EP III ARC Trooper - What do they look like?

[Peregrinus]

There's still so little known about the Alpha ARCs... Like why Alpha and his boys all had blue trim in the First Battle of Kamino (not to mention the other costume differences). Real-world reason is clear -- Episode II hadn't been released yet, and the artists for that story arc (pun unavoidable) didn't have a whole lot to go on. Alpha was "corrected" by his next appearance to match Fordo and Ordo, the other two known ARC Captains.

We know the Nulls had one Captain (Ordo), one Sergeant (A'Den), and the rest had blue Lieutenants' markings. But what's the breakdown of the Alphas? We have Captains Alpha and Fordo. I know from other canon and EU sources that there are at least four Alpha Captains -- if those present at one battle included Fordo and Alpha (doubtful), and at least a half-dozen Lieutenants. Plus one known ARC Commander, as yet un-named.

And as for that issue that showed Alpha in Phase II gear... Granted, but it is one step below the cartoon as far as "canonicity" is concerned. Aired/screened material takes precedence over EU. And that's why I go with the Neyo-esque version as the starting point. Granted, the EU is good for filling in blanks, to a point. Alpha's pretty independent, so he can do whatever the heck he wants, but Fordo's more straight-laced, and thus more likely to wear the standard-issue kit with minimal modification.

--Jonah

 

[tc2917]

The CRLs for ARCs are being hammerd out as we speak. And again the biggest problem in that is that there is no story consitancy across the whole gamit of generas.

ARCs regardless of Alpha Class or Null Class where changing their armor and gear to fit mission requirments. So you cant get one clear stlye locked down in PH1 armor.

Now discussing the variation of blue markings to red markings.... On the first battle of Kamino and for a while after all ARCs were blue. Not becouse they were LTs those markings along with accessories and kamas ID them as such. ARCs also worked alone doing spec op missions (alpha worked soley for Anikan and Obi wan for a long while) and wasnt until later in the CW that they actual started taking command of elements. That is when A-17 (Alpha) started wearing Red. As ARCs gained operational Experience they progress to Red Armor and did the same. This was common until the PH2 Armor became available then everything got screwed up.