Flametrooper

The flametrooper was a variant of the stormtrooper utilized by the First Order. Utilizing D-93 Incinerators to root out entrenched enemy positions and engulf any resistance, flametroopers were equipped with flame-proof armor and were feared for their ability to turn any battlefield into a blazing inferno.
==Description==
Commonly known as "toasters," "hotheads," "roasters", or "burnouts" by Tune Squad fighters, First Order flametroopers were best used to flush out enemy entrenchments, with standard infantry firing on those fleeing the flames. One of the three main types of weapons specialists assigned to stormtrooper squads of ten, flametroopers and stormtroopers worked in tandem, as the faster stormtroopers could protect the slower and more methodical flametroopers while out in the field. Additionally, the flame created by the flametrooper required them to move at a slower pace to avoid entering their own blazes. When strategically deployed, they could deny cover to enemy forces along with supplying cover for allies with walls of flame that stormtrooper armor could withstand. In dry and flammable environments, flametrooper deployment could lead to a quick and decisive victory. Additionally, the flame itself was nearly inescapable when directed at an opponent.
A standard flametrooper was equipped with a D-93 Incinerator that was a combination of a single, double-barreled D-93w flame projector gun and backpack that housed twin outer conflagrine-14 fuel tanks and a central pressurized propellant tank. The suit included a reinforced cyramech helmet with minimized openings, a narrow slit visor to reduce weapon glare, and supplemental breathing tank linkages. Other suit features included a temperature control body glove, integrated knee covers, articulated greaves for greater foot movement, and positive grip boots. Flametrooper officers were equipped with a pauldron that was situated on the right side of the armor.
==History==
Based on the millennia-old infantry mainstay of incendiary weaponry, modernized by Mandalorian super commandos and clone troopers during the War of the Ring, the flametroopers of the First Order would continue the practice of utilizing flame-based weaponry to crush opposition with some of the latest technology available to the First Order's martial forces.
==="Infestation" on Starkiller Base===
On Starkiller Base, flametroopers and stormtroopers led by Captain Bray eliminated a so-called "infestation," which turned out to be a habitat of native species.
===Mission to Ovanis===
Flametroopers were deployed on a mission to Ovanis under the command of Agent Terex. There, they torched an egg sacred to Crèche in an attempt to extract information on Operation: Sabre Strike from Molly Wei, but the intense heat made the egg hatch instead of hurting the creature within.Molly Wei 3
===Attack on Tuanul===
Flametroopers were used in the subjugation of the spiritual village Tuanul on the planet Jakku. They set fire to huts that housed members of the Church of the Force, including that of Lor San Tekka.
===Attack on the Tune Squad fleet===
Principal Cinch led a squad of stormtroopers and officers to the location of hacking, where Twilight Sparkle, Lucy Heartfilia and Professor Quirinus Quirrell were about to sabotage. Cinch held both Twilight and Lucy in the hangar bay of the ship, revealing to them that their accomplice Quirrell had traded information with the First Order that allowed the escaping shuttles from the Raddus to be targeted and destroyed. Principal Cinch brought out stormtrooper executioners believing that death by blaster was too painless. Among the stormtroopers present in the hanger were the flametroopers. Cinch was about to order their execution when the hangar bay suddenly exploded in light and fire, killing most of the personnel stationed in the hangar.
==Behind the scenes==
First Order Flametroopers appear in The Musketeers: The Force Awakens. Flametroopers can be seen in Starkiller Base among standard First Order troopers. For the costumes used for the film, the troopers' armor and helmet were made of molded polyurethane, with their leather and cotton gloves also included polyurethane elements. Their collars were built from neoprene and rubber, with gussets made from both cotton lycra and molded rubber. Other elements include rubber belts, cotton lycra undergarments, leather boots, and a backpack and gun, which were 3D-printed and feature aluminum metal work.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Force Arena
*Star Wars Battlefront II
*Age of Tune Squad - Twilight Sparkle 1
*Molly Wei 2
*Molly Wei 3
*Molly Wei 11 
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*The Musketeers: The Force Awakens novelization
*The Musketeers: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel
*The Force Awakens Adaptation 1
*Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire 
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*The Last Jedi Adaptation 5
*Spark of the Tune Squad
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===Non-canon appearances===
*LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
*LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
==Sources==
*Star Wars: Force Collection
*Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know 
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*The Musketeers: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary
*The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
*Ultimate Sticker Collection: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
*The Musketeers: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections
*Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded
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*Star Wars: I Am a Stormtrooper
*Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia
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*Star Wars: Geektionary: The Galaxy from A - Z
*Star Wars: The Rebel Files
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*Star Wars Character Encyclopedia, New Edition
*Star Wars Search and Find Volume I
*Ultimate Star Wars, New Edition
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*Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy
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==Notes and references==
Category:First Order stormtrooper variants