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"What are we to do
if we are found?"--C-3PO
"Hope they don't have blasters."--Captain Han Solo, Star Wars
The Star Wars universe is generally at TL 9. Except for sensors, all the TL 9 equipment listed in GURPS Space is commonly available. Contragrav technology, or repulsorlifts, exists but works only against other gravitationally fields (such as that of a planet). TL 12 contragrav gear is used extensively by civilian and military concerns. For serious combat, blasters of all shapes and sizes dominate the battlefield. Most blasters come equipped standard with electrolaser settings. Electrolasers, colloquially known as civilian blasters, fulfill the roles of personal defense and hunting among the average beings of the galaxy. Most other weapons on the GURPS space list appear either as products of alien or backwater technology or as experimental devices.
Armor technology is lagging behind at TL 8. The most common type of military armor is the Combat Infantry Dress that Stormtroopers wear. Cash strapped Alliance troops usually have to go out into the field with only the the vest version of the CID. Special forces units of both Imperial and Alliance armed forces wear the equivalent of monocrys armor while standard uniforms are made of a Kevlar type material (the Imperials typically get the heavier more expensive armor). Custom built TL 9+ armor appears occasionally (as with Darth Vader’s and Boba Fett’s armor) but is very expensive (see the gadgeteer rules for possible costs).
Typical Stormtrooper Gear: Stormtrooper armor (equivalent to Combat Infantry Dress and Combat Infantry Helmet which impairs visibility and hearing imposing a -2 penalty to Vision and Hearing rolls), Blaster Rifle (w. Electrolaser settings), Utility Belt, Biphase Rope with grapple, Thermal Detonators (TL 9 HE grenades, optional)
