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Why do people think Stormtroopers can't aim? (was Re: Firing Range)
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Thu, 22 May 2003 04:17:05 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, David Laswell writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Amado C. Pinlac writes:
> > They had too much practice at close range so they couldn't shoot straight at
> > long range.
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> Some friends of mine and I had this theory that the basic Stormies can
> only shoot well if they aren't a planet. They couldn't shoot two guys, a
> girl, and a piece-of-fur on the first Death Star (it's round, therefore it
> qualifies as a planet as far as this theory was concerned).
1. They were intentionally letting them escape to find the Rebel Base.
2. Do you have any idea how hard it is to hit a moving target?
> They only managed to shoot 3PO in Cloud City.
It is very likely Vader wanted them alive. So they intentionally drove them off
Cloud City. The hyperdrive on the Millenuim Falcon was deactivated, were it not
for R2-D2 they would have been picked up by the Super Star Destroyer. The
Imperials presence on Cloud City was a secret untill Lando announced it over
the PA system. They didn't have the manpower to find the Rebels if they fled
into the main part of the city. The Rebels could have easily found another ship
and fled before reinforcements arrived.
> They couldn't shoot teddy bears on Endor.
You mean the ones that ambushed them. By the time the Imperials regrouped and
began fighting as an organized force they had caused some pretty good damage.
However by then they had lost too many troops and Chewie had one of their
AT-STs. If that dumb AT-ST driver had not opened the hatch the Imperials very
likely would have won. Keep in mind their objective was to defend the base not
chase the Rebels into the woods and into traps. Also, a regualar Stormtrooper
effectively insured tactical victory with a demonstration of exceptional
accuracy by hitting R2 from a distance of several meters. If the commander had
not opened the back door to chase the Rebels, the Imperials would have won. The
problem was tactical stupidity on the part of the Imperials not marksmenship.
> They did, however, do a decent job of pasting the Rebel Fleet
> Troopers on the Tantive IV...which was in the belly of an ISD, neither of
> which are shaped like planets.
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> Non-standard troops, on the other hand, did not suffer this limitation
> (perhaps it's a prereq for promotion to elite units?), as the Sandtroopers
> very efficiently erased a Jawa tribe, the Snowtroopers mowed down the Echo
> Base Troopers, and the Biker Scouts did a decent job of holding their own
> against one Jedi Knight and one Force-sensitive.
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> Guys whose faces you can see were never addressed in this theory, so
> I'm not sure where Death Star Troopers and Imperial Officers fall into this,
> but Death Star Gunners obviously rank with the non-standard troops, as they
> never missed a planet that they shot at.
I guess most people don't look at things from the Imperials perspective. You
know what, I think I just answered the question I asked in the subject.
-Mike Petrucelli
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| (...) Some friends of mine and I had this theory that the basic Stormies can only shoot well if they aren't a planet. They couldn't shoot two guys, a girl, and a piece-of-fur on the first Death Star (it's round, therefore it qualifies as a planet as (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.starwars)
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