Imperial trooper tag added to Gar Saxton, Imperial super commando and TIE piolet
I mean, how does Gar Saxton and "Imperial Super Commando" not classify as imperial trooper? And TIE piolet..I mean, he litetally IS an Imperial trooper. I just feel like if you're a Sith, you should get a Sith tag and so on.. what do you think?
Imperial trooper tag added to Gar Saxton, Imperial super commando and TIE piolet 32 votes
Yes, give them the Imperial Trooper tag
34%
11 votes
No, they aren't Imperial Troopers
65%
21 votes
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"At least as defined in Star Wars."
Oh my.. my guy, read my entire post.
Wow how could i possibly ignore the US Army in the Star Wars universe, how silly of me
Are you serious? Why are you dragging the US Army into this?! It would be like me dragging Penguins into Gungan culture or Super Mario into the Confederacy of Independent Systems
That escalated quickly.
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You have some serious issues you know that? Get help before you end up hurting yourself, its not healthy to be hostile to people who have different opinions than you, also how do you spell pilot wrong twice?
Edit: screenshot not working, too much effort to fix. The gist: pilots don't fall under the dictionary definition of the word trooper.
So TFP is neither a trooper nor a piolet.
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Pilots and ground troops go through completely different training procedures at separate academies. So I would not think that TFP should get the trooper tag just like tarkin and royal guard shouldn't get it either although royal guard would be the most likely as they would have been picked from some of the most elite members of both academies.
As for supercommando and gar Saxon I don't fully know their story and don't care to read it but I could see that making sense. No vote because there is no partial agree option.
The US does not exsist in SW, and neither does its military. Therefore using it as a basis on comparison is useless.
Even imperial probe droid? ^_^
"Trooper was a RANK held in various military forces, such as the clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic, the stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire, and the rebel troopers of the Rebel Alliance."
Gar Saxon was a commander of the Mandalorian Super Commandos.
"The Imperial Super Commandos were Mandalorian warriors loyal to the Galactic Empire"
They were commandos, defined as "a soldier specially trained to carry out raids."
A trooper is defined as "a private soldier in a cavalry, armored, or airborne unit."
The Mandalorian soldiers did consist of troopers, however I believe the commandos and Saxon can be classified as different. Commanders and commandos are specially trained and typically rank above troopers. Therefore, I don't believe Saxon and ISC should receive the trooper tag.
As for Tiepie? I can see where you're coming from, but I believe you're thinking too far into this. Similarly to my logic with the Mandalorians... Tie fighter pilots were specially trained in academies and ranked FAR above troopers. And, important to mention, if they weren't dubbed troopers, they aren't troopers. Keep in mind... This isn't our universe we're discussing.
TL;DR: The three characters were not considered troopers because trooper is a rank and the three obviously exceed the rank of trooper.
What about General Veers and Coronel Stark? Dont they exceed the rank of trooper as well??? And they have trooper tag in the game...
Both Stark and Veers used to be troopers just because they were promoted doesnt mean they lose that training. That's why in my mind at least it makes sense to think of it from an academy and training perspective. It makes the most sense thematically and explains why they have that tag.
Airbourne is not the same thing as a helicopter pilot. Airbourne refers to soldiers that parachuted into combat zones.
Mandalorians weren't part of the Empire regulars. A case could be made for imperial super commando, but not gar Saxon.