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Who shall win?
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| The Galactic Empire |
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23 |
38.98% |
| The coalition of the willing, Milky Galaxy |
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7 |
11.86% |
| Haha! Babylon5 ownz u! |
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16 |
27.12% |
| The Banana Collective. |
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13 |
22.03% |
| Total: |
59 voters |
100% |
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raghar
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I wish somewhere else.
Oct 2002
time: 05:27
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Fremens were more deadly. Training of Sardaukars was less intensive than 50+ years wars without water against Rabba. Arakis was more deadly than Sardaukars home planet.
I think some Sardaukars were behind the fall of the Atreides, well at least Leto the Grand Duke.
They blasted out standard Atreides troops.
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Boris Godunov
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Portland, OR
Aug 2001
time: 00:27
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Originally posted by GePap
Well, we don't actually see any storm troopers killed by blasters either: they just get hit and fall down, just like the did with the rocks. No blood or anyting anywhere. Why am I to believe they were kiled by blasters but not rocks, or the other way around, if ti all works the same: Trooper gets hit, trooper falls down. |
This is actually a good point--in many cases we only see SW troops who are shot fall down, but not necessarily a motionless body. So perhaps their armor does afford them some protection against blaster fire.
In the RPG, stormtroopers are fairly tough to kill--hitting them with a single blaster shot doesn't do much to them (which is, of course, for RPG purposes).
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Kramerman
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UT, Austin - The live music capital of the world
Jun 2002
time: 23:27
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another off topic little anecdote.
hehe, i remember the first night we played, i had my players run into a squad of storm troopers. Their first reaction was, "alright, this should be easy, they are only Storm Troopers!"
So my game wouldnt be over in the first night, i had the sargeant attack only once a round (he could attack twice), secretly ignored the damage reduction of their armor, and had one of the four fall down laughing after one of my friends tried a bantha rush him and rolled a one (meaning he bounced off the ST and got knocked prone ). In the end I still had to bring in their level 7 contact to help them defeat the quartet.
Since then, whenever they have come across the possibilty of even coming in contact with STs they shout profanities like, "oh f**K! lets get outa here".
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GeneralTacticus
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of Melbourne, Australia
Dec 2001
time: 15:27
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I think some Sardaukars were behind the fall of the Atreides, well at least Leto the Grand Duke.
They blasted out standard Atreides troops. |
yes. This was specifically mentioned in the book: the Emperor had sent the Sardaukar to ensure Leto's defeat. The reason for this, though, mystifies me.
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Very true. The Sardaukar were killing machines, which is why it was so impressive when the Fremen mopped the floor with them. |
Yes. I still remember Thufir's reaction to hearing how the attack on the guns had gone :"There were Sardaukar at every gun! This desert madman speaks casually of losing only two men against Sardaukar!?"
EDIT: Corrected name of Thufir.
Last edited by GeneralTacticus on 04-04-2003 at 12:49
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03-04-2003 12:39
Was that only in the movie? I dunno, since I read Dune back in the 70s. I've been struggling to recall my reaction to the movie.
Maybe you're right. I think Jessica and Paul merely taught the Fremen Bene Geserit and Atreides fighting techniques rather then providing them with bizarre sonic weapons.
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