming being a creepster about Dale), and by luck, skill, and the fact that Ming is bored and wants to make a show of killing them, they keep surviving executions and escaping, damaging Ming's aura of invincibility. They also keep befriending many of the rulers of individual worlds that Mongo has forced to be his puppets and compete for his favor. Which combines in getting said puppet rulers to put aside their animosity for each other to join together and overthrow Ming. Probably replace him with his daughter Princess Aura and her husband King Barin of Arboria?

-My initial thought was that Flash and Co. arrive in the 3140s and things are done in a few years, because I wanted to worldbuild the IS after and it's help to have a good idea of what the IS would've been like in canon. But A; it was pointed out to me that the CC going dark at the start of the Blackout would have that affect regardless, and B: it was proposed that we could have fun with Ming and Flash putting asides their differences to defend Terra from Alaric Ward's Wolves and Malvina Hazen's Jade Falcons. Flash because he's a good guy, and Ming because he wants to be the one to conquer Terra. C: We want a good enough time that the people of the CC get used to and be fine with, their not being a CC going forward, just...uhh, the Mongothic Union.

-Part of this would involve Ming executing all the Liaos with the possible exception of Danai, sparing her life in exchange for her peacefully handing over Yen-Lo-Wang (which he has fully upgraded with Mongotech), and possibly because he likes looking at her, if we keep his creepster tendencies. Not sure what to do with her thereafte,r tend to bounce back and forth between her maybe being Princess Aura's mother and her being one of the multitude of female sub-rulers who tries to seduce Flash.

Got an assortment of other bits and bobs, but this is the most important stuff, I think, and I've spent over an hour typing this. So i'm gonna save the rest for self-RBs if i need to, or if y'all ask for it, if I don't

[jimclassicstoycollection]

Star Wars: The Black Series

Imperial Jumptrooper

They fly now, you know?

He’s basically  Stormtrooper with a modified helmet, and a small jet back. and shoulder panels.

The sculpting on the Stormtrooper is clean with nice and simple paint apps, but otherwise most of the figure is every other Black Series Stormtrooper mold; no real changes.

He comes with an Imperial blaster, and a stand.

If you can still find him (I bought him last April 2019) I recommend picking it up.

My only gripe is that the jet will need that clear stand; most of my Black Series Stormtroopers have issues with their feet, and have difficulty standing.In most case (in my experience) the foot joint seems to lock in positions which make standing impossible.

[starwarsfangirl]

To Infinity and Beyond!!!

[flyguy]

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[brianhanes]

21 Concepts “Star Wars Ahsoka” Should Have

1. Grand Admiral Thrawn (Legends Style)

For those who don’t know, Grand Admiral Thrawn was a major anti-hero in a popular Star Wars “Hier to the Empire” 1993 novel trilogy. He would later be used again in Disney’s “Star Wars Rebels” series, but the big difference I would like to see is a scaled-up Thrawn from that version. In Rebels, Thrawn seemed to be a bit watered down. He gave away battles as he looked at ‘the big picture’. 

A major change that we need to see a Thrawn who is constantly winning important battles and seems unbeatable (as he was in Legends). Someone who dominates the scene almost all the time and only gives up ground when necessary. Someone who only takes battles worth taking rather than wasting time on pointless missions. 

Thrawn might be the only big villain in season 1, but that could leave room for another key villain to rise in book 2! Hopefully this villain would be teased during the end of season 1 (read more to find out who I’m talking about).

2. Mara Jade

Like Thrawn, Mara Jade was a major character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe (comics, novels, etc. outside of the main films) before Disney took over. While Disney may be looking to promote the new characters it has introduced, it would be a travesty if they ignore her. Thousands of legends fans would salivate at the sight of her! It would automatically give the series more love and praise. Mara=$$$ so they better not pass this up!

Mara was an Emperor’s Hand meaning she was trained and raised by Emperor Palpatine himself. The Emperor Hand was a special program that is similar to the Imperial Inquisitor program in that it brought in dark force sensitives into the Empire. Like inquisitors, hands were not Palpatine’s actual apprentices and weren’t caught as deeply in the dark side as Vader. On the other hand (no pun intended), Hands didn’t grow up as Jedi. 

Mara was also special in that she was trained to be a grey user. Palpatine wanted to see if he could successfully recruit a grey person to his ranks that would be less likely to betray him than another Sith. Mara Jade was pushed to be completely loyal to Palpatine and she was until his ‘passing’ during the Battle of Endor. It would be nice to see Mara with her purple lightsaber, hand-to-hand skills, force lightning, marksmanship (she could use a sniper rifle or pistol in battle), force choke abilities, and wit in to rival Ahsoka. 

Mara is also an expert pilot like Luke. She is sort of like a combination of Ventress, Black Widow, and Luke! That is too good of a character to be passed up. And when I say great pilot, I mean even better than Ahsoka good (only Luke should be able to match her in space). 

3. Ezra

Now I’ll mention another given, Ezra definitely will be in this show. To be honest with you, I really enjoyed some episodes of Rebels however, I didn’t like most of the show. For me, Rebels seemed a bit watered down (I wanted a gritty war story with lots of cultural/political lore like Star Wars: The Clone Wars). On the bright (or should I say light) side, I got much of what I wanted to see in Rebels with Rogue One and the Mandalorian. I also expect to get even more of that from Andor.

Like Ashoka, when Ezra first entered Rebels, he was very annoying. However, by the third season, I really liked him. He started reminding me of Anakin from the Star Wars 2003 Clone Wars series. Ezra was more mature, powerful, and seemed like a truly gifted Padawan. At this point, we can get an Ezra that is at knight level. We will see this with his maturity and wisdom but hopefully he also knows when to think outside the box like Qui Gon.

4. Lumiya

This is the season 2 boss I was talking about. Maybe operate on her own at first and her loyalists will run into Ahsoka and her friends. After a few conflicts, Lumiya could join forces with Thrawn. 

Like Mara Jade, Lumiya was also an Emperor’s Hand. She was brutal, intelligent, adaptive, manipulative, and through in the force. Lumiya was trained more deeply in the darkness than Mara, which makes for a good contrast of their characters. 

Mara is that dream female supervillain that ever story needs. She gives me Cheetah vibes from DC Universe or Azula vibes from Avatar: The Last Airbender. Sometimes you really have to appreciate an amazing female villain and Lumiya is one who does this naturally. To add to that, Lumiya was experimented on from a young age. She has super strength, immense speed (like Palpatine), and amazing acrobatics (like Darth Talon).

Lumiya should be portrayed in a way that shows she is obviously physically superior to the other characters in the series. Lumiya uses a lightsaber whip that makes her distinct from other lightsaber duelists. Her whip gives her more range in a duel and she maintains a firm grip of her weapon so she isn’t easily disarmed.

One major disadvantage of the lightsaber whip is that it limits her ability to defend against saber strikes. However, Lumiya is incredibly fast and agile so she can flip and leap away when her enemies attack. On top of that, she uses force push, pull, force throw, and lightning to keep enemies away from her. Another special aspect of Lumiya’s lightsaber whip vs other whips (like the ones used by Zygerian slavers in Star Wars the Clone Wars) should be that it is lethal. 

Lumiya also had her own royal guard stormtroopers who have red armor! That makes for a whole different vibe when the main character goes up against her. Lumiya’s character themes also would make an interaction between her and Mara Jade in the show insane. Imagine Mara Jade vs Lumiya in Ahsoka! 

But if Disney wants to move in another direction, they could give her imperial royal guards instead. That still works with the epic boss villain afterall, some of them would need a new boss after Sidious.

5. Shadow Stormtroopers

If you have seen any of my other Star Wars threads, it should be obvious that I’m obsessed with the soldiers! Seriously, soldiers are a big part of what made the Clone Wars and Rogue One special! Just because Jedi are in this story doesn’t mean soldiers shouldn’t still get their moments. The Mandalorian brought dark troopers from legends to canon. Star Wars battlefront 2015 brought these guys to canon, still I’d like to see them on the big screen.

Shadowtroopers are stormtroopers that can turn invisible in battle. They are elite which means they have better aim, personal HUDs, superior tactics, smoke grenades, and can adjust more in firefights. Ahsoka would also be strong enough to beat them.

6. Evo Troopers

Here are some of the coolest stormtroopers in history. Evo troopers are environmental experts with armor that can help them survive in several different environments (duh)! What makes them even more special is they basically use electric shotguns in battle and those electric shot guns fire quickly and have a wide range. They are annoying to fight in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Seeing Ahsoka go up against these guys would give many fans a rush of nostalgia and they are just awesome anyway.

7. Tie Phantoms

Star Wars Rebels blessed us with tie defenders. While I didn’t like all the episodes in Rebels, I adore some of the things they did with the show. Tie defenders where special because they were specialized imperial tie fighters that had personal shields and more firepower. Phantoms are special because they are tie fighters that can turn invisible! Another reason they need to do this is because Ahsoka dueled Maul in season 7 of Star Wars the Clone Wars and he was the Phantom Menace!

8. Cal Kestits

Cal was the main character in Star Wars Fallen Order! He is a jedi survivor of Order 66. Fallen Order is one of the best Star Wars things I have seen in a while and it would be nice to see him.

9. Imperial Jumptroopers

One really special thing about Star Wars the Clone Wars, is there were always new droids to fight. From battledroids, to super battledroids, to commando droids, to magnaguards, to crab droids and so on. Imperial jumptroopers have been utilized a good amount by Rebels. 

10. New Republic Soldiers

This is something the Mandalorian didn’t show us enough of. Although the New Republic was considered a joke in the show, it realistically would at least function throughout the Core worlds and Colonies. If matters were important enough and there was enough political demand, they would definitely battle against Imperial Remnant forces or whatever other threat is lurking around the galaxy. 

11. New Republic Droids

We saw these bad boys in the Mandalorian series. They are durable, accurate shooters, and very strong. Although they are predictable, they would be useful in battle against Imperial forces.

12. Imperial Security Droids

On the flip side of this discussion, it would also be useful for the Empire to use more of its security droids. These guys are very big and strong. They also can run deceptively fast for their size. We see in Rogue One that they are very accurate. But instead of seeing them unarmed like in Fallen Order or with pistols like K-2SO, let’s see them with heavy blaster and disruptor rifles. Then they would be deadly juggernauts in battle that even a jedi would be cautious of taking on.

13. New Republic Light Cruiser

In the Mandalorian, there was a lot of hype about the New Republic Fleet dealing with some shady people in one of the episodes. Unfortunately, what we saw was underwhelming to say the least. We need to see a New Republic cruiser and it doesn’t need to be a massive one (a huge one wouldn’t even make sense in many cases).

14. More Battles

More battles is always useful in Star Wars. Especially during a timeline like this where the New Republic is more powerful than the Rebellion was and the Imperial Remnant strongholds are being knocked down as their resources dwindle. 

15. Embo

Embo was a popular and honorable bounty hunter in Star Wars the Clone Wars. It would be great to see him on the big screen. Apparently, he retired and became a farmer but maybe we could see him defend his farm. I also think Embo deserves his own series, but that’s another story for another time.

16. Jedi Leia

The Jedi side of Leia has been abandoned in canon, but that can always change. Adding Leia and even having her fight against someone like Lumiya would be amazing. Still if Lumiya can defeat a seasoned Ahsoka the first time they fight, a less experienced Leia would really be at risk against her. Perhaps that’s where we see more parallels between Leia and her mother. 

Padme was often seen as a helpless senator by Jedi but it turned out she could defend herself well with her surprising hand-to-hand and marksmanship skills. Leia showed us the same in A New Hope but in Ahsoka she will have to be even more cautious as she takes on greater challenges with skills that she is still honing. 

17. Luke Skywalker

Luke has to be shown at some point in the series. He is just too important to not show. 

18. Durge

Durge was a deadly bounty hunter in the Star Wars Clone Wars 2003 miniseries. He also appeared in several comics. Durge has also appeared in one of Disney’s canon comics.

19. Smugglers and pirates

I know this is a given, but I just decided to write it anyway. There literally has to be a couple of episodes with these type of characters. It’s like a Star Wars rite of passage for shows.

20. New Jedi Order

Not every jedi that is listed should be named. Fall Order did a good job of avoiding this mistake. It would be nice to see more ordinary jedi in this show as well and that would also make the Star Wars universe feel bigger. A scene of Luke training padawans would also be nice.

21. Ahsoka and Chewbacca reunite

Ahsoka has actually already met Chewbacca as a teenager during the Clone Wars. It would be nice to see them meet up again. This could also be an opportunity for her to meet Han Solo and Leia.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Tomorrow's War - Jumptroops by McGibs

[t-c-gentry]

Sith Jump Trooper from The Rise of Skywalker! #drawing #sketch #starwarsart #starwars #sith #jedi #stormtrooper #firstorder #thefirstorder #thefinalorder #finalorder #sithtrooper #sithjumptrooper #sithjumppacktrooper #jumptrooper #jetpack #firstorderstormtrooper #tcgentryart #tcgentry #redstormtrooper #riseofskywalker #theriseofskywalker #starwarstheriseofskywalker https://www.instagram.com/p/B6kBc2bDmnk/?igshid=k9wa673h0dxr

[yaswb]

“Jump when ready, trooper” - “Yes General!” #starwars #actionfigures #generalveers #atatcommander #jumptrooper #atatdriver #blackseries #6scale https://www.instagram.com/p/B14ZjAOi_nF/?igshid=xc6283a05h7k

[weerd1]

Carl the Stormtrooper thinks those Jump Troopers are jerks. #starwars #toyphotography #stormtrooper #stormtrooperproblems #jumptrooper #scouttrooper #galacticempire https://www.instagram.com/p/BxLdSjvg9fE/?igshid=1jjwquf53ori5

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[thecasualtrooper]

That's No Moon... It's A Space Station