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I had a few Ideas, and wanted to share them and see what other peoples Ideas were on the subject of fighters. This is a little like the Star destroyer one, only, with fighters.

Well, don't leave us in suspense, what be your ideas?

Well, its kind of a gun platform. It looks like a B- wing. No, wait, it doesn't. It looks like
IoI
I I
I I
IxI
The O is a tie cockpit. The X is a swivilig turbo laser. No sheilds. The engine is located between the cokpit and Turbo laser.

Interesting idea, but you don't have any pictures?
- Ra

Not yet, but I might be able to make one on paint.

How do you put pictures on here? (yes Im a newb, so you can all point and giggle )

use the [img] tags. You usually have to do the code as something like: An example. If you're trying to upload an image off your machine, you need an image host, such as photobucket. Then you can post the image.
- Ra

Huh. Sounds like one of the Uglies from Ambush at Corellia.

I was always thinking that they should make K-wings, im thinking something along the lines of the following

X-----O-----X (Head on angle wings deployed)
/ \

The O is the cockpit the Xs are main laser batteries, on the bottoms wings there are pylon mountings for the heavy ordinance. It would be a heavy deep space gunship with a crew of four, and groups could tackle small capital ships. Pretty much a bigger B-wing.

^_^ sorry, that looks messed up, but those back slashes are supposed to be in the middle of each wing section.

Panzer Grenadier wrote:^_^ sorry, that looks messed up, but those back slashes are supposed to be in the middle of each wing section.

They already have K-wings. They're bombers used in the horrible Koornacht Cluster Crisis.. Those books are not worth mentioning again.

Bog standard TIEs do the job just fine. There's already a TIE variant for every concievable need. The Rebels might need something between the X-wing and the B-wing, to replace the Y-wing--a good, fast fighter/bomber of some kind, maybe.

Why is everyone's idea of 'design a fighter' always 'mount the largest gun we can on a fighter'? Whats the point of mounting a TL on a fighter, when it's powerplant can't run it, so you'll either have appalling RoF or a weak gun, when you could just use - oh, I don't know - normal fighter guns. Nothing will EVER make a figther effective against caps, and standard TIE weapons are useful even against illegally modified Falcon-ships, so who cares?

Superior speed and agility are the best goals for fighters, rather than firepower. However, I like the TIE/d idea as well. Get rid of the organic pilot, and create a drone fighter.

Regardless, the TIE series already features insane agility and speed, so there may not be all that much to improve upon in those areas. Hmm.
- Ra

Say, what about eliminating the big wing thingys and turning it into a ram jet with laser cannons? it would have to be made longer, but shaped like a big torpedo!

Thank you Ra, I can now put in pictures. Here is a picture of my new, torpedo tie.

Dang! Heres the picture<img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/B ... newtie.bmp" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

Why wont it work??
this just might work....
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/B ... newtie.bmp



<img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y267/B ... newtie.bmp" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">

Hmm... I can't make it work either. The code is just fine... but nothing happens.

Anyway, about the wings, contrary to popular belief, the wings are radiator panels, not solar arrays. Eliminating them would make the ship overheat rapidly. That aside, it's a neat design!
- Ra

Ra wrote:

Hmm... I can't make it work either. The code is just fine... but nothing happens.

Maybe it's because it's a .bmp, and .bmps are evil.

Okay, put the heat radiators down the sides, or maybe even make a square around the Tiepedo.

Didn't they basically have one of these same concepts in X-wing Alliance?

I don't remember, they have from what i can recal
1. hyper drive tie
2. one cockpit bomber thingy
3. cokpit-wing-turbolaser
4.missle capable tie interceptor.

I would check but the computer i have the game on is on the fritz.

Nevermind, I was thinking of this:

http://www.theforce.net/swtc/Pix/cg/alliance/TIE4.gif

Bent-wing suicide fighter (perhaps a light a ramship?) with a single long hull pod similar to the cockpit pod of a TIE Bomber.

yeah, thats 2.