I went Storm Trooper, except I wound up starting in a Mando civ. My character was not amused. After not locating the local chief in the keep, I swapped out my copper, iron, and bronze gear for steel, including trading that Westar pistol for a carbine. By the time I found the chief, I'd already gone from Journeyman Protector to outlaw out for blood, so when I stumbled on the chief in a lowly cabin, I put bolts into her until she died.
I have ten kills to my name and I've gone up a few ranks in marksman to Expert level. I thought Armor skill would be relevant, but it turns out that's under Riot stormtrooper for my character, right? I took, like, one or two actual hits and that's the skill that popped up from them.
Probably my biggest problem is that the mandos have those jetpacks, so they don't need their legs to run away.