Are you still taking requests?, because I’m trying to integrate camouflaged stormtroopers in the Battle of Endor, as I feel they would know better than to dress in white for a fight in a forest.
This camouflaged stormtroopers idea made me think, and I realized:
Prepare for what fight?
I would assume they never imagined in their worst nightmare that they have to actually fight those creatures. It’s like no SAS or any elite force on earth would bother to use camouflage while “fighting” monkeys in the jungle, using flamethrowers and machine guns. It would be more like exterminating, not figthing.One would think one small rebel group is no match for all of them with some AT-AT and AT-ST and speederbikes on their side.
And they were hidden as long they wanted to be hidden. Rebels never saw them. Everything went as expected, Rebels were easily captured.
No fighting.But it was a trap. They knew Rebels were coming. Granted, they were supposed to let them deactivate the sheild, but that doesn’t mean they needed the Rebels alive. Just let them take the bunker, and on their way out, kill them.
I would hardly think deactivation of the shield was part of any imperial plan.
Or to let them take the bunker. Any good plan would capture/kill them outside of the entrance.
Camouflage is not needed, since they thought they exactly know where the rebels will be, so you only need to do is let them walk into the trap and kill/capture them.
Before asking, why not capture/kill them before they entered, I answer.
The Imperials were surprised by the back door move, and needed some time to react, so they nearly got there too late.
How could they be so sloppy? Well, they “knew” that the rebels didn’t know about the back entrance. The advantage of giving the information to the enemy is that you know what they have.
Nearly backfired.
And then it backfired.