A question concerning the Acclamator and the Aethersprite

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Why does an Acclamator's rear end look EXACTLY like a Delta7 Aethersprite's rear end? Maybe KDY loves that design... Lata and Happy Fragging!

[Mr Bean]

Because thats how engines work best in that configuration?

Say why does every single ship on this planet look the same if view from behind and underwater? The only diffrence is number of screws and Keel depth

Its a simple engineering thing Einhander, When one findes an efficent and effective configuration, you don't just fuck it over for fun now do you?

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Ya you right! Besides, who wants to see Star Wars ships that look like they coulda came from Trek anyway? Speakin of Trek, that new Rommy ship in Nemesis looks GRAVY!!!!! I'd take the ship design and rebuild it with Star Wars tech like quad-steel/titanium/neutronium hull and structural members, turbolasers (and a few weapons I came up with), hypermatter reactor, and replace those warp nacelles with weapons stations consisting of mostly LTLs and AA lasers, and stick some fixed HTLs in the nose with MTL turrets midway out on the wings, and maybe try to figure out the logistics of a gatling-gun configuration for the LTLs and lasers... put the resulting weapons on turrets too! Anything that's not crew space, weapons, armor, drives, and reactors will be shield generators. I would probly scale the thing to be about 200-400meters long and outfitted with the best reactors money can buy. Speaking of, each system will have its own generators and a shipwide power distro net for full redundancy. As for firepower I'm not looking for BDZ level unless or until we get to about ten ships... Still enough to seriously fuck up anything its size and expect to at least walk away mostly in one piece... Lata and Happy Fragging!

[Sardaukar]

Probably also designed by the same person(s) at KDY/Rothana.

[Master of Ossus]

Probably also designed by the same person(s) at KDY/Rothana.

That likely does not have much to do with it. It appears to be a physical limitation, or an idealized placement of engines and radiators, or something like that.

[Sardaukar]

Probably also designed by the same person(s) at KDY/Rothana.

That likely does not have much to do with it. It appears to be a physical limitation, or an idealized placement of engines and radiators, or something like that.

But then wouldn't more ships have a similar arrangement?

[Patrick Ogaard]

The Aethersprite's lines might well be attributed in part to simple design preferences intended to preserve a unified look for a manufacturer's products, but also in good part to a significant role as an atmospheric fighter. Unlike the TIE series, Aethersprites were obviously designed to have high performance in atmospheres, with a top speed of 12,000 km/h in a standard atmosphere.

As for the standard wedge design of Acclamators, ISDs, VSDs (official rather than canon), and command ships like the Executor, there are several possible justifications for that look.

One is, again, unity of design that allows consumers to immediately identify a Kuat Drive Yards design.

Another is atmospheric performance, which is a factor for Acclamators and VSDs. A VSD, for instance, has repulsors strong enough to hover in place several hundred meters above the ground (Han Solo's Revenge). ISDs and command ships are unlikely to be able to perform that way in an atmosphere, but the ability to do a high atmosphere flyby would be useful.

The third reason would affect the ship's tactical performance: a dagger shape allows the ship to concentrate the majority of its firepower directly forward, and also allows the ship to aggressively penetrate enemy lines. The heavy port and starboard batteries allow ships like the Acclamator and especially the ISD to press the attack, engaging targets ahead and to their flanks with massive salvoes. The dagger shape also allows the batteries to the rear of the vessel to fire forward without undue interference from the forward batteries. The major exception to that would be the ISD's heavy turrets, which are almost purely for lateral firepower, further emphasizing the ISD's role as a spearhead unit to break enemy lines even in the face of superior numbers.

The fourth reason would be: it looks cool.

[Spartan]

The RL reason can be seen in the Episode 2: Art of Star Wars.
The Delta 7 was originally supposed to be the Acculamator, but GL liked the design so he decided to give it more screen time so he made it a fighter instead.