Well it's been a productive couple of weeks here at the AFE garrison. I started out wanting to create a cyborg heavy weapons mando and ended up with 7 more figures... I know I know I think I'm nuts too! But to get from one figure to 7 is pretty exciting if I may say so myself. Gonna need to hibernate in the insides of a tauntaun after this. So besides the cyborg heavy mando did my crazy imagination come up with? Well for starters I envisioned a ninja assassin Sith Lord type of character. From there I got thinking of a new type of Stormtrooper, something a step above the average trooper, that you call when you have to fight a Rancor or a Sith Lord. Naturally a "Tempest" is a stronger form of storm, so the name stuck. So in true imperial mash up form I added a new paint job, some aspects of clone troopers and snow troopers and created a new Imperial Stormtrooper variation. 3 Figures to be exact including a female trooper! Then I got thinking about the transformers, specifically my favorite characters The Dinobots, Grimlock and his gang. And started thinking of the cyborg/droid Mandos that Gearbox (the Imperial Mandalorian mad scientist would create) and thus a unit of 3 Man-Droid-Lorians were created. Ok... I think that's everything, without further ado lets kick this update off with...
The Tempest Troopers!
In its glory days the Empire was rife with secret projects, from the Death Stars to the Dark Troopers, it seemed every other Moff, General, or Commander had a clandestine agenda and a shadow operation for one purpose or another. The garrison on Kamino was no exception. Under the guidance of Moff Oss Broffee,the Kaminoan R and D branch designed an infantry unit capable of withstanding the severest of attacks and even tangling with force users. The plans for the Tempest Troopers were developed too late to go into production during the Galactic Civil War, they were later rediscovered and went into production during the Legacy (comics) era. With durasteel reinforced armor that is immune to electricity weapons and all but impenetrable by known blades and energy weapons, the Tempest Troopers are a match for anything the galaxy can throw at them. Combining aspects of basic Imperial Stormtroopers, with the tech and garb of ARC Troopers, and the hostile environment gear of an Imperial Snow Trooper, the tempest trooper takes a beating and keeps on fighting. Throw a sequence entered in their on board computers the Tempests can electrify their armor to avoid unwanted contact, deter melee attackers, or discharge their power cells in a high voltage burst as a last ditch offensive weapon. Even alone a single trooper can turn the tide of a battle. Only a precise high powered blast to an unarmored area can harm them, as their armor is ray shielded (causes all but direct blaster bolts to ricochet) and cortosis dipped. Assigned to Sith Lord's as support units on the most dangerous of missions, they also served as a form of insurance against a force user turning against their troops. Fully armed and capable of putting down the toughest opponents, The Tempest Troopers are all but unstoppable.
Corporal Aeris Ashe: "Ash" is the unit's precision marks-woman and supply officer. Carrying a drum of spare ammunition and an energy adapter strapped to her pack, she assists her comrades on the battle field and scouts ahead to find the best vantage points.
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DSC_2690Sergeant Kredder "Icer" The unit's commanding officer and intelligence specialist. Armed with a heavy discharge anti-personal repeating blaster cannon he cuts swathes through the enemies ranks as he leads his troops to victory.
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DSC_2700Lieutenant Vazer "Eel" is the unit's tech specialist and code slicer. Armed with an electro-disruptor cannon he is no match for enemy infantry and can also sabotage enemy vehicles or computers with the power of an EMP charge.
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DSC_2716 Darth Etherius was a Sith Lord under Darth Krayt's rule during the Legacy era. His face tattooed and in red white and black Sith tattoos, his eyes cybernetically grafted to reflectively tinted view-plates that allow him to see in a multitude of spectrums including infrared and heat, and his lower face hidden beneath a black shroud, Darth Etherius casts an ominous appearance sure to strike fear into the hearts of his foes. He is one of the Sith Lords to be assigned a detachment of Tempest Troopers who serve as an extension of his diabolical will. He seldom speaks, and when he does it is most often to rip intel from the minds of his adversaries. Trained in the most advanced combat styles in the galaxy Etherius is just as deadly armed or unarmed. Equipped with 2 custom made lightsabers that terminate in cortosis blades, he can deliver numerous combination attacks utilizing both unique ends of the weapons. More deadly than any single bladed saber and just as deadly as any double blade. Combined with force powers and Etherius' martial arts skills he is a whirlwind of death. Specifically utilized for his knack for hunting Jedi, Etherius is sent into the field to ferret out hidden Jedi and end their existences.Through the power of the dark side he seems to be able to disappear or even turn invisible, clouding his opponents' minds, blinding them to his presence. He is a master of hiding in plain sight and some even say he can teleport. In addition to his ginsu sabers he also carries a pair of nunchucks that he uses as an equally deadly tool of his will.
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