feather@isi-vaxa (08/06/85)
From: Feather@ISIF The sad decline of the capabilities of the empire stormtroopers (contrast their effective capture of the ship containing Princess L. at the start of SW with their inability to overcome a bunch of dwarf teddy bears at the end of RotJ) must surely be due to the same ecological disaster that lead to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, namely lead plumbing (only here it was not only the leaders, but also the troops). Martin S. Feather
iwm@icdoc.UUCP (Ian Moor) (08/16/85)
In article <3140@topaz.ARPA> feather@isi-vaxa writes: >The sad decline of the capabilities of the >empire stormtroopers >must surely be due to the same ecological disaster >that lead to the decline and fall of the Roman >Empire, namely lead plumbing (only here it >was not only the leaders, but also the troops). Surely it is more likely that the plastic armour gives off a low level of solvent causing brain damage -- Ian W Moor The squire on the hippopotamus is equal Department of Computing to the sons of the other two squires. Imperial College. 180 Queensgate London SW7 Uk.
davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar) (08/19/85)
>>The sad decline of the capabilities of the >>empire stormtroopers >>must surely be due to the same ecological disaster >>that lead to the decline and fall of the Roman >>Empire, namely lead plumbing (only here it >>was not only the leaders, but also the troops). >Surely it is more likely that the plastic armour >gives off a low level of solvent causing brain damage I was more of the opinion that the plastic armour did nothing to protect them and that they tended to do more damage to the surrounding environment than they did to the people (things, animals, etc) attacking them. On this silly subject, what did the armour in Star Wars ever do? All I can recall is that it provided comm facilities, blast protection for the eyes, and looked funky. Did any armour *ever* turn a shot? What's the point of wearing the stuff? Oh yea, it may have also served as a vacuum suit. (wirrrrrrrrrrrrr, as it cleans the hallways of the Death Star....) -- David C. Kovar USNET: {linus|decvax|cornell|astrovax}!dartvax!davidk%amber ARPA: davidk%amber%dartmouth@csnet-relay CSNET: davidk%amber@dartmouth "I felt like a punk who'd gone out for a switchblade and come back with a tactical nuke. 'Shit', I thought. 'Screwed again. What good's a tactical nuke in a street fight?'" "Burning Chrome" by William Gibson
jsc@sun.uucp (James Carrington) (08/20/85)
> >On this silly subject, what did the armour in Star Wars ever do? All I >can recall is that it provided comm facilities, blast protection for >the eyes, and looked funky. Did any armour *ever* turn a shot? What's If you look carefully, or have the aid of a slo-mo button on your vcr, you can see a shot bounce off the helmets of two Rebel defenders aboard Leia's courier ship, before ricocheting into a wall in SW I (or IV, actually). That's the only instance I know off, and note that it happens with the /lightly\ armored rebels, not the almost-encased imperials. -- James Carrington Sun Microsystems Inc. Associate Engineer (Co-op Student, UCBerkeley) 2550 Garcia Ave. MS1-40 Workstation Division Mountain View CA 94043 NFS Department 415-960-7438
elric@proper.UUCP (elric) (08/25/85)
In article <> davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar) writes: > >>Surely it is more likely that the plastic armour >>gives off a low level of solvent causing brain damage > >I was more of the opinion that the plastic armour did nothing to protect >them and that they tended to do more damage to the surrounding environment >than they did to the people (things, animals, etc) attacking them. > >On this silly subject, what did the armour in Star Wars ever do? All I >can recall is that it provided comm facilities, blast protection for >the eyes, and looked funky. Did any armour *ever* turn a shot? What's >the point of wearing the stuff? Oh yea, it may have also served as a >vacuum suit. (wirrrrrrrrrrrrr, as it cleans the hallways of the Death >Star....) > >David C. Kovar > USNET: {linus|decvax|cornell|astrovax}!dartvax!davidk%amber > ARPA: davidk%amber%dartmouth@csnet-relay > CSNET: davidk%amber@dartmouth Well, the disign of the armor appears to be Ablat armor. In theory the armor vaporizes when hit and carries away the enegry of the laser. (The armor becomes less effective after each it). But in truth, the Stormtroppers are cannon fodder and the real purpose of the suits is so you can tell goods guys from bad guys... Elric (Only imperial storm troopers could be so accurate....)