In Umbris Potestas Est
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create an updated line of droid Dark Troopers for use by the Sith Empire.
- Image Source: https://www.jediholo...r-SWGTCGAoD.jpg
- Canon Link: http://starwars.wiki...trooper/Legends
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/129110-oppressor-15-class-dark-trooper/
- Manufacturer: Defiance Consolidated Multipurpose Manufacturing
- Model: Oppressor 16-class Dark Trooper
Production: Minor
- Affiliation: Sith Empire
- Modularity: Minor(weaponry)
- Material: Agrinium(internals), Phrik(armor plating)
- Classification: Fourth Degree
- Weight: 120kg
- Height: 2.82m
- Movement: Bipedal
- Armaments: Varies(Typically a Brute Rotary Blaster Cannon with 2 plasma grenades and a VP-9 Heavy Particle Beam Pistol as a backup weapon)
- Misc. Equipment: Energy shield, magnetic sensor array, distortion filters, thermal sensors, combat de-ionizer, redundant computer core, magnetic boots
- Energy shield
- Combat De-ionizer
- Sensors package for passive stealth tracking
- Magnetic boots
- Oppressor-16s are plated with Phrik, allowing them to take significant damage from a variety of weapons, including lightsabers.
- Oppressor-16s fit the passive stealth tracking sensors of the SVD-97 Surveillance Droid, giving them a partial ability to engage cloaked infantry and vehicles on their own without external guidance.
- Through the combination of energy shield and combat de-ionizer, the Oppressor-16 is resilient against ionic weapons.
- Oppressor-16s require regular software updates in order to remain at their peak performance. Not performing such updates will result in markedly decreased performance.
- Oppressor-16s are physically larger than a stormtrooper and thus have more difficulty in both maneuvering and getting into small tight areas.
The Oppressor-16 Dark Trooper is the next evolutionary step in the revised Dark Trooper project. A successor to the Oppressor-15 model that replaced it, the Oppressor-16 was designed with minor mechanical improvements - it is slightly lighter due to more advanced servos and has a more advanced droid brain, making it more intelligent, albeit not to the level of a proper Imperial stormtrooper. The Oppressor-15 and Oppressor-16 are physically identical to each other, the only difference being a change of weaponry from the obsolete STA (SE) Blaster Cannon to the standard Brute Rotary Blaster Cannon and an X included in the serial number of all Oppressor-16s.
The foremost reason behind the construction of the Oppressor-16 was the vulnerability of Oppressor-15s to Jedi and Force Users. The 16 deals with this by providing the Dark Trooper with phrik plates, replacing the turadium of the 15. While only providing a modest improvement in defense against ballistic and blaster weaponry, the phrik plates rendered the Oppressor-16 nearly invulnerable to a quick dissection at the hands of a Force User with a lightsaber. The 16 also fits magnetic boots, allowing it a degree of defense against easily being thrown via Force Push, Force Pull, or other telekinetic powers.
The Oppressor-16 fits all of the systems from the Oppressor-15, including the passive stealth sensor suite, allowing it the ability to use secondary signs to identify and engage cloaked infantry and vehicles. The 16 also fits a basic energy shield, providing it with more protection against energy weapons, but none against ballistic weapons. Oppressor-16s utilize the most recent updates of the Oppressor-15 programming matrix, meaning that they are more tactically capable and have in a way experienced many sorties despite having never seen combat.
Tactically, the Oppressor-16 is used the same way as its predecessor. Oppressor-16s are commanded in a squad by a Phase Zero Dark Trooper, and may be mingled in with Oppressor-15s depending on the location. The 16 is seeing more use as a bodyguard for high ranking officers, as they slowly supplement and phase out the currently extant stock of mechanical Dark Troopers. As always, Oppressor-16s should be regularly updated with new combat information, and prolonging the time between updates can result in quirks or personality errors.
