HoloNet Uplink - Range Troopers (Solo Content)

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Stormtrooper Specialty Corps: Range Troopers [Minion]

Enforcers of the Emperor’s will on far flung frontier worlds, it is the range troopers of the Stormtrooper Corps that carve order from chaos on the ever expanding fringes of the Empire. Range troopers secure and patrol vast territories on uncivilized, icy worlds selected for imperial development. Although not special operations forces, range troopers screen candidates for mental toughness and physical resilience above the norm. These traits breed a strong collective identity and feeling of eliteness above regular stormtroopers.

Equipped similarly to the cold assault stormtrooper, known to most as snowtroopers, range trooper armor integrates arctic survival gear and provides freedom of movement for long patrol routes. Unlike the offensively oriented snowtroopers, range troopers are equipped to conduct security patrols and sentry duties. Range troopers utilize a variety of overboot systems to enhance mobility, from simple skis and snowshoes to climbing cleats and magnetic boots. This ensures Imperial assets can be protected, whether over vast swaths of snow or on high-speed conveyex transports.

Range troopers operate in small units on detached service, often with little contact or oversight by higher command. This isolation from the rest of the imperial military, and indeed galactic civilization, fosters a frontier spirit of cold determination. Range troopers strive to accomplish any mission assigned, but they do so their own way and prefer not to cooperate with other units they deem less capable.

Br 3, Ag 3, Int 2, Cun 2, WP 3, Pres 1

Soak 5, W. Threshold 6, Def M/R 0/0

Skills (group only): Athletics, Discipline, Melee, Perception, Ranged (Heavy), Resilience, Survival.

Talents: None.

Abilities: Frontier Spirit (Add a Boost to Cool and Discipline checks).

Equipment: E-10R blaster rifle (Ranged [Heavy]; Damage 9; Critical 3; Range [Long]; Accurate 1, Cumbersome 2, remove up to 2 Setback on any checks to use this weapon due to smoke, darkness, or other environmental effects that obstruct vision), range trooper armor (+2 soak, when making skill checks may remove 2 Setback dice imposed due to cold or icy environmental conditions), magnetic boots (may ignore difficult terrain caused by low gravity, standing on fast moving vehicles, or similar situations, may never spend more than one maneuver moving per turn), extra reloads.

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Christopher Hunt

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Christopher Hunt is a long-time gamer and has recently broke into the world of RPG freelancing. Chris’ unofficial Star Wars RPG blog ran weekly on d20radio.com for the past three years. He has written for Rusted Iron Games, Raging Swan Press, and most recently Fantasy Flight Games’ Star Wars RPG. Chris is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Political Science. Always the gamer, his thesis, which explores conflict short of war by uniting current threats to historical events, was inspired by a historical board game.