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JEDI KNIGHT : JEDI ACADEMY MODIFICATION
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Title : Blackhole Trooper
Author : Beaker Bongload
E-Mail : beakerbload@hotmail.com
Website : www.sithlordsclan.com
File Name : zzzblackholetrooper.pk3
File Size : 1.88 MB
Date Released : 06/14/2007

Decription
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As a Star Wars fan I appreciate everything the films, comics, games and

books have to offer, but one thing I love more than anything is the masked

charicters. Darth Vader, Boba/Jango Fett, and of course, troopers. Troopers

of all kinds, eras, shapes and colors. One trooper I have always liked but

never seen in JA has been the Shadow Storm Troopers, otherwise known as

Blackhole Troopers. This skin is a simple one but includes Teamcolors, bot

support, both friendly and enemy NPC's, Sounds(from the JKII Swamptrooper

and several other troopers in JO and JA) and a hidden special skin for my

friends at www.sithlordsclan.com. 5 years going strong! Keep it up boys! The

<SL> skin can only be accessed through command line or through the latest

JAplus plugin. The Command line is /model blackholetrooper/default_sl.

Here is a short history of the Blackhole trooper.

The shadow stormtroopers, sometimes called Blackhole stormtroopers because

of use under Agent Blackhole, were specialized Imperial stormtroopers.Their

most distinguishing feature was their all-black armor—a stark contrast to

the typical white armor common to other stormtroopers. This unique black

armor provided some stealth benefits, which resulted from the

stygian-triprismatic polymer material used in the production of the armor.

Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa went on a

mission to Vorzyd V, the "Gambler's World," where they were supposed to

disrupt the Imperial gambling operations with the support of the president

of the world. However, the operation was disrupted by Blackhole himself, and

platoons of his stormtroopers were fighting the local resistance and the

Alliance troops.

Lord Shadowspawn led legions of shadow stormtroopers against New Republic

forces at the Battle of Mindor in 5 ABY.

In 10 ABY, Zasm Katth commanded "Darktrooper Teams" (such as Darktrooper

Team Two), which were comprised of black-clad stormtroopers. Grath was one

of them. It is unknown if this had any connection with the shadow

stormtroopers.

In 11 ABY, a squad of shadow stormtroopers formed a bodyguard for aspiring

Dark Lord Carnor Jax during his attempt to take control of the Empire; it is

believed that these were soldiers from Blackhole's old elite unit, but it is

not known how they had come into service with Jax, or whether their

attachment to him implies any contact with Blackhole. It is possible they

were some of the forces placed under his command by the Imperial Ruling

Council following the Battle of Endor. It is notable that Jax himself had

formerly served in Blackhole's old unit.

Although crack troops, they were slain by Kir Kanos on Yinchorr. The only

noticeable difference between Jax's shadow stormtroopers and the original

group were black viewplates on the helmet. The first Blackhole stormtroopers

had white viewplates.

Trivia:

* The shadow stormtrooper has been produced as a collectible Twice, Both

from Gentle Giant Studios. One was a full-size mini-bust, the other was a

series of "chase" micro-size Bust-Ups.

Hasbro produced a shadow stormtrooper action figure for the 2006 San

Diego Comic Convention, although it was only sold at StarWarsShop.com. The

exclusive figure is referred to as a "shadow stormtrooper" on the packaging;

however, the Databank entry has the name as "Blackhole stormtrooper". The

shadow stormtrooper items are entirely black except for silver lenses and

very dark gray gloves.

Hasboro also made an Unleashed Shadow Stormtrooper in 2007 as a Wal-Mart

Exclusive. This prototype for the shadow stormtrooper has it completely

black with a very dark navy blue body glove. As these are two different

troops with two distinct names and decorations, it is entirely possible that

these two squadrons are not as closely related as previously thought.






Installation
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Extract the pk3 to the gamedata/base folder of your Jedi Academy
directory.




Comments
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Original Model and skin by HapSlash


I enjoy making skins, and I enjoy getting feedback on those skins. If you

have any constructive criticisim please post it in the comments section.

I'll see it and take it under consideration.

This skin was a quick one to make and I may update it later if demand is

large enough, Also I might take a simaler route and make a Storm Commando

based off the Scouttrooper and a Nova Trooper.

If you would like to send me feedback directly please feel free to send it

to my email adress above.


Also, if you'd like to edit/borrow this skin, please email me first. Thanks!!

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