EC Henry Original Ships

[CRMcNeill]

So, because of the nature of his projects, the Mystery Ships in the Original Trilogy became the defacto EC Henry thread. This created something of a problem when I found an EC Henry ship I wanted to do that wasn't in the Original Trilogy. Thus, new topic.

For some time, I've been idly wondering about a Y-Wing successor for the New Republic. A key part of the Y-Wing's background is that it's old and outdated, and is mainly in service because they don't have anything better. It'd make sense for the New Republic to be in the market for a medium strike starfighter that isn't as heavy or manpower intensive as the K-Wing. I've wanted to do a ship like this for a while, but never could find the muse I was looking for. A while back, I reimagined the E-Wing as an attack starfighter, but then Disney did a pretty decent reimagining of the E-Wing for Ahsoka (I still hate the low-slung, unbalanced thrusting engines), and I found myself rethinking.

Then, someone suggested EC Henry's rework of the Tri-Wing S-91x Pegasus starfighter, as seen in this video. I agree with him that the original version doesn't really feel like a Star Wars ship, and the name doesn't exactly fit with Star Wars naming conventions, either (I mean, why call it a Tri-Wing when it doesn't have three wings? Why not pick a letter-wing designation?)

And so, I'm strongly considering poaching the EC Henry version, giving it a pair of Multi-Warhead Launchers and calling it the I-Wing.

Just wanted to get the ball rolling on this topic, so let me know what you think.
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[FVBonura]

In the novel "Young Jedi Knights: Darkest Knight" (23 ABY) Wookiees have advanced in these later years of the saga, and have factories that build high tech goods. The Wookiee "CFF” on Kashyyyk is implementing a Service Life Extension Program for the old outdated Y-wing that is now in its fifth or maybe sixth decade of service. Y-wings are upgraded with cutting-edge fighter systems to compete with newer enemy assets.

Considering there are American assets of similar age, the A-10, and B-52 for example, the galaxy may just retool older Y-wings. Remaining shortages can be shored up with newer fighters like the Hornet Interceptor, and/or Preybird Fighter. Both of these could be reconfigured to replace the turbolasers on the Hornet or use the 21 meter wings on the Preybird with missile/torpedo systems.
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