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Posted: 2003-03-08 02:59am
by Robert Treder
Good point.

Posted: 2003-03-08 09:38am
by vakundok
So, the guns of the Slave1 can be set to a lower power settings. The guns of Anakin's fighter also did not produced large explosions. So I higly doubt that this feature was left out from the guns of the X-wings. (Besides, if those guns are so powerfull, why the AT-ATs do not carry them? It would be far more effective than shooting the troopers one by one.)
EDIT:
However a possible answer:
-The weapons of an X-wing are too powerfull and canot be switched to lower power settings.


Icing can be a problem for a speeder that uses aerodynamic control surfaces, not for a starfighter without those.

Posted: 2003-03-08 10:10am
by Illuminatus Primus
vakundok wrote:So, the guns of the Slave1 can be set to a lower power settings. The guns of Anakin's fighter also did not produced large explosions. So I higly doubt that this feature was left out from the guns of the X-wings. (Besides, if those guns are so powerfull, why the AT-ATs do not carry them? It would be far more effective than shooting the troopers one by one.)
EDIT:
However a possible answer:
-The weapons of an X-wing are too powerfull and canot be switched to lower power settings.


Icing can be a problem for a speeder that uses aerodynamic control surfaces, not for a starfighter without those.
What Anakin's fighter?

Posted: 2003-03-08 11:38am
by Vympel
Illuminatus Primus wrote:

What Anakin's fighter?
I think he means the Naboo N-1 he assclowned around in TPM.

Posted: 2003-03-08 11:48am
by Illuminatus Primus
Vympel wrote:
Illuminatus Primus wrote:

What Anakin's fighter?
I think he means the Naboo N-1 he assclowned around in TPM.
LOL.

The N-1s are pretty parade fighters and police craft.

Their proton torpedoes had virtually no power and their guns were blaster cannons at best.

I'd love to see TIEs rip them apart.

Posted: 2003-03-09 12:33am
by Galaxy
Yeah i'm sure they would send worthless parade fighters to attack a huge battleship bulging with droid fighters.
Y'know they describe the trade federation as battle-hardened.

Posted: 2003-03-09 12:35am
by Ghost Rider
Galaxy wrote:Yeah i'm sure they would send worthless parade fighters to attack a huge battleship bulging with droid fighters.
Y'know they describe the trade federation as battle-hardened.
Gee...another person who has their head stuck their ass so all they did is think they saw the movie.

Continue.....

Posted: 2003-03-09 12:55am
by Galaxy
Ok that made no sense retard.

Posted: 2003-03-09 01:02am
by neoolong
Galaxy wrote:Yeah i'm sure they would send worthless parade fighters to attack a huge battleship bulging with droid fighters.
Y'know they describe the trade federation as battle-hardened.
Do you think they had anything better? Naboo is a peaceful planet and the fighters aren't used for heavy use in a war.

Posted: 2003-03-09 01:12am
by Galaxy
No i don't think they had anything better, which is why i think they were true fighters.

Posted: 2003-03-09 01:15am
by neoolong
Galaxy wrote:No i don't think they had anything better, which is why i think they were true fighters.
Yes they were true fighters, they still were pretty crappy.

Posted: 2003-03-10 06:25am
by vakundok
Vympel wrote:
Illuminatus Primus wrote:

What Anakin's fighter?
I think he means the Naboo N-1 he assclowned around in TPM.
Yes I ment the N-1. Side note: I do not think they were so crappy since ten years later they escorted Amidala when se was really in danger. Besides they were quite effective against the droid fighters and I do not think the Trade Federation would buy scrappy fighters. Side question: How did those (NABOOIAN) fighters get to Coruscant?
However the real question is whether the guns of the X-wings really canot be switched to lower power setting.

Posted: 2003-03-10 07:04am
by Patrick Ogaard
vakundok wrote:
Vympel wrote:
Illuminatus Primus wrote:

What Anakin's fighter?
I think he means the Naboo N-1 he assclowned around in TPM.
Yes I ment the N-1. Side note: I do not think they were so crappy since ten years later they escorted Amidala when se was really in danger. Besides they were quite effective against the droid fighters and I do not think the Trade Federation would buy scrappy fighters. Side question: How did those (NABOOIAN) fighters get to Coruscant?
However the real question is whether the guns of the X-wings really canot be switched to lower power setting.
The new Queen's yacht, the one that blew up, included four recharge sockets in the leading edges of its wings. The tail booms of the fighters fit into those ports, allowing the fighters to recharge their power systems off those of the yacht. That way, the yacht could make the hyperspace jump to Coruscant while carrying a flight of four fighters. Without such support, the fighters would have been limited to jumps of no more than 1,000 light years and would have had to travel in steps accompanied by a tanker. (AOTC ICS)

The guns of X-Wings, at least in the EU, can be set to something I believe is called stutter fire (not having read the books in question myself). In effect, for short range fire, especially against ground targets, the X-Wing can fire a rapid sequence of relatively low-powered bolts instead of one large one. The shots are supposed to be quite enough to blast masses of fully armored Yuuzhan Vong troops to carbonized confetti. The thing is that the firepower of individual bolts seems more on a par with that of Rebel snowspeeder weaponry, so that it should be largely ineffective against heavily armored targets. Someone more familiar with the relevant EU stuff might have more useful information.

Posted: 2003-03-10 08:19am
by vakundok
Patrick Ogaard wrote:The new Queen's yacht, the one that blew up, included four recharge sockets in the leading edges of its wings. The tail booms of the fighters fit into those ports, allowing the fighters to recharge their power systems off those of the yacht. That way, the yacht could make the hyperspace jump to Coruscant while carrying a flight of four fighters. Without such support, the fighters would have been limited to jumps of no more than 1,000 light years and would have had to travel in steps accompanied by a tanker. (AOTC ICS)
Thanks.

Posted: 2003-03-10 10:55am
by Darth Servo
Galaxy wrote:No i don't think they had anything better, which is why i think they were true fighters.
You are a complete imbecile if you think the Naboo air-show ships are reliable representations of what SW fighters are capable of.