FN - 3181 FN - 3181 was a human male stormtrooper who served the First Order . In the year 34 ABY , he was deployed to the planet Jakku as part of a First Order attack on the village of Tuanul in an effort to obtain part of a map showing the location of vanished Jedi Master Luke Skywalker . After the stormtroopers killed or captured the village ' s residents , Kylo Ren , the leader of the Knights of Ren , arrived and executed villager Lor San Tekka . This prompted the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron to try and attack Ren , who used the Force to freeze Dameron . FN - 3181 and another trooper then dragged Dameron to Ren and searched the prisoner , before carrying him aboard an Atmospheric Assault Lander to be taken away . Biography . Attack on Jakku . FN - 3181 was a human male who served in the FN Corps , a stormtrooper unit in the First Order ' s military during its conflict with the New Republic – backed Resistance . In the year 34 ABY , he was was one of eighty trooper s deployed from the " Resurgent " - class Star Destroyer " Finalizer " to the planet Jakku in four Atmospheric Assault Landers . The soldier s were led by Captain Phasma and landed at night outside the village of Tuanul , which they had orders to attack in order to obtain part of a map that led to the vanished Jedi Master Luke Skywalker . The village ' s occupants fought back against FN - 3181 and his comrades but were quickly overwhelmed , with those not killed being captured and rounded up into the village ' s center . Capturing Poe Dameron . The Force - sensitive leader of the Knights of Ren , Kylo Ren , then arrived in the village in his " Upsilon " - class command shuttle , and village resident Lor San Tekka , who had owned the map piece but was no longer in possession of it , was brought before him . The two briefly exchanged words before Ren killed the villager . The Resistance pilot Poe Dameron , who had been in the village to meet with San Tekka and had received the map piece , witnessed the man ' s death from his hiding place and opened fire on Ren in anger . Ren froze both the blaster bolt and Dameron in place using the Force , after which FN - 3181 and another trooper ran up to the pilot and grabbed him , each taking an arm and dragging Dameron before Ren . Ren had FN - 3181 search Dameron , while the other trooper scanned him with a personal scanner . After they found nothing on the pilot , the pair and another trooper escorted Dameron to one of the Atmospheric Assault Landers so that he could be taken back to the " Finalizer " . However , Dameron no longer had the map piece , as he had given it to his astromech droid , BB - 8 . The droid escaped from Tuanul and eventually delivered it to the Resistance . Personality and traits . When FN - 3181 searched Poe Dameron , he did so with thuggish delight , smacking the pilot instead of patting him down . When the trooper found nothing , he was disappointed . Equipment . FN - 3181 wore standard First Order stormtrooper armor and carried an F - 11D blaster rifle . Behind the scenes . FN - 3181 was portrayed in by Michael Giacchino , a long - time musical collaborator of the film ' s director , J . J . Abrams . Giacchino has provided the musical score for several of Abrams ' other works , as well as the film " " . FN - 3181 is not referred to by name in the film itself but is identified in the credits . In the , written by Alan Dean Foster , FN - 3181 ' s actions are slightly altered . After the trooper searches Poe Dameron , the pilot sarcastically compliments him and winks , prompting FN - 3181 to kick his legs out from under him .