Imperial Guard
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The Imperial Guards were a faction of the Pirates theme. With their introduction in 1992 they replaced the Imperial Soldiers as main adversaries of the pirates.
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They were essentially the same as the Imperial Soldiers, the only main difference being the color of the uniforms. Instead of the traditional blue jacket with red or gold epauletes, the Imperial Guard wore a red jacket with blue or gold epauletes. Their flag also saw a change to a red and white horizontal striped flag with a crown and crossed cannons in the center.
Along with these new good guys came a much larger fortress, 6277 Imperial Trading Post. But once again, they were outmatched on the open sea, because their new ship, 6271 Imperial Flagship, was still only half the size of the 6286 Skulls Eye Schooner, the Pirates new ship.
The Imperial Guards took over the mission the Imperial Soldiers had started. They fought the pirates and protected the seas from Captain Redbeard, but they were more concerned with the merchant side of events, as their main fort was a trading post.
In the 2009 sets,they reappear again with a new look,as the mini-figs are seen wearing red jeckets with blue epauletes,but the Admeral is seen wearing a dark blue jacket with red epauletes,and are once again the enemies of the Pirates.
[edit] Characters
- Imperial Governor: Redcoated version of Governor Broadside.
- Imperial Lieutenant: Redcoated version of Lt. de Martinet, but instead of a brown beard, the Imperial Guard version sported a black beard.
- Troops: Redcoated version of the Imperial Soldiers Troops. They had blue epauletes.
- Steve: Merchant that bears a striking resemblence of Lt. de Martinet. He wore a brown tricorne before he defected to the Pirates, where he wore a black tricorne.
[edit] Sets
- 6247 Bounty Boat (1992)
- 6271 Imperial Flagship (1992)
- 6277 Imperial Trading Post (1992)
- 6266 Cannon Cove (1993)
- 1795 Imperial Cannon (1994, part of Bonus pack 1723)
- 1872 Soldiers Forge (1994)
- 6263 Imperial Outpost (1995)
- Appearances in sets dominated by pirates
- 6258 Smuggler's Shanty (1992), includes a lieutenant with a boat
- 6252 Sea Mates (1993), includes two Redcoats
- 6237 Pirates' Plunder (1993), includes a lieutenant
- 1729 Barnacle Bay (1994), includes two Redcoats
- 6279 Skull Island (1995), includes two Redcoats with a boat
