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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To submit an iterated version of the Galactic Alliance's primary heavy trooper armor for the most recent factory template.
- Image Source: Republic Trooper by David Frasheski
- Canon Link: /
- Primary Source: GADF-BDU-01
- Manufacturer: SoroSuub Corporation | I'att Armament
- Affiliation: (x) Alliance-in-Exile
- Model: GADF-BDU-02
- Modularity: Yes; Exterior Attachments (Combat Webbing, Tactical Toolkits, Enamel Coating)
Production: Minor
- Material: Reinforced Duraplast Plating, Flex-Armor, Armorweave Bodyglove, Electronics
- Classification: Multipurpose Warplate (Vacuum/Hostile Environment)
- Weight: Heavy (30 kg)
- Resistances
Blasters/Plasma: High - Kinetic: High
- Lightsabers: Low
- EMP/Ion: High
- Elemental: Average
- Sonic: Average
SPECIAL FEATURES
Helmet
- Retractable Faceplate
- Exterior Duraplast Visor Shield
- Cellular Padding
- A/V Player and Recorder (10 Hour Datacard Capacity)
- Annunciator/Vocabulator
- Aural Dampener
- Short-Range Integrated Comlink
- Comlink Scrambler
- Rebreather
- Oxygen Supply (2 Hours)
- Holographic Heads-Up Display (Blink Command Operated)
- Multi-Frequency Targeting and Acquisition System
- Combat Scanner/Life Form Scanner/Sonar Mapper/Motion Scanner/Radar
- Visor Modes: Tactical, Infrared, Low-Light/Night, Thermal, Ultraviolet
- Anti-Ion Mesh
- Floodlights
Torso
- Backplate Mounted Power Pack
- Emergency Power Pack (Redundant)
- Secondary Oxygen Supply (6 Hours)
- IFF Transponder
- Grenade Bandolier/Combat Webbing
- Grav Chute/Jetpack Backplate Mounting
- Environmental Seal
- Shockweb (20 Minute Energy Cell)
- Anti-Ion Mesh
- Shoulder Vibroblade Sheathe
- Magnetized Weapon Mounting
Utility Belt
- Medpack
- Field Rations (One Day)
- Multitool
- Flare Gun (2 Charges)
- Combat De-Ionizer
- Personal Energy Shield (Limited Protection, Periodic Recharge)
- Anti-Security Blade
- Scramble Key
- Circuit Disruptor
- Miscellaneous Pouches
Gauntlets
- Magnetic Adhesion Grips
- Grappling Spike Launcher
- Dampener Aerosol Projector (4 Charges - Reloadable)
- Retractable Vibroblade
- Xr5 Power Assist (Limited Strength Enhancement System)
- Anti-Ion Mesh
- Mobile Holoprojector (Either Gauntlet)
Greaves
- Magnetic Adhesion Soles
- Ankle Vibroblade Sheathe
- Kneeplate Dart Launcher (Paralytic, 4 Darts - Reloadable)
- Anti-Ion Mesh
- Magnetized Thigh Plate (Sidearm Mounting)
Strengths:
- Heavy Armor: With an outer shell formed out of reinforced duraplast plating, multiple layers of redundant protection allows this body armor to withstand particle bolts, kinetic projecticles, even offering some resistance against hard sound.
- Ion Resistant: Packed with state of the art military technology, the BDU is lined with an anti-ion mesh which essentially functions as a Faraday cage, shielding the armor's delicate electronics from electromagnetic pulses or nearby ion discharge. It even allows its wearer to resist a series of stun blasts, although with enough concentrated fire like with any weapon eventually the trooper will be brought down.
- Advanced Warplate: One of the most advanced pieces of combat equipment in the GAAF's arsenal, the BDU was outfitted with cutting edge wartech and battlefield enhancements. Gadgets, scanners, holographic aim assists, as well as a limited strength enhancement system allows heavy troopers to push themselves to the absolute limits of their combat prowess.
- Energy Blade Vulnerability: While able to deflect a glancing blow depending on where it strikes, the BDU's duraplast plating is unable to withstand direct penetration by an energy blade. When faced up against a trained duelist, a soldier wearing this armor would be dispatched relatively quickly, either by a forceful enough blow to center mass, or by a precision strike to the suit's weaker extremities.
- Flex-Armor Joints: Weaves of durasteel and reinforced ceramics which can still stand up to incoming particle fire or slugthrowers, this lightweight textile is supposed to allow its wearer improved mobility despite the overall physical load. It cannot stand up to heavy or repeating blasters, armor-piercing projectiles, and various other forms of high impact weaponry. This makes the joints a compelling target for both marksmen and duelists.
- Data Overload: Not just because of the immense amount of complex data streamed through the helmet's holographic HUD, although this does limit one's ability to simply step into a suit and utilize it to its full potential. If compromised (ie if the suit has taken enough damage), the warplate's anti-ion mesh can instead short out critical electronic systems, even in some cases funnel ion current directly into the body for a more devastating incapacitation effect.
- High Profile: The warplate's modular enamel coating limits this to a very small degree, by allowing each piece of armor to swap color schemes. But there is no denying that this distinctive battle armor is not only conspicuous on the battlefield, it is also strongly associated with the Galactic Alliance which used it so prominently in their campaigns from the Deep Core to the Western Reaches.
A next generation suit of warplate designed for use by the Galactic Alliance's shock troopers shortly before the fall, this heavy armor was intended as a long overdue replacement for the BDU-01 model which was manufactured after the liberation of Coruscant from the One Sith. While minor improvements have been made to the suit in terms of functionality, overall it preserves the same look and feel of its predecessor. Designed during an era of relative influence and prosperity, the BDU-02 is highly advanced and tailored towards general purpose military use.
Still in the process of issuing kits throughout their army and special forces branches before the Alliance's logistical chain collapsed, this updated version was not quite as ubiquitous as its older cousin. Originally styled after the iconic white plating of Imperial stormtroopers to accommodate a large minority of defectors which made up the Alliance's early ground elements, coated outer plates, a starbird engraved pauldron, and years of use by Galactic Alliance forces have led the BDU series to become strongly associated with a now fallen superpower.
Based on a humanoid template, alternative molds were produced to provide for some of the more common Alliance species who did not fit such a particular profile. With the fall of the Galactic Alliance, these warplates are a much less frequent sight across the galaxy, save in the hands of salvagers and collectors, but unconfirmed reports of shock trooper holdouts in the Outer Rim call into question the notion that they are now simply relics of the past.
