Idk they’re names yet but the green one is like a scavenger, they don’t do bounty hunting often cuz they’re more often then not looking for armor to add to themself, they found all their armor, also a strict follower of the creed.
pink orange one, is very chaotic, earned they’re armor after dueling their old teacher and winning when they were 11, probably an ankle biter. Fights dirty and doesn’t follow the creed very closely, still respects the tradition though ^^ !!
I’m kinda curious, is the armor of the mandalorians shaped the way it is because of lack of Beskar, or because it’s the best way to stay mobile while covering your vital areas?
Because they leave large amounts of their body unprotected, especially on the arms and legs, and even commonly protected areas like the neck. Compared to steel plate armor of knights and such, mandalorian armor offers significantly less protection.
So my question is this just the most cost effective way of protection given scarce Beskar iron? Or is it simply the best way for them to still be mobile while having the basic protection they need?
I wonder if Din does become Manda’lor, if he would expand his armor to include additional armor plating on the neck, arms, and legs, because he has more access to Beskar iron. Or if he would stay the same because he likes it the way it is.
I wonder about this a lot and I think a big talking point about Mandolarion Armor should not be what areas the armor protects but rather what it’s designed to protect against.
Most people in the GFFA use blasters. That means most people are trained to aim for the Head or the Chest area. The first because lethal damage almost garaunteed, the latter cause biggest target on a person. As with modern armor, the focus is on the chest and head. The two areas Mandalorian armor does… a decent job at protecting (Din’s armor really should cover more of his chest. His guts are really vulnerable. At least Boba’s armor has the excuse of not being recently and specifically designed for him).
The thing about ranged weaponry is the further away a target is the harder it is to hit your target. Arms can be lightly armored because that’s not where people are going to be aiming. Same with inner thighs.
Of course the GFFA is most famous for its laser swords but prior to TCW there were only about 10,000 people trained in their use. In a galaxy where that number is less than 1% of many planets’ populations. Jedi weren’t a drop in the bucket, they were a drop in the ocean. After Order 66, the amount of people using lightsabers is probably in the hundreds (including inquisitors and people who just have one lying around, like the darksaber), MAYBE.
Of course knives and vibroknives exist but wearing armor means they’re going to be aiming for unarmored spots. Opponents movements will be restrained to targetted areas that makes defense easier.
Add in Mandalorians are (generally) trained since kids to be one person armies capable of wiping massive amount of opponents on their own, using as well as defending, against variety of weaponry and I think Mandalorians are good.
(The flaw of comparing historical armor to Mandalorian armor is that historical armor is primarily designed to protect the user from melee combat. Mandalorians need to primarily defend against guns. They are by general GFFA standards, very over-armored.)
