Abstract: An orthopedic repair system includes a bone plate and an alignment template. The alignment template includes a bone-facing lower surface, an upper surface opposite the lower surface, and a cavity extending inwardly from the lower surface towards the upper surface. The cavity is configured to receive the bone plate. The cavity includes a wall corresponding to a side surface of the bone plate such that the wall closely surrounds the bone plate and the bone plate moves either one of or both longitudinally and laterally with the alignment template when the bone plate is received in the cavity. The alignment template includes a radiolucent main body and a radiopaque outer portion extending around the main body.