NT-311

NT-311 was an Imperial stormtrooper who served in the 501st Legion during the Galactic Civil War. He served as the point man in his squad. In the year 0 BBY, NT-311 was stationed on the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator when it captured the Rebel CR90 corvette Tantive IV, which contained the stolen plans of the Empire's DS-1 Orbital Battle Station. Despite the 501st's victory during the lightfight that followed, the Rebel droids R2-D2 and C-3PO escaped with the Death Star plans.
==Biography==
NT-311 was a Human male who served as an Imperial stormtrooper in the 501st Legion, an elite stormtrooper unit commanded by the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader,Star Wars: Battlefront II during the Galactic Civil War. NT-311 served as his squad's point man. Communications with orbiting Star Destroyers greatly enhanced his unit's planetary coverage. NT-311 was stationed aboard the Sith Lord's flagship, the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator,During the Battle of Tatooine, the Imperial I-class Star Destroyer Devastator captured the Rebel blockade runner Tantive IV and deployed stormtroopers aboard the blockade runner, as shown in the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. As Leland Chee confirmed on that NT-311 partook in the attack on the Tantive IV, then NT-311 was thus also stationed aboard the Devastator during that battle. by 0 BBY.The New Essential Chronology dates Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to 0 BBY.
That year, the Devastator captured Senator Leia Organa's consular ship, the Rebel blockade runner Tantive IV, which contained the stolen plans of the Empire's DS-1 Orbital Battle Station superweapon. NT-311 was among the stormtroopers who participated in the subsequent boarding of the vessel. The 501st engaged the Rebel troopers defending the Tantive IV in battle, which ended in victory for the 501st Legion and in Senator Organa's capture. However, the Rebel droids C-3PO and R2-D2, the latter of whom possessed the stolen Death Star plans, evacuated the ship in an escape pod.
==Equipment==
NT-311 wore the standard suit of stormtrooper armor. He wielded an E-11 blaster rifle.
==Behind the scenes==
NT-311 was first mentioned by a card for the Premiere set of Decipher's 2001 Jedi Knights Trading Card Game. Although initially unconfirmed, Leland Chee, the maintainer of Lucasfilm's Holocron continuity database, would later on verify that the Jedi Knights Trading Card Game depicted NT-311 as a stormtrooper who boarded the Tantive IV during the Devastator overtaking of the vessel, events shown in the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Humans
Category:Individuals with he/him pronouns
Category:Males
Category:Members of the 501st Legion (Galactic Empire)
Category:Stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire