"123456789Cattail;c-1450924" wrote:
Neither Shoretrooper nor Death Trooper are pilots in the actual SW canon. A TIE Pilot would be flying the Reaper, but for whatever reason having the same toon in two ships is a sin of epic proportions. Either way, the Shoretrooper and Death Trooper are still troopers, whereas the TIE Pilot is not. You don't see him trooping, do you? No. No you do not.
Tarkin, Thrawn, Ackbar, Windu also aren't pilots but they do command the capital ships. So I'd say it follows the rules - the higher ranking unit gets the ship and both DT and Shore outrank pilots/normal stormtroopers.
The rest is true. Pilots /= Troopers. Troopers are ground units, Pilots are air/space units.