Description: Novatrooper Medic
Prefix: TX
Detachment: Spec Ops Detachment
Context: Star Wars Galaxies (PC Game)

Black text indicates a feature that is required for approval. Blue text denotes features that are nice to have, but not required. Red text indicates features that take the prop/costume item to an even higher level of accuracy.

For 501st membership only the requirements listed in black need to be met.

Special Notes:

• The armor parts shall be gloss black and made from one of these types of materials or like materials: Fiberglass, ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), or HIPS (High Impact Polystyrene).

• All striping "flash" is clean and unweathered.

• The Novatrooper Medic red has been identified as Kirsch Red from Sherwin Williams: SW6313. RGB Value: R-154 | G-70 | B-80. Pantone code: 696c.

• Blasters are not required for legion membership per our weapons policy.

The following costume components must be present and appear as described below for approval .

• Lenses must be sufficiently dark enough to obscure the costumer's eyes. They may be flat or bubbled. Acceptable colors are: black, smoke or dark green.
• The "ear" bars have three or four bumps and may be left the same color as the body or painted flat black.
• The frown must have either 6 or 8 teeth cut out. If there are spaces between the teeth the wearer's face must not be seen.
• The tube stripes are black in color and may number between 9 and 15 per side with the curve bends extending backwards. These may be hand painted or decals. There does not need to be the same number per side.
• The aerators (cylinders on either side of the vocoder) are black, and screening maybe silver or black.
• Traps (trapezoids on dome of helmet) and tears (area beneath the corners of eye lenses) are solid black.
• Helmet flash is a light red stripe that runs horizontally along the brow with thicker sections cut at a right angle near the temple traps. Another horizontal light red stripe runs between the rear dome traps and are about half the height of the traps. Light red bars must also sit under the tube stripes on each side.
  

• Black with horizontal ribs, fitted to the wearer, and extending from the base of the neck to the top of the Adam's apple.
  

• These must be securely mounted in front and may free float in back.
  

• One on each shoulder with a light red vertical stripe running down the center of the outside. The shoulder bells are considered effectively symmetrical; they may worn interchangeably on the left and right shoulders.
  

• Biceps are fully closed with a light red vertical stripe running down the center of the outside.
  

• Forearms are fully closed with a light red vertical stripe running down the center of the outside.
  

• Roughly pentagonal in shape, the hand plates are light red and are mounted securely over the back of the glove. As an alternative to plastic, these may be made out of latex or latex-like material.
  

• Black in color, made of either rubber, nomex, leather, or leather-like material, with no visible straps or logos/designs. The fingers are enclosed, non-textured.
  

• Chest plate overlaps the abdominal plate.
  

• Back plate contains a "O II" design with little or no overlap of the kidney plate.
  

• Black non-textured material, either one-piece or two-piece construction with no visible zippers or logos.
  

• The ab plate has a button area that has 9 gloss black buttons of approximately 7/16" in diameter.
  

• It is allowable to have a single kidney/butt plate for 501st requirements. If a separate kidney plate is used, it should line up with the ab plate, with the top of the kidney plate being flush to or under the back plate.
  

• It is allowable to have a single kidney/butt plate for 501st requirements. If a separate butt plate is used, it should line up below the bottom of the belt with with the ab plate, with minimal gap between it and the kidney plate.
  

• Belt face is made of plastic (ammo belt). It is comprised of 6 rectangular boxes, with three square buttons, one centered in the middle and one on each end.
• Belt proper may be made from glossy black ABS or a similar shiny material and must be 3 to 3.5" wide. Black canvas or similar heavy material may also be used.
• The drop boxes dangle from the sides of the plastic belt face via black straps and are aligned under the plastic tabs of the ammo belt.
  

• (a.k.a. O2 canister) attaches to the back of the belt. This is an all black cylinder 2 to 2.5" in diameter with black end caps and a black control panel pad, with controls closest to the right end cap.
  

• The thigh armor may open and firmly close in the back allowing the two halves to appear sealed when viewed by spectators. The ammo belt is installed on the bottom of the right thigh.
  

• The shin armor is able to open and firmly close in the back allowing the two halves to appear sealed when viewed by spectators. The trapezoid knee plate is affixed to the top of the left lower leg piece. The hexagon in the center and upper ridge of the knee plate as well as its top trim must be light red.
  

• Black leather or leather-like, above ankle height, with a flat sole, and small U-shaped elastic sections on both sides of the ankle with no buckles or laces. Jodphur-type boots or an equivalent style. All stitching must be black, and unnecessary or decorative stitching must not be present. Elvis / Mariachi boots are not acceptable.
• White, or other color boots may be painted black so long as the boots are maintained to remain the proper color.
  

Items below are optional costume accessories. These items are not required for approval, but if present must meet the guidelines below.

• Made of black leather or leather-like material.
• Holster must be worn on the left and be may be attached to the belt from behind with rivets or with loops covering the outside of the belt.
  

• Based on a real or replica Sterling sub-machine gun, scratch-built, or a modified commercial toy Stormtrooper blaster.
  

• Folding stock (does not need to function).
• A real or replica ammo counter - based off of a Hengstler counter - should be present.
• D-ring mounted on the rear.
• Correct style scope.
• Two power cylinders on the magazine.
• Scratch-built, resin cast, Hyperfirm rubber cast blasters should have a total of 6 t-racks on blaster (leaving the lowest row on the Hengstler side un-covered).
• Popular commercially available toy Stormtrooper blasters have a total of 7 T-racks (if you cover all the rows of holes) or 6 T-racks (if you cover the "open row" of holes on the Hengstler side.
• Below this, you must grind off the lower T-rack and drill a new row of holes).