Welcome to the Vast Empire, darkfire.
Check your email. You should have received information about Basic Training from myself.
Each Stormtrooper is assigned standard gear - each squad has standard gear for each member. The items you purchase in the store just give you more "options" when writing in stories and missions. For example, a squad may not come with a particular pistol that you like from which you saw at the Imperial Center Store (ICS), so you purchase it. You can now "use it" in your character development and other stories.
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Cleric "Cosmic" Vor'soth
CoT/MG Cosmic/HCA-3/SL/Drill Squad/Tadath/VEA/VE
[OPE][OTH][OPA][EW1][CDS][IH][GS][LM][SoS][CRoM][CoH][PoC][MSM][SCP][SoA][IOC]
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Cleric "Cosmic" Vor'soth
SL/KPR Cosmic/Lion 1-1/Lopen/VEDJ/VE
[VP][WoS2][KC1][SoY][EoP][OAK]
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