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The Home One has always been recognized as the Rebel flagship at Endor and was acompanied by a large number of 'conventional' MC80 cruisers which are recognized to be 1200-1300m long. But while many ...

I'm not really sold on the 'blinds the pilot' argument. Arn't the tips of the laser cannons of an X-wing and Y-wing well within the field of view of those crafts pilots as well? Likewise operators o ...

I have likewise long wrestled with the speed differences implied by the MGLT chart and the common speed values given to X and Y wings in games which are significantly lower then the TIE's.

I reconc ...

I can certainly agree with the thust imbalance issue, even if we assume the fuselage mounted rear engine is the majority of thrust wing mounted engines still apply unavoidable torque.

A possible wa ...

Especially since one of the X-wing novels, a group of X-wings FIRE Their torpedos to neutralize At-at's!!

Oh good to hear that the planet from Skeleton Crew was neutralized, now we don't need to ...

It is physically unable to travel in atmosphere? That seems too extreme in my opinion to just disallow them entirely. A penalty to tracking and range perhapse if we want to say that the shielding gl ...

My Hyperdrive ring would actually be a small ship which would give the TIE pilots the long term life-support, rest and pilot swapping needed for any real patrol. It would carry several TIE fighters a ...

What if each D of the launchers gunnery becomes a +1 added to the ordinances role. So for example if your missile is 6D and the launcher had 3D gunnery then the combned roll is 6D+3. This lets the l ...

I certainly like the idea of the warheads being fundamentally different. In my mind I envision Proton warheads as being like a shaped charge or HEAT warhead, they fundamentally produce piercing blast ...

ISD is a good battleship, it is one of the worst carriers in the galaxy, if deplyed as a carrier it would be destroyed after loosing most of not all of it relatively few fighters. Yes it can bomba ...

Mamatried did you miss the two postings I made at the bottom of the last page, I seperated my posts by topic and the 3rd post went to a 3rd page.

I still do not think your are fully appresiating my ...

Lastly I think your analysis on the inevitable dominance of carriers is too much a mirroring of modern wet navies and fails to take into account many important aspects of StarWars technology and setti ...

Now back to the Venator vs ISD debate.

Mamatried it sounds like your even a little more pesimistic on Venator capacity then I am. As I'm willing to take the 400+ complement seen in Phantom Menac ...

With respect to the 'Destroyer' term. In StarWars is has no corelation with the wet navy destoryer term. I know this can be confusing because the use of Frigate, Cruiser Dreadnaught and a bunch of O ...

Have you considered the M-class? https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/M-class_fighter

It's essentially a heavier 3 engine Y-wing-ish craft and it's stats look to be a completly blank slate other then ...

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Topic: True Size of the Home One
Impaler Replies: 1 Views: 56	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2025 8:02 am Subject: True Size of the Home One
Impaler Replies: 1 Views: 56	The Home One has always been recognized as the Rebel flagship at Endor and was acompanied by a large number of 'conventional' MC80 cruisers which are recognized to be 1200-1300m long. But while many ...
Topic: The E-Wing
Impaler Replies: 8 Views: 855	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 9:57 pm Subject: The E-Wing
Impaler Replies: 8 Views: 855	I'm not really sold on the 'blinds the pilot' argument. Arn't the tips of the laser cannons of an X-wing and Y-wing well within the field of view of those crafts pilots as well? Likewise operators o ...
Topic: Updating X-Wing: Alliance Ship Stats
Impaler Replies: 79 Views: 55062	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:38 pm Subject: Updating X-Wing: Alliance Ship Stats
Impaler Replies: 79 Views: 55062	I have likewise long wrestled with the speed differences implied by the MGLT chart and the common speed values given to X and Y wings in games which are significantly lower then the TIE's. I reconc ...
Topic: The E-Wing
Impaler Replies: 8 Views: 855	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 9:55 pm Subject: The E-Wing
Impaler Replies: 8 Views: 855	I can certainly agree with the thust imbalance issue, even if we assume the fuselage mounted rear engine is the majority of thrust wing mounted engines still apply unavoidable torque. A possible wa ...
Topic: Concussion Missiles - What a Mess
Impaler Replies: 33 Views: 3712	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 6:45 pm Subject: Concussion Missiles - What a Mess
Impaler Replies: 33 Views: 3712	Especially since one of the X-wing novels, a group of X-wings FIRE Their torpedos to neutralize At-at's!! Oh good to hear that the planet from Skeleton Crew was neutralized, now we don't need to ...
Topic: Concussion Missiles - What a Mess
Impaler Replies: 33 Views: 3712	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:09 pm Subject: Concussion Missiles - What a Mess
Impaler Replies: 33 Views: 3712	It is physically unable to travel in atmosphere? That seems too extreme in my opinion to just disallow them entirely. A penalty to tracking and range perhapse if we want to say that the shielding gl ...
Topic: Hyperdrive rings for TIE line crafts
Impaler Replies: 36 Views: 20636	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 2:20 pm Subject: Hyperdrive rings for TIE line crafts
Impaler Replies: 36 Views: 20636	My Hyperdrive ring would actually be a small ship which would give the TIE pilots the long term life-support, rest and pilot swapping needed for any real patrol. It would carry several TIE fighters a ...
Topic: Concussion Missiles - What a Mess
Impaler Replies: 33 Views: 3712	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2025 1:55 pm Subject: Concussion Missiles - What a Mess
Impaler Replies: 33 Views: 3712	What if each D of the launchers gunnery becomes a +1 added to the ordinances role. So for example if your missile is 6D and the launcher had 3D gunnery then the combned roll is 6D+3. This lets the l ...
Topic: Concussion Missiles - What a Mess
Impaler Replies: 33 Views: 3712	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2025 2:24 pm Subject: Concussion Missiles - What a Mess
Impaler Replies: 33 Views: 3712	I certainly like the idea of the warheads being fundamentally different. In my mind I envision Proton warheads as being like a shaped charge or HEAT warhead, they fundamentally produce piercing blast ...
Topic: The Venator's superiority vs any and all ISDs
Impaler Replies: 34 Views: 11371	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 4:49 am Subject: The Venator's superiority vs any and all ISDs
Impaler Replies: 34 Views: 11371	ISD is a good battleship, it is one of the worst carriers in the galaxy, if deplyed as a carrier it would be destroyed after loosing most of not all of it relatively few fighters. Yes it can bomba ...
Topic: The Venator's superiority vs any and all ISDs
Impaler Replies: 34 Views: 11371	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2025 2:09 pm Subject: The Venator's superiority vs any and all ISDs
Impaler Replies: 34 Views: 11371	Mamatried did you miss the two postings I made at the bottom of the last page, I seperated my posts by topic and the 3rd post went to a 3rd page. I still do not think your are fully appresiating my ...
Topic: The Venator's superiority vs any and all ISDs
Impaler Replies: 34 Views: 11371	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:14 pm Subject: The Venator's superiority vs any and all ISDs
Impaler Replies: 34 Views: 11371	Lastly I think your analysis on the inevitable dominance of carriers is too much a mirroring of modern wet navies and fails to take into account many important aspects of StarWars technology and setti ...
Topic: The Venator's superiority vs any and all ISDs
Impaler Replies: 34 Views: 11371	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:10 pm Subject: The Venator's superiority vs any and all ISDs
Impaler Replies: 34 Views: 11371	Now back to the Venator vs ISD debate. Mamatried it sounds like your even a little more pesimistic on Venator capacity then I am. As I'm willing to take the 400+ complement seen in Phantom Menac ...
Topic: The Venator's superiority vs any and all ISDs
Impaler Replies: 34 Views: 11371	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 7:21 pm Subject: The Venator's superiority vs any and all ISDs
Impaler Replies: 34 Views: 11371	With respect to the 'Destroyer' term. In StarWars is has no corelation with the wet navy destoryer term. I know this can be confusing because the use of Frigate, Cruiser Dreadnaught and a bunch of O ...
Topic: Updating the Y-Wing
Impaler Replies: 37 Views: 30710	Forum: Ships, Vehicles, Equipment, and Tech Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2025 5:38 am Subject: Updating the Y-Wing
Impaler Replies: 37 Views: 30710	Have you considered the M-class? https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/M-class_fighter It's essentially a heavier 3 engine Y-wing-ish craft and it's stats look to be a completly blank slate other then ...