Exact TIE Wing on an ISD?

Jim Raynor · Post by **Jim Raynor** » 2005-02-27 02:35am

It's common knowledge that the standard ISD TIE Wing is 6 squadrons (1 interceptor, 1 bomber, 4 fighter, with one fighter squadron phased out for interceptors by Endor). However, things are more complex according to the RPG sourcebooks and the Thrawn Trilogy.

A while ago, when the sourcebooks were online, I remembered reading that an ISD actually carries an interceptor squadron, a bomber squadron (or TIE/gt, for lower priority vessels), 3 fighter squadrons, and a recon squadron. It was also stated that some ships had a "training squadron" in place of one of the fighter squadrons. What kind of ship was used in a training squadron? Normal TIE/ln? Stripped down training versions of the TIE/ln? Or something else entirely?

The composition of a recon squadron wasn't made clear, but it's a safe to assume that it uses the TIE/rc. Going by the descriptions of "Recon Flight" in the Scimitar Assault Wing being composed of "equal numbers" of TIE/rc and TIE/ln, a recon Squadron should be composed of 6 TIE/rc and 6 TIE/ln escorts (1 squadron = 3 flights). Recon squadrons were also mentioned during the Katana Fleet battle at the end of Dark Force Rising.

One thing that confused me was the number of TIE/fc that an ISD carried. It's been a long time since I last saw the sourcebooks, so I don't remember the exact words. I believe it stated "2-4 TIE/fc in a fighter squadron." Does that mean there are 2 or 4 TIE/fc in only one of the fighter squadrons, or that each fighter squadron had TIE/fc? Can anyone with the sourcebooks help me out with this?

If my assumptions about the TIE/rc are correct, and with the presence of the TIE/fc, it would mean that the 3 or 4 "fighter squadrons" mentioned in most EU sources mean specialized TIE/ln derivatives as well as actual TIE/ln fighters.

The Original Nex · Post by **The Original Nex** » 2005-02-27 07:15pm

I believe the Recon squadron is made up of TIE Scouts as well as TIE/rc's.

vakundok · Post by **vakundok** » 2005-02-28 12:24am

As I know, the recon squad is mixed, containing 4 Tie/FCs and 8 Tie/RCs. I think, the Tie Lone Scouts are not included in the six squads figure.

Also, the fighters were to be (completely) replaced by Interceptors, so, the number of Interceptors varies ...
If the game is any indication, normal fighters were used for training. In the first novel of the Black Sword crisis, the imperials left 6 Inerceptors on a planet, and they used those fighters for training without any modifications.

Jim Raynor · Post by **Jim Raynor** » 2005-03-01 04:00pm

As I know, the recon squad is mixed, containing 4 Tie/FCs and 8 Tie/RCs.

Where did you get this from?

vakundok · Post by **vakundok** » 2005-03-02 12:33am

Long time ago, I downloaded RPG stats from www.starwarsclub.org. It was within the ISD stats. I do not know whether they used official resources or not. (Actually, it was the first time I saw an assault shuttle listed in the fighter compliment.)