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.

Tactical analysis

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Background
Taking their title from the specialist soldiers of the Imperial German Army during the First World War, the Storm Troopers are the vast shock troops, serving as the backbone of the Totalitarian Imperial Army, together with the paramilitary Protekta Skadro, including Armita-PS 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 (mainly the StG-941 variant) assault rifles, which are a commonly and mainly used service rifle, loosely based on the Soviet/Russian AK-74, bayonets, underslung grenade launchers, and DM41 hand grenades.

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 M22 (M36)/M40/M41/M42/M43/M44 uniform and the Soldat uniform of the NPA known as Dienstuniform or Felddienstuniform, consisting of East German M56 (M1956) Stahlhelm (with or without protective military goggles or even a brown/black band), which is not adopted by the Wehrmacht and later used by the NPA, on his head, a field (greenish) gray (Feldgrau) field tunic, black leather suspenders with four pouches and a Y-shaped strap attached to a belt, black combat gloves, greenish gray trousers, and a pair of black jackboots. Some of them also wear field gray greatcoats for rainy and winter seasons, and M56 Stahlhelm with 2 decals of the Totalitarian Empire in both sides, and their airborne versions have East German paratrooper helmets with liner chin straps, and a camouflage pattern based on Splittermuster. Instead of wearing a field gray uniform, the Storm Troopers wore completely different military uniform in both desert and snowy/winter terrains. In desert terrains, they wore tan military uniform like what the Nazi Germans wore as Erwin Rommel's famous Afrika Korps in northern African regions during WWII. And in snowy terrains, just like what the Nazi Germans did in the Eastern Front, they wore white uniform to match the winter terrains. For the Armita-PS variant of this basic infantry, he wears a grayish brown (Steingrau) uniform with Schutzstaffel-influenced features similar to those worn by both the Waffen-SS and the East German NPA, and M56 Stahlhelm with 2 PS insignias at both sides, while the camouflaged uniforms, based on Platanenmuster, are for paratroopers. For the Militadefendoforto variant, his headgear and uniform, except his black gloves and jackboots, now have a camouflaged pattern based on Leibermuster. With the Storm Gas Masks upgrade, the Storm Trooper additionally wears a gas mask for protection against hazardous gases, such as the toxic ones, to really look like a German stormtrooper from the First World War.

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!"
 * "Glory to the Empire!"
 * "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!"
 * "Orders granted."
 * "Marŝu!"
 * "Mi komprenas!"
 * "I go with haste!"
 * "With obedience!"
 * "For honor."
 * "On my way!"
 * "With pleasure."
 * "As you command."
 * "Iru, iru, iru!"
 * "Right away."

Attacking with rifle or bayonet

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

Using Bayonet Rush

 * "ŜAAAAAARGU!"
 * "POR LA IMPERIO!!"
 * "AAATTAAAAAAKOOOOOO!!"
 * "MOOORTUUU!!"
 * "VIVU LA IMPERIO!!"
 * "PRENU ĈI ĈI!!"

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!"

Storm Gas Masks upgrade complete

 * "We are now protected with the Storm Gas Masks!"
 * "These gas masks will get rid off the foul gases!"
 * "Storm Gas Masks are now equipped to protect us from harm!"
 * "We have the protective gas masks now!"

On death

 * *Rebel Infantry death sound effect from Metal Slug A*
 * *Rebel Infantry death sound effect from Metal Slug B*
 * *Rebel Infantry death sound effect from Metal Slug C*
 * *Rebel Infantry death sound effect from Metal Slug D*
 * *Guard death sound effect from Wolfenstein 3D A*
 * *Guard death sound effect from Wolfenstein 3D B*
 * *Guard death sound effect from Wolfenstein 3D C*
 * *Guard death sound effect from Wolfenstein 3D D*
 * *Guard death sound effect from Wolfenstein 3D E*
 * *Guard death sound effect from Wolfenstein 3D F*
 * *Guard death sound effect from Wolfenstein 3D G*
 * *Guard death sound effect from Wolfenstein 3D H*
 * *Guard death sound effect from Wolfenstein 3D I*

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 Totalitarian Imperial Army's service rifle, the Wieger StG-940, carried by most Totalitarian Imperial Storm Troopers, is a family of East German assault rifles, loosely based off the Soviet/Russian AK-74, and intended for export. The name Wieger is a combination of two words: Wiesa (a German town where they manufactured this rifle) and Germany.
 * The influence of the Storm Troopers, wielding the Wieger StG-940, is reminiscent to Wehrmacht soldiers who were wielding the StG 44s that last from 1943 to 1945 instead of Karabiner 98k during World War II. The StG 44 is also used by East German National People's Army or NPA as one of military service rifles from 1949 to 1962 during Cold War, and inspired the Soviet Kalashnikov AK-47, which had been introduced during postwar era, along with the SKS rifle. In recent years, the AK-47 is eventually replaced by the AKM and later the AK-74 in Soviet service as a standard-issue rifle of the Soviet Union.
 * The name of this basic unit is a translation that shares with a German word Sturmtruppen, which is given to special troops of the Imperial German Army who were tasked in ferociously mounting fierce infantry assaults on Allied trenches in an attempt to break off the stalemate on the Western Front during the final year of WW1.
 * The uniform color of the Storm Trooper, except his Armita-PS counterpart, known by the German word Feldgrau is more reminiscent to the iconography of the standard infantry of the Imperial German Army and later the German Army (Heer) of both the Weimar Republic's Reichswehr and the Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht.
 * The grayish brown military dress of the Storm Trooper's Armita-PS variant looks reminiscent to brown shirts, worn by the personnel of the Sturmabteilung, the original paramilitary wing of the German Nazi Party, led by Adolf Hitler himself.
 * The Militadefendoforto variant of this basic infantry unit wore the entirely camouflaged military uniform, including his covered M56 Stahlhelm and excluding his gloves and jackboots, to look like those worn by the Waffen-SS paramilitary personnel in between 1944 and 1945 during the final stages of World War II.
 * 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.