If you haven't noticed already, Saxton updated with a detailed entry on the Rand Ecliptic, due to the recent Darklighter story arc in the Empire comic book.
Basically it looks like it's an Acclamator variant (or vice versa).
Also interesting are some Imperial uniform tidbits seen in the panels, particularly the appearance of medics (they're wearing the light grey overalls of Navy specialists like the crewmen in the bridge pits of the Executor, and at least one of them is wearing a large backpack and satchels...this may presumably be similar to the equipment worn by Army or Stormtrooper medics) and a cape on First Mate Biggs Darklighter.
Saxton Update
Moderator: Vympel
-
Robert Treder
- has strong kung-fu.
- Posts: 3891
- Joined: 2002-07-03 02:38am
- Location: San Jose, CA
Saxton Update
And you may ask yourself, 'Where does that highway go to?'
Brotherhood of the Monkey - First Monkey|Justice League - Daredevil|Late Knights of Conan O'Brien - Eisenhower Mug Knight (13 Conan Pts.)|SD.Net Chroniclers|HAB
Brotherhood of the Monkey - First Monkey|Justice League - Daredevil|Late Knights of Conan O'Brien - Eisenhower Mug Knight (13 Conan Pts.)|SD.Net Chroniclers|HAB
-
Robert Treder
- has strong kung-fu.
- Posts: 3891
- Joined: 2002-07-03 02:38am
- Location: San Jose, CA
Also, can anybody with more naval knowledge than myself tell me if it makes sense for Biggs to be first mate and a TIE pilot?
And you may ask yourself, 'Where does that highway go to?'
Brotherhood of the Monkey - First Monkey|Justice League - Daredevil|Late Knights of Conan O'Brien - Eisenhower Mug Knight (13 Conan Pts.)|SD.Net Chroniclers|HAB
Brotherhood of the Monkey - First Monkey|Justice League - Daredevil|Late Knights of Conan O'Brien - Eisenhower Mug Knight (13 Conan Pts.)|SD.Net Chroniclers|HAB
-
Rogue 9
- Scrapping TIEs since 1997
- Posts: 18683
- Joined: 2003-11-12 01:10pm
- Location: Classified
- Contact:
Normally no, but he was a damn good pilot. Maybe the captain was just weird or maybe the first mate had crew assignments as his responsibility and assigned himself to the fighter complement.Robert Treder wrote:Also, can anybody with more naval knowledge than myself tell me if it makes sense for Biggs to be first mate and a TIE pilot?
Well, technically the CO of a modern CVN is a pilot, though I doubt he routinely hops in an F-14 to go save the world. 
But "First Mate" sounds like something a cargo vessel would have, as oppossted to a dedicated warship (where XO seems more appropriate). Is the ship just transporting or an actual warship? I don't really remember.
But "First Mate" sounds like something a cargo vessel would have, as oppossted to a dedicated warship (where XO seems more appropriate). Is the ship just transporting or an actual warship? I don't really remember.
This is the price of war,
We rise with noble intentions,
And we risk all that is pure..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, Forever (Rome: Total War)
"On and on, through the years,
The war continues on..." - Angela & Jeff van Dyck, We Are All One (Medieval 2: Total War)
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight
-
Illuminatus Primus
- All Seeing Eye
- Posts: 15774
- Joined: 2002-10-12 02:52pm
- Location: Gainesville, Florida, USA
- Contact:
The original Biggs Darklighter story featured a frieghter, I believe--blame Randy Stradley for the most recent cont. flub.
"You know what the problem with Hollywood is. They make shit. Unbelievable. Unremarkable. Shit." - Gabriel Shear, Swordfish
"This statement, in its utterly clueless hubristic stupidity, cannot be improved upon. I merely quote it in admiration of its perfection." - Garibaldi in reply to an incredibly stupid post.
The Fifth Illuminatus Primus | Warsie | Skeptical Empiricist | Florida Gator | Sustainability Advocate | Libertarian Socialist |
"This statement, in its utterly clueless hubristic stupidity, cannot be improved upon. I merely quote it in admiration of its perfection." - Garibaldi in reply to an incredibly stupid post.
The Fifth Illuminatus Primus | Warsie | Skeptical Empiricist | Florida Gator | Sustainability Advocate | Libertarian Socialist |