Artistic Forces/Storm Trooper

"I serve for the Empire!"

- Storm Trooper The Storm Trooper is a basic infantry unit of the Totalitarian Empire. He is planned to be voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.

Background
The Storm Troopers are the vast shock troops, serving as the backbone of the Totalitarian Imperial Army, together with the paramilitary Armita-PE and Ŝtorma Taĉmento. Like most Totalitarian Imperial Armed Forces, commonly known as the Defendoforto, these soldiers are fanatically loyal to the dictator and share their deep dislike of their enemies that interfere their plans. They equipped with East German Wieger StG-940 assault rifles, which are a commonly and mainly used service rifle based on the Russian AK-74, bayonets, underslung grenade launchers, and DM41 hand grenades. However, some of their infantry divisions are randomly and rarely equipped with German HK33, G41, and HK36, Italian AR-831, and even Swiss SG 540. This randomization of their assault rifles is mechanically common for the Armita-PE as the one and only sub-faction of the Totalitarian Empire.

Appearance
The the appearance of the Storm Trooper is based on the fusion between East German soldier of the Landstreitkräfte, the main ground force of the National People's Army as the official armed forces of East Germany, and the backbone of the German Army (Heer), the ground branch of the Nazi German Wehrmacht. For the military clothing of this basic infantry, the Storm Trooper wears a combination of the German M36 uniform and the Soldat uniform of the NPA known as Dienstuniform or Felddienstuniform, consisting of East German M56 (M1956) Stahlhelm on his head, a brown M36/M40/M41/M42/M43/M44/Dienstuniform/Felddienstuniform field tunic, black leather suspenders with four pouches and a Y-shaped strap attached to a belt, black combat gloves, brown M22 (M36)/M40/M42/M43/Dienstuniform/Felddienstuniform trousers, and a pair of black jackboots. Some of them also wear brown M36 greatcoats, and their airborne versions have a camouflage pattern based on Splittermuster. For the Armita-PE variant of this basic infantry, he wears greyish black uniform similar to that of the Waffen-SS, while the camouflaged version, based on Platanenmuster, is for paratroopers.

Idle animations

 * A Storm Trooper will reload his rifle (even if the rifle has not been fired yet).
 * A Storm Trooper horizontally views from left to right once.
 * A Storm Trooper looks around the surroundings from left to right.
 * A Storm Trooper inspects his rifle.
 * A Storm Trooper checks through the sights of his rifle.
 * A Storm Trooper will drink from a canteen.
 * A Storm Trooper stands and performs a Totalitarian Salute by extending both arms from the shoulders into the air with a straightened hand.

Strategy
Like most basic infantry, the Storm Troopers are very effective enough against most types of infantry. Also, their assault rifles can be upgraded with underslung 40 mm grenade launchers, which are used for blasting enemies in a targeted area, and bayonets, which are used for close-range combat, when the Storm Rifle Attachments upgrade is successfully purchased at the Storm Armory. They remain ineffective against most anti-infantry units like the Immolators and Contaminators, thus these can easily kill them in process.

Trained

 * "I serve for the Empire!"
 * "Storm Trooper, ready for conquest!"
 * "My life for the Empire!"

Selected

 * "Jes? Kio?"
 * "Jes, sinjoro?"
 * "Storm Trooper here."
 * "Command me!"
 * "I am your servant."
 * "I wait for your orders."
 * "Bonan tagon!"
 * "Respect the dictator!"
 * "Do you require a plan?"
 * "What do you need?"
 * "Kio okazas?"
 * "Atentu!"
 * "Saluton, sinjoro!"
 * "Your orders?"

Moving

 * "Jes."
 * "Jes, sinjoro!"
 * "Ni iru!"
 * "Kompreneble!"
 * "I obey!"
 * "Orders granted."
 * "Mi komprenas!"
 * "I go with haste!"
 * "With obedience."
 * "For honor."
 * "On my way!"
 * "With a pleasure."
 * "As you command."
 * "Iru, iru, iru!"
 * "Right away."

Attacking with rifle

 * "Por la imperio!"
 * "Vivu la Imperio!"
 * "Venka!"
 * "It is my destiny!"
 * "They must be eliminated!"
 * "AAAAAAAAAAAATAKO!"
 * "Slay them out!"
 * "Destroy our enemies!"
 * "Let us eliminate them!"
 * "Make them pay!"
 * "Leave none survive!"
 * "None shall be alive!"
 * "Feel the dictator's wrath!"
 * "They will die!"
 * "The Empire will prevail!"

Attacking with hand grenade or grenade launcher

 * "Prenu ĉi tion!"
 * "Blast them out!"
 * "Here you go! Take this!"
 * "Get this!"
 * "Granato!"
 * "Bombs ahead!"

Garrisoning building

 * "You there! Get inside!"
 * "Let's occupy that structure"
 * "Come inside! Rapide!"
 * "Entering the building."
 * "Are there enemies inside?"
 * "What's inside this building?"
 * "Into the building!"

Clearing garrisoned building

 * "Take them out!"
 * "Expel the enemy occupants!"
 * "Drive them out of the building!"
 * "Remove them from the structure!"
 * "Let's get them away!"
 * "Clear that enemy-occupied building"

Move to attack

 * "Faru ĝin rapide!"
 * "Rapide! Movu, movu, movu!"
 * "Iru! Rapide!"
 * "Interferers!"
 * "The dictator has spoken!"
 * "They stand in our way!"
 * "En gardo!"
 * "Into our purpose!"
 * "For victory!"
 * "Our Empire will conquer!"
 * "Our conquest for the Empire continues!"
 * "Daŭrigu!"

Retreating

 * "This is bad! We must retreat!"
 * "Retiriĝu!"
 * "Damne! Let's get away from here!"
 * "Rapide! Ekstere, ekstere!"
 * "Go away. Go away!"
 * "We must head back!"
 * "Run for the safety zone! Rapide!"
 * "Get to safety over there! Follow it!"

Under fire

 * "Damne!"
 * "Aj!"
 * "That hurts!"
 * "They are insulting us and our dictator!"
 * "I need courage!"
 * "Help save me!"
 * "I shall hold them off!"
 * "At least we die for honor!"
 * "Neniel!"
 * "It is my purpose..."
 * "Ne! Ne! NE!"
 * "Panjo!"

Capturing neutral or enemy building

 * "We shall claim that for our Empire!"
 * "Levu la Flagon!"
 * "That will be for us!"
 * "We will prepare to capture it!"
 * "Let's take control of this for our Empire!"
 * "Imperial expansion is ready to capture that building!"

After capturing building

 * "That building is ours now!"
 * "The Empire can now use this building!"
 * "The Empire has been expanded!"
 * "We have the building for our Empire!"
 * "Building capture complete, sinjoro!"
 * "The control of that building is done!"

Base under attack

 * "Help defend our base, sinjoro!"
 * "Our base is being destroyed!"
 * "The enemy is trying to besiege our base!"
 * "They're attacking our Imperial base!"

Unit under attack

 * "Helpu!"
 * "The enemy is attacking us!"
 * "We are under attack!"

After an enemy capturing the building

 * "Damne! The enemy has taken control of our building!"
 * "They have taken our building from us!"
 * "Ho ne! They've got our building!"
 * "Ne! Our building has been captured by an enemy!"
 * "They have taken one of our buildings for the Empire!"
 * "They got that for the enemy territory!"

Using rifle

 * "Assault rifle is ready!"
 * "Getting the assault rifle!"
 * "Locked and loaded!"
 * "Got the assault rifle and ready!"

Using hand grenade or grenade launcher

 * "Grabbing frag grenades!"
 * "Bringing up the hand grenades!"
 * "Hand grenades are here!"
 * "Arming with hand grenades!"
 * "Armed and ready with the grenade launcher!"
 * "Getting the grenade launcher ready!!"

Using the bayonet

 * "Melee weapon is ready!"
 * "Attaching a knife to this rifle!"
 * "Let's stab them with bayonets!"
 * "Getting ready with these bayonets!"

In combat

 * "Have at you!"
 * "For the glory of our dictator!"
 * "Death to our enemies!"
 * "Bow to us!"
 * "Face defeat!"
 * "Prepare to die!"
 * "Fight with honor!"
 * "Prenu tion!"

Kill

 * "Mortu!"
 * "Vi malsaĝulo!"
 * "The Empire strikes again!"
 * "Enemy down!"
 * "Feel the Imperial authority!"
 * "There you have it, fool!"
 * "How is this?"
 * "Stay dead!"

Healed

 * "Ho!"
 * "Dankon!"
 * "Ah! I'm better!"

Surrendered

 * "Ho ne!"
 * "I-I surrender! Don't hurt me!"
 * "Hold your fire! I give up!"

Capture Building upgrade complete

 * "Building capture is ready, sinjoro!"
 * "Now we can capture buildings!"
 * "We may capture the buildings for the Empire!"
 * "Capturing buildings is now expandable to our Empire!"

Grenade launcher upgrade complete

 * "Grenade launchers are now attachable to our rifles!"
 * "Many grenade launchers for us! Jes!"
 * "Attaching our guns with underslung grenade launchers!"
 * "Now we are armed with our grenade launchers!"

Bayonet upgrade complete

 * "Our rifles are now with bayonets like spears!"
 * "Now we have bayonets for our rifles!"
 * "Our rifles have bayonets now!"
 * "We can now use bayonets to stab our enemies!"

On death

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 * Human death sound effect from Red Alert 1 B*
 * Human death sound effect from Red Alert 1 C*
 * Human death sound effect from Red Alert 1 D*
 * Human death sound effect from Red Alert 1 E*
 * Human death sound effect from Red Alert 1 F*
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Repeatedly selected

 * "Annuit coeptis."
 * "Novus ordo seclorum."
 * "Li konsentis pri sijaj klopodoj. Nova ordo de la epokoj."
 * "Have you seen the Eye of Providence? Well..."
 * "Make up your mind, fool!"
 * "Are you still poking me?"
 * "Don't you have an empire to run? Heh?"
 * "Why are you doing this to me, sinjoro?"
 * "I have a lot of tasks to do for our dictator."
 * "The Dictator wants you!"
 * "Sieg Heil-I mean, Venko salutas!"
 * "Ignoring the komandanto! He appears to be the victim of some sort of enemy nerve gas!"
 * "Clickety-click. Clickety FRENEZE CLICK! Freneze merdo!"
 * "Try stop poking me, pugo!"
 * "The Gvidanto is watching us!"
 * "The New World Order awaits."

Trivia

 * The art design for the Totalitarian Imperial variant box art of Artistic Forces has a closeup portrait of the Storm Trooper, shown with tan background at the back in both sides of the Totalitarian Imperial flag at the top, and the background with an army of Storm Troopers, Storm Riflemen, PE Soldiers, Leopardo Tanks, Kampfmeister Tanks, and Kriegspanzer Tigros, the Shargauto, and a squadron of Chashundos, Falkos, Plobos, and Sabros, located at the bottom.