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Peregrinus	Sep 25 2007, 07:45 PM
Advanced Member Posts: 111 Group: Members Member #236 Joined: December 1, 2006	The Marvel comics that had Lumiya didn't have her with any special Stormtroopers, and the short story in SWG#3 only described them as "red Stormtroopers", not Magma Troopers, which leaves it open to interpretation. Follow-on materials say that Isard loaned them to Lumiya for that action, which I have no problem with -- but says also that they were Royal Guards in red Stormtrooper armour, which I do have a problem with. There's enough material out there saying the Guards rotate into active Stormtrooper combat units to keep their fighting skills sharp, but there's no fanfare about it -- they wear ordinary Stormtrooper armour, or variants as appropriate to the terrain (like Snowtrooper armour) to blend in invisibly. I'd be just as inclined to say they were Stormtroopers with red armour to denote their attachment to the office of the Director of Imperial Intelligence, who herself wore a red uniform. But I personally don't think I've ever actually seen an actual Magma Trooper. They were referenced, but never seen in the Visual Dictionary, Databank, and many listings of Stormtrooper variants that parrot those sources. I would imagine that, like Sandtroopers, they have something additional or altered to enhance the armour's survivability on volcanic planets beyond just painting the armour red. --Jonah


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