I always considered the hyperdrive-equipped fighters to be like what US Air Force fighter jets are and the fighters without a hyperdrive are like the fighter on a US Navy Aircraft Carrier. One acts independent and the other is dependent on a larger vessel.
Well, Navy jets actually aren't short ranged anymore...not to mention that for true long-range missions all current fighter jets need a tanker-aircraft (or several!)
There's also financing and running cost to consider. Everyone wants a *Tie Defender,* but the initial outlay is much larger and getting spare parts would be a pain. On the plus side there is the *amortization* that _over time it will pay for itself_ in kills and *not dying.* But still you don't want to get trapped in a bad financial situation, and find yourself distracted by thinking about money woes in the middle of a dogfight. That will lead to you being hesitant to use ordinance like torpedoes when the opportunity presents itself. Why do you think the Tie Phantom was fitted with such a terminal anti theft system? Their price was so high that they were a prime target for being stolen. Rebels didn't usually bother nicking standard Ties, except for joy rides.
i've been a rear gunner in video games it is so hard to hit anything. also, as a pilot, my worst rear gunner would spam his blasters, overheat the guns, and get us tailed. having a bad gunner is also insanely hard.
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The empire: don’t need shields/life support/hyperdrive/heavy cannons/anything else if you’re maneuverable enough to not get hit. That or all those is too expensive
There was some logic behind that. During Clone Wars most fighter battles take place alongside capital ship and those fighters didn't really need any of that junk, profiting strongly from small size and maneuverability. Especially against Droid Fighters. ARC-170 was grossly misused during direct combat, when it was ship designed for long range patrols (same as Y-Wing). This fact lead to abandoning by empire development of heavy fighters like X-Wing, same as they didn't see purpose in fast but pricey A-Wing. Instead they focus on designs based on streamlined versions of really good Eta-2 Actis Interceptor, so the TIE family. Also people commonly forget that TIE/LN was extremely dated (though some variants were expanded) and it was already replaced by superior TIE/IN (Interceptor). On top of that Empire actually did work on next-gen ships like TIE/AD (Advanced/Avenger) and Thrawn TIE/D (Defender). What have all features, though they were mostly designed for the special forces. On top of that First Order TIE/FO and special force TIE/SF commonly did have shield and hyper-drive.
They learned their lesson on cutting costs by using outdated fighters and being unwilling to update fighter doctrine, to be sure. It was logical to use the TIE/LN to mop up after the clone wars. However, turning down Incom's masterpiece as a heavy fighter for your ace pilots was a poor choice indeed, considering how much effort went into training those guys. Plus, steadfastly refusing to implement more advanced TIE designs until it was far too late, especially considering the Empire really needed a hyperspace capable fighter for its anti-piracy and smuggling policing efforts (to the point that even the z-95 would be a better choice over the TIE/LN) ... that speaks to a deeply flawed military procurement process. As does the fact that relatively minor investments of resources produced the excellent TIE Defender and TIE Advanced, not to mention that the X-Wing and Skipray Blastboat where both turned down after the development costs were paid in full, simply because those platforms didn't work within existing fighter doctrine. Sure, it's not feasible to replace all Imperial fighters with those, but a handful on each ship would greatly benefit an Empire in desperate need of any means to project its influence further. The hyperspace ability also means you can second such fighters (well, the Blastboat is a gunship) to other groups, like that lone Carrack-class a few sectors over, with ease.
A good compromise would be to use the same platform for a Hyperspace and a non Hyperspace equipped fighter. The non hyperdrive variant can use the saved weight and space *(and cost)* for extra shields or ordinance. It would _simplify logistics_ and also lead to some confusion by opponents (unless you painted them different colours… ). A ideal main fighter for the Empire would have been a downscaled Tie Defender. Removing the hyperdrive would save _a fair amount of money_ as well as keep with the unofficial doctrine of not having easily nickable single seat fighters. Add in even more powerful shields in its place and suddenly imperial pilots are even more feared cause they are hard to shoot down (which greatly improves combat effectiveness). Or extra ordinance could be installed instead, feeding into the launchers and suddenly you've got a strike bomber as well. A large load of ion torpedoes would be very useful as it would enable the fighter to disable Rebel corvettes for capture, and other ships just acting suspicious - suspected smugglers, possible pirates and so forth. And the more expensive hyperdrive equipped variants are used by special _Loyal and trustworthy_ Hunter Killer teams that go out for long range recon and raids/strikes. It could even be a further development that the hyperdrive and the extra shield generators are removable interchangeable modules that can be installed according to need.
@@liamhogan4369 That isn't exactly true. Empire was a Empire. Even they capital ships were designed under they TIE doctrine and they needed to replace squadrons in almost 15000 ISD's at least. What they actually did, introducing upgraded Interceptor. Cancellation of X-Wing was a mistake, but but mostly because Z-95 was proved in combat. Though we need remember that during consolidation they closed many, sometimes actually redundant projects. Rebellion could have superior fighter forces mostly because they build them from ground up shortly before Endor, when they get suport of minor powers and senators. For most time they fight with the uglies and weren't considered as major threat. But they were jumping point when Rebellion get major support. Also Empire did have answer on X-Wing, problem was that Death Star project basically hold development of most of projects (like for example Lancer). Even ISD was super dated and Empire build only few new ISD2's. And I agree that it was mistake. But Empire doctrine wasn't as irrational as people think. But they overreliance on fear and superweapons opened door to attacks. But we need remember that Endor was actually last time Rebelion could win in the combat. And not only because of Death Star.
@@casbot71 You make same mistake as the Empire. Defensive Fighters are good idea on paper, but mobile strike crafts have always tactical advantage. If so investment in Lancers would make more sense as they could constantly shield capital ships and support counteroffensives against fighters (plus rebels actually fear them). Whole point of Defender was to give empire its own Attack (Snub) Fighter. Striping it would be pointless as more dedicated crafts like Interceptor would do better job. And inefficiency of heavy fighters in close combat like with ARC-170 was they reason they abandon them, even if they were simply misused. Loyalty was least important factor here.
Something from Kuat with maybe all of these including atromech in turret and me w/ an atmosphere suit. Plus be able to park this in some type of five crew freighter sacrificing crew and cabins for interceptor storage, while utilizing droids.
See, I didn’t even think of weapons recharge rate. This is why I always refer to the Generation Tech: New Starfighter Buyer’s Guide whenever I’m looking to upgrade to a new ship. Now I just need to find an actual reputable dealer, the last “reputable” guy (a Weequay no less) got busted smuggling death sticks. I know, big surprise there.
Probably quite brutal against unshielded craft, as Star Wars's existing slug-throwers and scatterguns are great against unarmored foes. If these weapons are anything to go by, the projectile would likely be coated in energy or highly volatile or both. Capital-ship wise ... Star Wars power plants and capacitors are insanely good. A Star Wars laser (plasma launcher really) is say, 50% efficient at transmitting that energy to a target. A Gauss Cannon several kilometers long ... that would be more like 80-90%, as we on Earth, with our limited technology, have reached upwards of 70% efficiency. Repulsorlifts would be especially useful in such a weapon, probably to the point of being a staple of large railguns and gauss cannons. A gun with higher ROF (due to less cooling needs) almost twice the energy, in a smaller, denser package that won't break up on hitting shields and will completely ignore ion shielding in favor of pummeling ray shields ... that sounds painful. And if you're particularly devious, you could slap an inertial dampener and/or amplifier on the shell, speeding it up in transit, and then massively amplifying it's inertia to slip by or punch through the shields, followed by speeding it right back up again. Railguns would also likely work in a universe with materials science good enough to make durasteel and transparasteel.
@@HispAnakin42 A railgun propels a projectile via the natural expansion of a high voltage electrical current. The projectile actually completes the circuits, bridging the two rails. The problem is that such voltages shatter tungsten alloys like glass. A Gauss Cannon, named after Friedrich Gauss who provided the mathematics for its construction, is a long tube lined with a series of circular electromagnets perpendicular to the tube in bands ... imagine a pipe banded with washers. As the projectile moves down the tube, each magnet is turned off and on sequentially, so the (metallic) projectile is constantly being pulled in the same direction. The projectile never actually touches the walls of the tube, so friction is negligible and in space drag is largely negligible. The limiting factor is length, the longer the Gauss system, the proportionally more powerful it is ... while it's not too powerful in a given distance compared to a railgun, a Gauss cannon can be almost indefinitely scaled up; it has no maximum size. For reference, a man-portable gauss system is about as strong as a BB gun. On the upper end ... with even 1960s technology, it was demonstrated we could build one to launch objects into lunar orbit from the surface of the moon; it would be 1.5 or so km long, much shorter than Gauss predicted. Conceivably, one could be built to launch or assist in launching objects into Earth orbit, at 10 or more km long. Needless to say, a hit by a weapon like that would rival an atomic bomb ... a mere 1 kg object moving at escape velocity has as much energy as an entire lightning bolt, or enough energy to vaporize the entire body of a human being, 3.2 gigajoules. Another bonus is the projectile, while usually travelling much slower than a railgun's, is still going at hypervelocity; if it hits something, it will stop once it's partially inside what it hit, resulting in a massive explosion even though no explosives are present, similar to a meteorite impact.
My Starfighter or choice would most definitely be the Mantaris-class amphibious medium transport. It’s remarkably adaptable to different environments, which included atmospheric flight, realspace, and underwater, furthermore it could hold a hyperdrive too!
features that i want on my starfighter, 1:class-1 hyperdrive 2:be able to fly in atmosphere and in space 3:powerful engine 4:astromech droid 5:medium lasers and 2 protone torpedos 6:powerful deflector shields 7:highe speed
Best fighter is a Correllian light freighter. Granted not technically a snub fighter that hasn't stopped Haras vcx100, iron squadrons yt-2400, and Hans yt-1300 (millennium falcon) from taking a fighter roll and excelling at it. Theres plenty of room for upgrades. Multiple turret platforms that could shoot at multiple targets at once. Strong shields, hyperdrive and so on.
Personally my ideal starfighter sort of doubles as a transport and what better ships to default to then something Mandalorian made. The Kom'rk-class Gauntlet Fighter/Transport vessel, a variant build of the ship similar to Maul's ship Nightbrother of course. Equipped with hyperdrive, nav computer, and short range sensors, this ship is a good choice if you got yourself a crew, this ship has a crew capacity of 24. If you don't have a crew then that's alright because you can pilot the ship solo if you prefer to work alone. The Gauntlet is armed with two forward laser cannons as well as two rear laser cannons which should give you an edge when it comes to dog fights especially with the swivel mounted wings which can provide vectored-thrust control, allowing a bit more speed for the ship, suitable for Space/Air combat and troop transportation. All these come standard with the ship and although the Kom'rk-class fighter/transport comes at a steep price of 190,000 credits I can assure you it is worth every credit.
I’ll take a fourth generation e-wing. The bugs have been taken care of and I don’t have to use an R-7 droid. It’s got sixteen proton torpedoes, an awesome sensor package so I can be like Han Solo and use fake ship id’s, three blasters, it’s well armored and its shields are the best. The only match, in my opinion, is the tie defender.
How about _where_ a ship is made & _who_ made it? The *Corellian Shipyards* (birthplace of the infamous *Millenium Falcon* ) were famous for their ships millenia before the battle of *Endor.* They were so good the *Empire* occupied the planet solely to set up factories for *Tie Fighters* & *Star Destroyers.* There were also specific _Designers_ who's genius had made them famous. Case in point, *_Slayn & Korpil_* , designers of the extraordinarily potent & manoeuvrable *A/SF-01 B-Wing Starfighter*
A modified Tie Bomber would be cool. They already have life support, and if your willing to potentially sacrifice some weaponry you can put a hyperdrive and maybe some comfortable quarters in there. I also like Y-Wings
It seems agreeable that the X wing strikes the best balance of features. It's great as a general fighter. Unfortunately the Tie defender probably beats it in raw speed and power and has it's own defenses to boot.
I like this video and the explanations about trade-offs connected to having certain features or not, but I can’t help but think of another feature: Control difficulty: Apart from the X-Wing and A-Wing, with the former being praised for its ease of control and thus higher average performance, and the latter being way more complex and hard to learn, but allowing ace pilots to have a higher efficiency ceiling, this feature is more often talked about in series like Gundam, but in Star Wars it really goes to show how good the beginner-friendly and civiliancraft-shared controlled X-Wing was for a rebellion made up of mostly civilians like Luke and Biggs, especially with the gain in support the Rebels gained after the Battle of Yavin.
Perhaps another mistake, would be, over doing it, with food storage. Only basic needs, at maximum, last 1 to 3 weeks, with careful frugality. However, if it's at all possible, I would like all options possible, under an overly armored hood ...with multiple shields -of multiple kinds, and if left drifting for days, while the droid -or droids, fix things..as many options for lifesuport as possible...including lost of food/drink stuffs. I'd like to add way more, but, it's close to midnight, and way past this old farm's bedtime. Another fun show as always. Goodnight.
I have always liked heavy fighters. Yes they are slower and less maneuverable but they can hit with one powerful punch and or carry many lighter weapons and fling a lot of lead and something should hit the target. They also can carry more armor and or shields. I would have two astroid droids. It's always nice to have a second as a backup if the first it taken out.
You missed the two most important factors: Cost and Droid Control. When fast and maneuverable droid fighters are each as deadly as a manned fighter, and cost one tenth as much, with no loss of life when taken down, then there is no reason to have a manned fighter out there getting shot at. Just launch overwhelming numbers of disposable drones, and let them do the job of manned fighters instead.
I agree. The few pilots that prove superior to even an equal number of droid fighters are served far better when they intersperse into the swarm and wreak all kinds of havoc, as opposed to when they are the last ones standing. Also, droid bombers are absolutely brutal and utterly indifferent to losses.
Droids can also survive maneuvers that would turn your average human to jelly or at least make them black out. They also do not need housing, food, or training.
Considering the most valuable resource in the Rebel Alliance is experienced fighters/pilots a drone controlled fighter seems like a no-brainer. Unlike the Empire, pilots don't grow on trees (or in vats) for the Alliance so protecting them and using their experience makes perfect sense. You could probably fit a hell of a lot more pilot-free fighters in a hanger than you normally can so you have backups (with valuable experience). There is also the bonus of less support crew in dangerous situations meaning you can free them up to be used elsewhere. It's not like they're going to get fired and hang around on Coruscant (or some other non-destroyed world) waving a sign saying how they were replaced by a drone... :p
Rear gunner is pretty helpful as it discourages fighters from getting behind you, like he said. You don’t wanna be constantly pulling G’s, that’s not very healthy and just makes you less effective in combat.
All that power saved on the TIE, all the extra power from the solar panels in its wings, and ... seriously, only 2 light laser cannons? You could probably fit even a medium laser cannon in addition to that. In fact, the Spec-ops TIE from the force awakens shows you can fit shielding and a tail gunner in, with minimal design changes. Heck, the Imperials are fighting pirates, rebels, and smugglers not large fleets in pitched battles, and have the edge in training. They're the ones who really need hyperspace capable fighters to extend their reach and shorten their response times. They're the ones who need to protect their vastly superior pilots ... dodge all you want, shrapnel, explosions, micro-meteors will eventually damage or even destroy your craft. Just look at what this design philosophy is capable of producing when you don't slap a POS power plant in: the Tie Defender. Considering how much training goes into an Imperial Pilot, there is no excuse for downgrading the power plant to the point you don't have shields. If you're going to do that, shove conscripts into those TIEs and stop throwing credits away by training superb pilots.
@@crazy_ghost235 If my studies have taught me anything, it's to not underestimate the sway of dogmatic old fuddy-duddies weighed down in their armchairs by medals over a military industrial complex. To put it colorfully, how dare the lowly pilots question the genius of the admiralty by doubting fundamental fighter doctrine. Ungrateful, uncouth rebels- and pirates-to-be, the lot of them. ;)
I believe that the maneuverability of the tie fighter and nothing else is used on direct one on one dogfights we're the tie fighter already knows where the enemy is and remain on the enemy's tail, slowly destroying the shields
@@gabrielho1874 Fighting one fighter, who can't shake you, maybe. Fighting multiple enemies (e.g. Wedge vs. Luke's tail in a New Hope), missiles, a tail gunner, within a debris or asteroid field, or a skilled pilot ... no, thank you. There's also aging to consider. Sure, the Zero could out-maneuver any fighter at the start of the, but by the end? TIEs are decades old by the Original Trilogy, and the Empire knew they were going to stay around. Once you lose the edge ... well, I'd prefer my old fighters to be somewhat useful. The X-Wing was not too much of a problem, but once the A-Wings and B-Wings came out, they were completely outclassed. For Pete's sake, a Y-wing or Z-95 Headhunter has a reasonable chance against a TIE, and they're clone-wars era!
Did you mean to say "snowfighters" when talking about '#10 Rear Gunner'? You showed a y-wing, and mentioned how a good rear gunner is needed. The problem was later corrected with the 'BTL-A4 Y-wing Assault Starfighter/Bomber'. It is a single seater, so the astromech controls the rear turret. In theory, it should be more accurate that way.
Personally my Starfighter of choice is the Y-wing because it's tough, heavily armored/shielded, reliable, large munitions complement/variety, has a ion Cannon turret, hyperdrive equipped, has an astromech socket, 2 powerful Lazer cannons and is actually quite fast
I would go for a missile because it was one of the reasons to he separatists were so amazing. Also go for a slightly more expensive astromaech as a rear gunner
Considering all footage of fighters in the SW universe seem to fly in to a battle situation in formation and on one level of degree (compared to the 1000's of degrees you could attack from in space) making it easier for the enemy to focus on one area, I would say "Lane Keeping assistance" would be a must....
My ideal ship would be sensors to cover my horrible vision on my sides. Plenty of shields so I can take a beating. An astromech to help with everything. And plenty of weapons. I’d personally like guns that can go off bore. So my personal choice would be a y wing with a droid to control the second turrets.
at the cost of weighting my ship down a lot, I'd want a life support system in the cockpit and a wearable life support system just in case for redundancy even if the added weight is enormous and the flight suit is clunky and hard to comfortably use
I do find it interesting that on most of the other criteria, you acknowledge a trade-off, but for astromechs you seem to be pretty much saying "you must have this!" I think there's a tradeoff there as well - astromechs involve additional weight that a simple navcomputer doesn't (in fact, I suspect that the reason why starfighter navcomputers are usually simple is that if you have the space and weight to install an astromech-quality navcomputer, you might as well install an astromech... or at least the head of one). For heavier and more durable fighters, such as the X-Wing and up, it probably is worthwhile - the weight is a relatively small fraction of that of the overall craft, and the ship is durable enough that you can take a bit of damage that the astromech might help with damage control for. For something like an A-Wing or most TIEs, though, you might just not be able to afford the additional space and volume, and the benefit of repairs is probably minimised by the fact that the lighter ships usually only take a couple of solid hits to destroy them, so the likelihood of them being in a state where they need repair without having gone beyond the point where they CAN be repaired is probably pretty small.
What would your Starfighter design be? I’m more inclined to having four B-Wings fused together to one cockpit (imagine an X-Wing with S-Foils on their S-Foils). Maybe I should us the TIE Bomber, or similar models’, cockpit in order to make it work properly 🤔… Actually, what would be your three ship designs: a Capital ship (smallest being a Corvette), a Shuttle (just in case you can’t land your capital ship), and a Starfighter (various other reasons)? You’re only allowed ONE design of each & you need to fit ‘em all together…
Y wing with astromech, hyperdrive and rear gunner or automated turret controlled by astromech or another droid, no life support in favor for shields. Thanks to the clone wars show we know Astromechs can control droid fighters, so I’ll attach two droid tri fighters on each side of my ship to deploy when in combat. The Y wing is fairly maneuverable and can take a hit. This rig is energy intensive, but the levels of defense makes up for it.
my dream ship would be a modified tie defender Weaponry: a 180 MGLT with tractor beam projector, 4 L-s9.3 laser cannon, 2 M-g-2 general-purpose warhead launchers, and 2 Borstel NK-3 medium ion cannons, Cloaking device: Mk. III Stygium Cloaking Device Engines: SFS P-sz9.7 twin ion engines Power plant: SFS I-s4d solar ionization reactor shields: Forward/Rear projecting Novaldex deflector shield generators Hull: Titanium hull with Quadanium steel solar panels hyperdrive system: SFS ND9 hyperdrive motivator life support: equipped
My choice? No hyperdrive or class 10 at best, to reduce size, shields, solar panels, astromech with control over a rear light laser cannon, a forward facing ion cannon and dual laser cannons and another light turbolaser juiced with kyber if I could get my hands on it, no torpedo's, also a flight suit instead of a control environment. I'd plan on being attached to a larger ship that does have hyperspace capability so I'd forego what I don't need. My ship would possibly be a bit slower but hopefully not too bad with hyperdrive and environment canned. I'd imagine mine like a tie phantom with 5 instead of 3 solar panels and a gun on the back. The only problem is if I got a light turbolaser juiced with kyber I'd have to really change up the design so I could have that weapon on point more often. It'd probably have to be on the back with the rear light laser cannon.
My favorite is the snow speeder. It looks like it would excell in atmosphere and space. Having a rear with a second set of eyes on your 6. Upgrade the engines and armor and fit the rear with a heavy gun replacing the harpoon and you got a winner in my book.
Well, I only have one feature I would want to have in my first starfighter: It to not be a starfighter! Seriously, I'd rather take a second or third hand light freighter (at least those have living-space on board!) than a starfighter that is space dust with one good laser-cannon hit!
There is one other MAJOR issue with hyper-drive equipped fighters. How long, do you want to sit in that cockpit. Take the a-wing, its tiny cockpit.. and think about how long it takes to travel. a short jump might takes 24 hours with a x1 hyperdrive. can you imagine spending 24 hours in an a-wing cockpit on a jump to attack something... THEN 24 hours on the way back?
Just to play devil's advocate on #7, secondary weapons... If you're in a fighter with no anti-capital-ship weapons, then your fighter can specialize in its anti-fighter role. It also means your one- or two-man strike ship is _not_ expected to pick fights with mile-long battleships bristling with cannons, point-defense systems, and spotters calling out your position to any interested bad guys who happen to be nearby. If you're a fighter pilot, be a fighter pilot: let the lumbering big-gun heavy hitters duke it out with each other. They hide behind warship shields and heavy armor plating anyway. Hunting them is about as interesting as space whaling. There are more fun targets out there to chase that actually give you a better challenge.
Hyperdrive equipped starfightets don't make sense for factions that can field carrier groups. It made sense for the Rebels becauae they often couldn't do that. Hyperdrive equipped starfighters made logistical sense for their stateless strategy and their hit-and-run tactics.
Oh they do make sense for all other factions: The minute or two that it takes to launch your whole compliment of fighters is the minute or two that the enemy has to deal damage (and/or shoot your fighters down while launching) without opposition!
If I recall(and correct me if I'm wrong), The Clone Wars only lasted 3 years. Attack of the Clones-first half of season 3 of The Clone Wars is year 1, then second half of season 3(when the Jedi robes changed)-season 6 are year 2, and Season 7(originally going tk be the second half of 6)-Episode 3 is year 3 and the end of the Clone Wars.
If I recall the battle of Gienosis takes place in the beginning months of 22BBY marking the beginning of the Clone War, with the clone war ending in very late 19BBY so a few months shy of 5 years but an actual total of 4 years
To be honest, there are many jobs in Star Wars they logically should outsource to droids. Instead they even use several immensly expensive clones man a single turbolaser on a Venator.
verdict- save more money and invest in something like tie defender or those luxury ships Kylo Ren was using- extremely fast, heavy armed, shielded and with hyperdrive.
There's a youtuber called ec Henry he designed a tie fighter variant that whilst significantly better than a tie fighter it's appears to be quite cost effective. while I love the tie defender it is ludicrously expensive.
After seeing this Video i am now even more convinced that the y-wing is the best Starfighter in the entire universe. It's small, it's fast, i has a shit load of weapons, hyperdrive, astromech, gun turret and can carry big explosives as Seen in the zillo beast Episode. It's just perfect
Not just plot armor. Any one wanting to fly a starfighter should have incredibly fast and precise, arguably perfect, reflexes, awareness, and other piloting skills. Also your aim, judgement, and instincts (the first is self exploratory, but for the second and third I mean when to engage, when to pull off, etc) has to be extremely good or even perfect. Very few, if any, humans have all of these. And that's before looking at aliens with better ones and or using the Force. I'd say less than 10%, less than 5% more likely, of the populace has these IMO absolutely necessary talents, skills, and knowledge, as well as experience in them, to be a starfighter pilot. For everyone else, and quite possibly even for these "perfect candidates", it is a death sentence.
Having your starfighter equipped with guided missiles is like having red shells in Mario Kart! :D
I always considered the hyperdrive-equipped fighters to be like what US Air Force fighter jets are and the fighters without a hyperdrive are like the fighter on a US Navy Aircraft Carrier. One acts independent and the other is dependent on a larger vessel.
Well, Navy jets actually aren't short ranged anymore...not to mention that for true long-range missions all current fighter jets need a tanker-aircraft (or several!)
There's also financing and running cost to consider.
Everyone wants a *Tie Defender,* but the initial outlay is much larger and getting spare parts would be a pain. On the plus side there is the *amortization* that _over time it will pay for itself_ in kills and *not dying.*
But still you don't want to get trapped in a bad financial situation, and find yourself distracted by thinking about money woes in the middle of a dogfight. That will lead to you being hesitant to use ordinance like torpedoes when the opportunity presents itself.
Why do you think the Tie Phantom was fitted with such a terminal anti theft system?
Their price was so high that they were a prime target for being stolen. Rebels didn't usually bother nicking standard Ties, except for joy rides.
Last time I was this early, the rakata still had tech
The last time I was this early, spinning wasn’t a good trick
@@Delta-zy1et it always has been.
i've been a rear gunner in video games it is so hard to hit anything. also, as a pilot, my worst rear gunner would spam his blasters, overheat the guns, and get us tailed. having a bad gunner is also insanely hard.
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The empire: don’t need shields/life support/hyperdrive/heavy cannons/anything else if you’re maneuverable enough to not get hit. That or all those is too expensive
There was some logic behind that. During Clone Wars most fighter battles take place alongside capital ship and those fighters didn't really need any of that junk, profiting strongly from small size and maneuverability. Especially against Droid Fighters. ARC-170 was grossly misused during direct combat, when it was ship designed for long range patrols (same as Y-Wing). This fact lead to abandoning by empire development of heavy fighters like X-Wing, same as they didn't see purpose in fast but pricey A-Wing. Instead they focus on designs based on streamlined versions of really good Eta-2 Actis Interceptor, so the TIE family. Also people commonly forget that TIE/LN was extremely dated (though some variants were expanded) and it was already replaced by superior TIE/IN (Interceptor). On top of that Empire actually did work on next-gen ships like TIE/AD (Advanced/Avenger) and Thrawn TIE/D (Defender). What have all features, though they were mostly designed for the special forces. On top of that First Order TIE/FO and special force TIE/SF commonly did have shield and hyper-drive.
They learned their lesson on cutting costs by using outdated fighters and being unwilling to update fighter doctrine, to be sure. It was logical to use the TIE/LN to mop up after the clone wars.
However, turning down Incom's masterpiece as a heavy fighter for your ace pilots was a poor choice indeed, considering how much effort went into training those guys. Plus, steadfastly refusing to implement more advanced TIE designs until it was far too late, especially considering the Empire really needed a hyperspace capable fighter for its anti-piracy and smuggling policing efforts (to the point that even the z-95 would be a better choice over the TIE/LN) ... that speaks to a deeply flawed military procurement process.
As does the fact that relatively minor investments of resources produced the excellent TIE Defender and TIE Advanced, not to mention that the X-Wing and Skipray Blastboat where both turned down after the development costs were paid in full, simply because those platforms didn't work within existing fighter doctrine. Sure, it's not feasible to replace all Imperial fighters with those, but a handful on each ship would greatly benefit an Empire in desperate need of any means to project its influence further. The hyperspace ability also means you can second such fighters (well, the Blastboat is a gunship) to other groups, like that lone Carrack-class a few sectors over, with ease.
A good compromise would be to use the same platform for a Hyperspace and a non Hyperspace equipped fighter.
The non hyperdrive variant can use the saved weight and space *(and cost)* for extra shields or ordinance.
It would _simplify logistics_ and also lead to some confusion by opponents (unless you painted them different colours… ).
A ideal main fighter for the Empire would have been a downscaled Tie Defender. Removing the hyperdrive would save _a fair amount of money_ as well as keep with the unofficial doctrine of not having easily nickable single seat fighters. Add in even more powerful shields in its place and suddenly imperial pilots are even more feared cause they are hard to shoot down (which greatly improves combat effectiveness).
Or extra ordinance could be installed instead, feeding into the launchers and suddenly you've got a strike bomber as well. A large load of ion torpedoes would be very useful as it would enable the fighter to disable Rebel corvettes for capture, and other ships just acting suspicious - suspected smugglers, possible pirates and so forth.
And the more expensive hyperdrive equipped variants are used by special _Loyal and trustworthy_ Hunter Killer teams that go out for long range recon and raids/strikes.
It could even be a further development that the hyperdrive and the extra shield generators are removable interchangeable modules that can be installed according to need.
@@liamhogan4369 That isn't exactly true. Empire was a Empire. Even they capital ships were designed under they TIE doctrine and they needed to replace squadrons in almost 15000 ISD's at least. What they actually did, introducing upgraded Interceptor. Cancellation of X-Wing was a mistake, but but mostly because Z-95 was proved in combat. Though we need remember that during consolidation they closed many, sometimes actually redundant projects.
Rebellion could have superior fighter forces mostly because they build them from ground up shortly before Endor, when they get suport of minor powers and senators. For most time they fight with the uglies and weren't considered as major threat. But they were jumping point when Rebellion get major support.
Also Empire did have answer on X-Wing, problem was that Death Star project basically hold development of most of projects (like for example Lancer). Even ISD was super dated and Empire build only few new ISD2's. And I agree that it was mistake. But Empire doctrine wasn't as irrational as people think. But they overreliance on fear and superweapons opened door to attacks. But we need remember that Endor was actually last time Rebelion could win in the combat. And not only because of Death Star.
@@casbot71 You make same mistake as the Empire. Defensive Fighters are good idea on paper, but mobile strike crafts have always tactical advantage. If so investment in Lancers would make more sense as they could constantly shield capital ships and support counteroffensives against fighters (plus rebels actually fear them). Whole point of Defender was to give empire its own Attack (Snub) Fighter. Striping it would be pointless as more dedicated crafts like Interceptor would do better job. And inefficiency of heavy fighters in close combat like with ARC-170 was they reason they abandon them, even if they were simply misused. Loyalty was least important factor here.
Another reason why you should wear a full face helmet
@camicase007 good luck then
Something from Kuat with maybe all of these including atromech in turret and me w/ an atmosphere suit. Plus be able to park this in some type of five crew freighter sacrificing crew and cabins for interceptor storage, while utilizing droids.
I would also state the use of S foils. They give you a tactical advantage in battle.
Glad that you are feeling better.
See, I didn’t even think of weapons recharge rate. This is why I always refer to the Generation Tech: New Starfighter Buyer’s Guide whenever I’m looking to upgrade to a new ship. Now I just need to find an actual reputable dealer, the last “reputable” guy (a Weequay no less) got busted smuggling death sticks. I know, big surprise there.
No mention of Tie Defender ? Those were actually kinda awesome and overall good in almost every category
I'd be curious how ballistic turrets and rail guns would feel in Star Wars.
Same
Probably quite brutal against unshielded craft, as Star Wars's existing slug-throwers and scatterguns are great against unarmored foes. If these weapons are anything to go by, the projectile would likely be coated in energy or highly volatile or both.
Capital-ship wise ... Star Wars power plants and capacitors are insanely good. A Star Wars laser (plasma launcher really) is say, 50% efficient at transmitting that energy to a target. A Gauss Cannon several kilometers long ... that would be more like 80-90%, as we on Earth, with our limited technology, have reached upwards of 70% efficiency. Repulsorlifts would be especially useful in such a weapon, probably to the point of being a staple of large railguns and gauss cannons.
A gun with higher ROF (due to less cooling needs) almost twice the energy, in a smaller, denser package that won't break up on hitting shields and will completely ignore ion shielding in favor of pummeling ray shields ... that sounds painful. And if you're particularly devious, you could slap an inertial dampener and/or amplifier on the shell, speeding it up in transit, and then massively amplifying it's inertia to slip by or punch through the shields, followed by speeding it right back up again.
Railguns would also likely work in a universe with materials science good enough to make durasteel and transparasteel.
Captain Keyes: Cortana charge up the MAC Cannon.
Liam Hogan what exactly is a Gauss Cannon?
@@HispAnakin42 A railgun propels a projectile via the natural expansion of a high voltage electrical current. The projectile actually completes the circuits, bridging the two rails.
The problem is that such voltages shatter tungsten alloys like glass.
A Gauss Cannon, named after Friedrich Gauss who provided the mathematics for its construction, is a long tube lined with a series of circular electromagnets perpendicular to the tube in bands ... imagine a pipe banded with washers. As the projectile moves down the tube, each magnet is turned off and on sequentially, so the (metallic) projectile is constantly being pulled in the same direction. The projectile never actually touches the walls of the tube, so friction is negligible and in space drag is largely negligible.
The limiting factor is length, the longer the Gauss system, the proportionally more powerful it is ... while it's not too powerful in a given distance compared to a railgun, a Gauss cannon can be almost indefinitely scaled up; it has no maximum size. For reference, a man-portable gauss system is about as strong as a BB gun.
On the upper end ... with even 1960s technology, it was demonstrated we could build one to launch objects into lunar orbit from the surface of the moon; it would be 1.5 or so km long, much shorter than Gauss predicted. Conceivably, one could be built to launch or assist in launching objects into Earth orbit, at 10 or more km long. Needless to say, a hit by a weapon like that would rival an atomic bomb ... a mere 1 kg object moving at escape velocity has as much energy as an entire lightning bolt, or enough energy to vaporize the entire body of a human being, 3.2 gigajoules. Another bonus is the projectile, while usually travelling much slower than a railgun's, is still going at hypervelocity; if it hits something, it will stop once it's partially inside what it hit, resulting in a massive explosion even though no explosives are present, similar to a meteorite impact.
My Starfighter or choice would most definitely be the Mantaris-class amphibious medium transport. It’s remarkably adaptable to different environments, which included atmospheric flight, realspace, and underwater, furthermore it could hold a hyperdrive too!
features that i want on my starfighter,
1:class-1 hyperdrive
2:be able to fly in atmosphere and in space
3:powerful engine
4:astromech droid
5:medium lasers and 2 protone torpedos
6:powerful deflector shields
7:highe speed
Best fighter is a Correllian light freighter. Granted not technically a snub fighter that hasn't stopped Haras vcx100, iron squadrons yt-2400, and Hans yt-1300 (millennium falcon) from taking a fighter roll and excelling at it. Theres plenty of room for upgrades. Multiple turret platforms that could shoot at multiple targets at once. Strong shields, hyperdrive and so on.
Alan would make a Great used starfighter salesman.
Personally my ideal starfighter sort of doubles as a transport and what better ships to default to then something Mandalorian made. The Kom'rk-class Gauntlet Fighter/Transport vessel, a variant build of the ship similar to Maul's ship Nightbrother of course. Equipped with hyperdrive, nav computer, and short range sensors, this ship is a good choice if you got yourself a crew, this ship has a crew capacity of 24. If you don't have a crew then that's alright because you can pilot the ship solo if you prefer to work alone. The Gauntlet is armed with two forward laser cannons as well as two rear laser cannons which should give you an edge when it comes to dog fights especially with the swivel mounted wings which can provide vectored-thrust control, allowing a bit more speed for the ship, suitable for Space/Air combat and troop transportation. All these come standard with the ship and although the Kom'rk-class fighter/transport comes at a steep price of 190,000 credits I can assure you it is worth every credit.
I want to see a fighter that performs underwater+vacuum space+volatile flammable atmospheres..
Better yet one that can teleport behind their targets..
moncala's ships can do all that.....exept teleport
Cloakshape, x-wing, or rogueclass would be my choices for starfighters.
Good to see you become far better, may the force be with you 😀
For me, it's more like the Klingon Bird of Prey. Stealth, speed, massive forward firing arc, and finally manuverability.
I’ll take a fourth generation e-wing. The bugs have been taken care of and I don’t have to use an R-7 droid. It’s got sixteen proton torpedoes, an awesome sensor package so I can be like Han Solo and use fake ship id’s, three blasters, it’s well armored and its shields are the best. The only match, in my opinion, is the tie defender.
How about _where_ a ship is made & _who_ made it?
The *Corellian Shipyards* (birthplace of the infamous *Millenium Falcon* ) were famous for their ships millenia before the battle of *Endor.* They were so good the *Empire* occupied the planet solely to set up factories for *Tie Fighters* & *Star Destroyers.*
There were also specific _Designers_ who's genius had made them famous. Case in point, *_Slayn & Korpil_* , designers of the extraordinarily potent & manoeuvrable *A/SF-01 B-Wing Starfighter*
A modified Tie Bomber would be cool. They already have life support, and if your willing to potentially sacrifice some weaponry you can put a hyperdrive and maybe some comfortable quarters in there. I also like Y-Wings
Thanks a lot!
Am currently in the market for a planet hopper with weapons enough to deal with random riff-raff without breaking my credit account.
I'll just pop down to the nearest store and get one. Thanks for the tips.
It seems agreeable that the X wing strikes the best balance of features.
It's great as a general fighter.
Unfortunately the Tie defender probably beats it in raw speed and power and has it's own defenses to boot.
Let us not forget that particularly clever astromechs can quite competently handle laser turrets.
I like this video and the explanations about trade-offs connected to having certain features or not, but I can’t help but think of another feature:
Control difficulty: Apart from the X-Wing and A-Wing, with the former being praised for its ease of control and thus higher average performance, and the latter being way more complex and hard to learn, but allowing ace pilots to have a higher efficiency ceiling, this feature is more often talked about in series like Gundam, but in Star Wars it really goes to show how good the beginner-friendly and civiliancraft-shared controlled X-Wing was for a rebellion made up of mostly civilians like Luke and Biggs, especially with the gain in support the Rebels gained after the Battle of Yavin.
Perhaps another mistake, would be, over doing it, with food storage. Only basic needs, at maximum, last 1 to 3 weeks, with careful frugality.
However, if it's at all possible, I would like all options possible, under an overly armored hood ...with multiple shields -of multiple kinds, and if left drifting for days, while the droid -or droids, fix things..as many options for lifesuport as possible...including lost of food/drink stuffs.
I'd like to add way more, but, it's close to midnight, and way past this old farm's bedtime.
Another fun show as always. Goodnight.
Usually depending which side you are in fight decide what you can get.
I have always liked heavy fighters. Yes they are slower and less maneuverable but they can hit with one powerful punch and or carry many lighter weapons and fling a lot of lead and something should hit the target. They also can carry more armor and or shields. I would have two astroid droids. It's always nice to have a second as a backup if the first it taken out.
Glad to hear you're feeling better. But what about reliability versus adaptability?
Hmm maybe a C-70 corvette with a extended cargo bay to fit a tank inside... Yes I think I can make this work
Every time he says my name is Alan I get the urge to shout "Hi Alan!" And I dont know why.
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"Hi everybody!"
"Hi Dr. Nick!"
Simpsons..
You dont
Rebels were all about ambush, this is why hyperdrive on small fighters made sense. They could engage straight away.
You missed the two most important factors: Cost and Droid Control. When fast and maneuverable droid fighters are each as deadly as a manned fighter, and cost one tenth as much, with no loss of life when taken down, then there is no reason to have a manned fighter out there getting shot at. Just launch overwhelming numbers of disposable drones, and let them do the job of manned fighters instead.
I agree. The few pilots that prove superior to even an equal number of droid fighters are served far better when they intersperse into the swarm and wreak all kinds of havoc, as opposed to when they are the last ones standing.
Also, droid bombers are absolutely brutal and utterly indifferent to losses.
Droids can also survive maneuvers that would turn your average human to jelly or at least make them black out. They also do not need housing, food, or training.
I agree with all of the facts above, but they will use common tactics that may put them in danger.
Considering the most valuable resource in the Rebel Alliance is experienced fighters/pilots a drone controlled fighter seems like a no-brainer. Unlike the Empire, pilots don't grow on trees (or in vats) for the Alliance so protecting them and using their experience makes perfect sense. You could probably fit a hell of a lot more pilot-free fighters in a hanger than you normally can so you have backups (with valuable experience). There is also the bonus of less support crew in dangerous situations meaning you can free them up to be used elsewhere.
It's not like they're going to get fired and hang around on Coruscant (or some other non-destroyed world) waving a sign saying how they were replaced by a drone... :p
I never knew why they didnt just do RC Fighters.
Basically droids, but with human brain.
Rear gunner is pretty helpful as it discourages fighters from getting behind you, like he said. You don’t wanna be constantly pulling G’s, that’s not very healthy and just makes you less effective in combat.
You also need a good view of your surroundings, unless you have a gunner, in which case they will see whatever you can’t.
Really glad to see you better.
All that power saved on the TIE, all the extra power from the solar panels in its wings, and ... seriously, only 2 light laser cannons? You could probably fit even a medium laser cannon in addition to that. In fact, the Spec-ops TIE from the force awakens shows you can fit shielding and a tail gunner in, with minimal design changes.
Heck, the Imperials are fighting pirates, rebels, and smugglers not large fleets in pitched battles, and have the edge in training. They're the ones who really need hyperspace capable fighters to extend their reach and shorten their response times. They're the ones who need to protect their vastly superior pilots ... dodge all you want, shrapnel, explosions, micro-meteors will eventually damage or even destroy your craft.
Just look at what this design philosophy is capable of producing when you don't slap a POS power plant in: the Tie Defender. Considering how much training goes into an Imperial Pilot, there is no excuse for downgrading the power plant to the point you don't have shields. If you're going to do that, shove conscripts into those TIEs and stop throwing credits away by training superb pilots.
I agree, the Empire should have used the incom fighters for their ace pilots, and the TIEs for the washouts.
@@crazy_ghost235 If my studies have taught me anything, it's to not underestimate the sway of dogmatic old fuddy-duddies weighed down in their armchairs by medals over a military industrial complex.
To put it colorfully, how dare the lowly pilots question the genius of the admiralty by doubting fundamental fighter doctrine. Ungrateful, uncouth rebels- and pirates-to-be, the lot of them. ;)
I believe that the maneuverability of the tie fighter and nothing else is used on direct one on one dogfights we're the tie fighter already knows where the enemy is and remain on the enemy's tail, slowly destroying the shields
@@gabrielho1874 Fighting one fighter, who can't shake you, maybe. Fighting multiple enemies (e.g. Wedge vs. Luke's tail in a New Hope), missiles, a tail gunner, within a debris or asteroid field, or a skilled pilot ... no, thank you.
There's also aging to consider. Sure, the Zero could out-maneuver any fighter at the start of the, but by the end? TIEs are decades old by the Original Trilogy, and the Empire knew they were going to stay around.
Once you lose the edge ... well, I'd prefer my old fighters to be somewhat useful. The X-Wing was not too much of a problem, but once the A-Wings and B-Wings came out, they were completely outclassed.
For Pete's sake, a Y-wing or Z-95 Headhunter has a reasonable chance against a TIE, and they're clone-wars era!
So rebel starfighter are for long-range flight like the tie defender while the tie fighter meant for a local defence
Did you mean to say "snowfighters" when talking about '#10 Rear Gunner'? You showed a y-wing, and mentioned how a good rear gunner is needed. The problem was later corrected with the 'BTL-A4 Y-wing Assault Starfighter/Bomber'. It is a single seater, so the astromech controls the rear turret. In theory, it should be more accurate that way.
I feel like a bubble cockpit with a good view should be on here.
Personally my Starfighter of choice is the Y-wing because it's tough, heavily armored/shielded, reliable, large munitions complement/variety, has a ion Cannon turret, hyperdrive equipped, has an astromech socket, 2 powerful Lazer cannons and is actually quite fast
Now the question you need to answer:
Armored and harder to maintain, or unarmored and easier to maintain?
I would go for a missile because it was one of the reasons to he separatists were so amazing. Also go for a slightly more expensive astromaech as a rear gunner
Considering all footage of fighters in the SW universe seem to fly in to a battle situation in formation and on one level of degree (compared to the 1000's of degrees you could attack from in space) making it easier for the enemy to focus on one area, I would say "Lane Keeping assistance" would be a must....
My ideal ship would be sensors to cover my horrible vision on my sides. Plenty of shields so I can take a beating. An astromech to help with everything. And plenty of weapons. I’d personally like guns that can go off bore. So my personal choice would be a y wing with a droid to control the second turrets.
at the cost of weighting my ship down a lot, I'd want a life support system in the cockpit and a wearable life support system just in case for redundancy even if the added weight is enormous and the flight suit is clunky and hard to comfortably use
Add a ballistic minigun that will move when the pilot moves his head and you'd have a huge advantage against unshielded ships.
Settle for a compromise?
Z-95 headhunter every time (cheap, reliable built by incom corp, im not talking about the clone variant tho)
Thanks for pushing through the Beer Bug. You’re one of my favorite teachers!
Thanks man you really helped me choose my starfighter.
Ps: I picked the z-95 headhunter
I do find it interesting that on most of the other criteria, you acknowledge a trade-off, but for astromechs you seem to be pretty much saying "you must have this!"
I think there's a tradeoff there as well - astromechs involve additional weight that a simple navcomputer doesn't (in fact, I suspect that the reason why starfighter navcomputers are usually simple is that if you have the space and weight to install an astromech-quality navcomputer, you might as well install an astromech... or at least the head of one). For heavier and more durable fighters, such as the X-Wing and up, it probably is worthwhile - the weight is a relatively small fraction of that of the overall craft, and the ship is durable enough that you can take a bit of damage that the astromech might help with damage control for. For something like an A-Wing or most TIEs, though, you might just not be able to afford the additional space and volume, and the benefit of repairs is probably minimised by the fact that the lighter ships usually only take a couple of solid hits to destroy them, so the likelihood of them being in a state where they need repair without having gone beyond the point where they CAN be repaired is probably pretty small.
What would your Starfighter design be?
I’m more inclined to having four B-Wings fused together to one cockpit (imagine an X-Wing with S-Foils on their S-Foils). Maybe I should us the TIE Bomber, or similar models’, cockpit in order to make it work properly 🤔…
Actually, what would be your three ship designs: a Capital ship (smallest being a Corvette), a Shuttle (just in case you can’t land your capital ship), and a Starfighter (various other reasons)? You’re only allowed ONE design of each & you need to fit ‘em all together…
I would like to say that I like the thumbnail. It looks like something an Ork from warhammer 40k might come up with.
Y wing with astromech, hyperdrive and rear gunner or automated turret controlled by astromech or another droid, no life support in favor for shields. Thanks to the clone wars show we know Astromechs can control droid fighters, so I’ll attach two droid tri fighters on each side of my ship to deploy when in combat. The Y wing is fairly maneuverable and can take a hit. This rig is energy intensive, but the levels of defense makes up for it.
Glad to see you're feeling better!
Moral of the story
Get an X Wing
my dream ship would be a modified tie defender
Weaponry: a 180 MGLT with tractor beam projector, 4 L-s9.3 laser cannon, 2 M-g-2 general-purpose warhead launchers, and 2 Borstel NK-3 medium ion cannons,
Cloaking device: Mk. III Stygium Cloaking Device
Engines: SFS P-sz9.7 twin ion engines
Power plant: SFS I-s4d solar ionization reactor
shields: Forward/Rear projecting Novaldex deflector shield generators
Hull: Titanium hull with Quadanium steel solar panels
hyperdrive system: SFS ND9 hyperdrive motivator
life support: equipped
I know it's non canon, but i would grab an XX83 Twintail (Super buffed up X wing)
My choice? No hyperdrive or class 10 at best, to reduce size, shields, solar panels, astromech with control over a rear light laser cannon, a forward facing ion cannon and dual laser cannons and another light turbolaser juiced with kyber if I could get my hands on it, no torpedo's, also a flight suit instead of a control environment. I'd plan on being attached to a larger ship that does have hyperspace capability so I'd forego what I don't need. My ship would possibly be a bit slower but hopefully not too bad with hyperdrive and environment canned. I'd imagine mine like a tie phantom with 5 instead of 3 solar panels and a gun on the back. The only problem is if I got a light turbolaser juiced with kyber I'd have to really change up the design so I could have that weapon on point more often. It'd probably have to be on the back with the rear light laser cannon.
My favorite is the snow speeder. It looks like it would excell in atmosphere and space. Having a rear with a second set of eyes on your 6. Upgrade the engines and armor and fit the rear with a heavy gun replacing the harpoon and you got a winner in my book.
I’m eager to see your studio set up once it is done.
Well, I only have one feature I would want to have in my first starfighter: It to not be a starfighter! Seriously, I'd rather take a second or third hand light freighter (at least those have living-space on board!) than a starfighter that is space dust with one good laser-cannon hit!
There is one other MAJOR issue with hyper-drive equipped fighters. How long, do you want to sit in that cockpit. Take the a-wing, its tiny cockpit.. and think about how long it takes to travel. a short jump might takes 24 hours with a x1 hyperdrive. can you imagine spending 24 hours in an a-wing cockpit on a jump to attack something... THEN 24 hours on the way back?
having a backup hyperdrive helps if your main one doesn't work or someone gets smart and figures out how to sabotage it
Glad to see you're feeling better. :) I think I'll just have a heavily modified freighter like the Falcon. ^_^
Good to see you recovering!!
After taking all factors into account.
I choose the K-Wing.
Just to play devil's advocate on #7, secondary weapons...
If you're in a fighter with no anti-capital-ship weapons, then your fighter can specialize in its anti-fighter role. It also means your one- or two-man strike ship is _not_ expected to pick fights with mile-long battleships bristling with cannons, point-defense systems, and spotters calling out your position to any interested bad guys who happen to be nearby.
If you're a fighter pilot, be a fighter pilot: let the lumbering big-gun heavy hitters duke it out with each other. They hide behind warship shields and heavy armor plating anyway. Hunting them is about as interesting as space whaling. There are more fun targets out there to chase that actually give you a better challenge.
if it has a shield it flys in atmosphere
Not the point.
Hyperdrive equipped starfightets don't make sense for factions that can field carrier groups. It made sense for the Rebels becauae they often couldn't do that. Hyperdrive equipped starfighters made logistical sense for their stateless strategy and their hit-and-run tactics.
Oh they do make sense for all other factions: The minute or two that it takes to launch your whole compliment of fighters is the minute or two that the enemy has to deal damage (and/or shoot your fighters down while launching) without opposition!
It's important to remember price and availability in your local market. A cheaper starfighter leaves more credits for the best feature, a wingman.
And maybe a hired smuggler to carry you and your wingman.
Or at least some upgrades.
i'd have a percussion weapon system on my fighter, with chemical energy rockets, after all, they are protected against the pew pew
You look a lot better! Great to see that you are ok!
AMAZING VIDEO LIKE ALWAYS
Thanks for keeping the vids going
Looking much better today.
Hope you are feeling better, Alan.
Hope you are feeling better Alan.
4th year of Clone Wars history when you’re up for it?
If I recall(and correct me if I'm wrong), The Clone Wars only lasted 3 years. Attack of the Clones-first half of season 3 of The Clone Wars is year 1, then second half of season 3(when the Jedi robes changed)-season 6 are year 2, and Season 7(originally going tk be the second half of 6)-Episode 3 is year 3 and the end of the Clone Wars.
@NoFacedGoldfish I think it’s four different years, 22-19BBY
There is only three years 21 bby 20bby and 19bby
If I recall the battle of Gienosis takes place in the beginning months of 22BBY marking the beginning of the Clone War, with the clone war ending in very late 19BBY so a few months shy of 5 years but an actual total of 4 years
Great list Alan
Glad to see Force Heal has worked on you...what am I saying, that only works for Rey and Ren.
So. Any recommendations for star ships? Im really curious on peeps replies. It also gives me an idea of a good starship to draw.
BTW TIE Fighter stands for Twin Engine Ion Fighter
Glad you look and sound healthier now!
Good stuff man.
Anyone ever thought of having a robotic tail gunner?
To be honest, there are many jobs in Star Wars they logically should outsource to droids.
Instead they even use several immensly expensive clones man a single turbolaser on a Venator.
verdict- save more money and invest in something like tie defender or those luxury ships Kylo Ren was using- extremely fast, heavy armed, shielded and with hyperdrive.
There's a youtuber called ec Henry he designed a tie fighter variant that whilst significantly better than a tie fighter it's appears to be quite cost effective. while I love the tie defender it is ludicrously expensive.
B-wings have escape pods.
After seeing this Video i am now even more convinced that the y-wing is the best Starfighter in the entire universe. It's small, it's fast, i has a shit load of weapons, hyperdrive, astromech, gun turret and can carry big explosives as Seen in the zillo beast Episode. It's just perfect
Can you make a video about blockades? Like good ships to blockade planets and run said blockade?
a little quible but the N1 had a hyperdrive. Thus how they go to courasant
Love this channel
Not just plot armor. Any one wanting to fly a starfighter should have incredibly fast and precise, arguably perfect, reflexes, awareness, and other piloting skills. Also your aim, judgement, and instincts (the first is self exploratory, but for the second and third I mean when to engage, when to pull off, etc) has to be extremely good or even perfect. Very few, if any, humans have all of these. And that's before looking at aliens with better ones and or using the Force. I'd say less than 10%, less than 5% more likely, of the populace has these IMO absolutely necessary talents, skills, and knowledge, as well as experience in them, to be a starfighter pilot. For everyone else, and quite possibly even for these "perfect candidates", it is a death sentence.
When are u gonna finish the clone wars history series u never did the 4th year
The Clone Wars only lasted 3 years.
@@danmenard6917 no it lasted from 22 BBY to 19 BBY which is 4 years.
@@theeliteofficer625 The war ended when the new year began, it was 3 years.
@@danmenard6917 I looked and saw I was wrong. I still want them to finish the series