XG-1 "Star Wing" Assault Gunboat Thread

By FTS Gecko, in X-Wing

Where was it actually called the Starwing? I only knew it as the Alpha class.I

didnt see him say it was fake, but he did as for critiques on the paint scheme. (that he of course had nothing to do with)

Edited by Rakaydos

I thought "starwings" was just Rebel pilots nickname for them.

Like how they call TIE Fighters "eyeballs" and TIE Interceptors "squints".

Edited by DarthEnderX

Cult? Cult? I am not trying to summon a demon. I am trying to fill a hole in the Imperial design space with its most obvious and elegant contestant. It matches theme with the shuttle so it looks imperial, it has high durability with shields and moderate maneuverability and high firepower. This is a gap filled by the Y/B wings for Rebel and the Mist Hunter for Scum.

Where was it actually called the Starwing? I only knew it as the Alpha class.I

didnt see him say it was fake, but he did as for critiques on the paint scheme. (that he of course had nothing to do with)

Stele Chronicles listed the nickname as 'Starwing'.

Where was it actually called the Starwing? I only knew it as the Alpha class.I

didnt see him say it was fake, but he did as for critiques on the paint scheme. (that he of course had nothing to do with)

Stele Chronicles listed the nickname as 'Starwing'.

Yeah, the games themselves don't refer to them as "Star Wings" - fortunately, given the potential for copyright infringement.

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Too much H

No such thing. Oh, wait, that's supposed to be a TIE fighter? My mistake. Carry on.

Put a half dozen TIE Fighters, TIE/SOs, TIE/FOs, and Sabine's Masterpiece (just for kicks), and take the bag up to any visiting devs at a major con and dare them to tell the number of each by touch alone. They might get the point.

Edited by flyboymb

Well apologies if anyone has mentioned this on another thread but, rodent mastermind had this on his FB wall.

I really hope its genuine and not someone pulling our leg.

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Looks like a Lambada Lambda class chuttle with a40k cyclone missiel launcher strapped to the sides. But it looks nice!

Better than some other models I've seen so far. I hope it's legit.

I am not trying to summon a demon. I am trying to fill a hole in the Imperial design space with its most obvious and elegant contestant.

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I am not trying to summon a demon. I am trying to fill a hole in the Imperial design space with its most obvious and elegant contestant.

The TIE Aggressor in the small ship w/ turret role?

I'm tellin ya man that's just not gonna happen. Nobody ever liked that thing.

Wait we wern't summoning a demon? What am I going to do with the many bothans I had rounded up...

Well apologies if anyone has mentioned this on another thread but, rodent mastermind had this on his FB wall.

I really hope its genuine and not someone pulling our leg.

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Looks like a Lambada Lambda class chuttle with a40k cyclone missiel launcher strapped to the sides. But it looks nice!

Better than some other models I've seen so far. I hope it's legit.

It would be nice if it were true but I wouldn't hold my breath. Besides I think the image from above is just this:

http://imgur.com/gallery/pG0DU

Wait we wern't summoning a demon? What am I going to do with the many bothans I had rounded up...

The same thing you do with all bothans.

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Put a half dozen TIE Fighters, TIE/SOs, TIE/FOs, and Sabine's Masterpiece (just for kicks), and take the bag up to any visiting devs at a major con and dare them to tell the number of each by touch alone. They might get the point.

I could do that, well, except for the Rebel TIE, that's just just silly. But I'm not a dev, just a crazy TIE fan boy. And GUNBOAT CULTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE!!!

Ehhh. FO has antennas, SF has a little turret and cogs. They are not hard to tell apart by touch.

Call me terrible but I honestly prefer the Gunboat with three wings.

Call me terrible but I honestly prefer the Gunboat with three wings.

TERRIBLE! BLASPHEMY!

Actually... Yeah, it doesn't look bad... Wait, what's happening to me!

Five wings for me. Those extra wings aren't accessory.

They are supposed to be the extra shrapnel pieces for when enemies of the empire blow up a gunboat, it explodes like a grenade, killing its killer with her.

Or hasn't that happened to anyone in the old X-Wing games?

Five wings for me. Those extra wings aren't accessory.

They are supposed to be the extra shrapnel pieces for when enemies of the empire blow up a gunboat, it explodes like a grenade, killing its killer with her.

Or hasn't that happened to anyone in the old X-Wing games?

I vaguely recall this happening, hahahaha.

I'm tellin ya man that's just not gonna happen. Nobody ever liked that thing.

But I think it looks cool, and I really like a TIE with a Turret slot. So I'm pretty sure I'd love them in this game.

I'm tellin ya man that's just not gonna happen. Nobody ever liked that thing.

I didn't like it in SWG true, because turrets aren't fun to use in that game.But I think it looks cool, and I really like a TIE with a Turret slot. So I'm pretty sure I'd love them in this game.

Nobody had respect for jedi starfighter pilots and most of the hardcore players hate the post patch still. Doesn't change the fact that the Aggressor is different and still more original than the TFA ships. Plus it has a nice little cult following, like TIE Hunters.

I'm tellin ya man that's just not gonna happen. Nobody ever liked that thing.

I didn't like it in SWG true, because turrets aren't fun to use in that game.

But I think it looks cool, and I really like a TIE with a Turret slot. So I'm pretty sure I'd love them in this game.

Honestly yeah the turrets sucked to use. As for it looking cool... Eh. It's just a TIE Advanced with parts rather senselessly lopped off. I was never too sure where exactly that secondary gunner sat anyway. At least the TIE/SF solved that problem rather handily.

Even IF it was uh. About as original as the Aggressor.

I'm tellin ya man that's just not gonna happen. Nobody ever liked that thing.

I didn't like it in SWG true, because turrets aren't fun to use in that game.But I think it looks cool, and I really like a TIE with a Turret slot. So I'm pretty sure I'd love them in this game.

Nobody had respect for jedi starfighter pilots and most of the hardcore players hate the post patch still. Doesn't change the fact that the Aggressor is different and still more original than the TFA ships. Plus it has a nice little cult following, like TIE Hunters.

I remember the hate for the JSF. I could never get into the JTL metagame sadly, or even fly- because my internet had 5000 ping. It was heartbreaking because it was just as good as the X-Wing series, IMO.

Though let's be doubly real dude, TIE Hunters just should not exist, they are WAY too broken and TIE Defenders do everything they do, but more sensibly.

I'm tellin ya man that's just not gonna happen. Nobody ever liked that thing.

I didn't like it in SWG true, because turrets aren't fun to use in that game.

But I think it looks cool, and I really like a TIE with a Turret slot. So I'm pretty sure I'd love them in this game.

Honestly yeah the turrets sucked to use. As for it looking cool... Eh. It's just a TIE Advanced with parts rather senselessly lopped off. I was never too sure where exactly that secondary gunner sat anyway. At least the TIE/SF solved that problem rather handily.

Even IF it was uh. About as original as the Aggressor.

I'm tellin ya man that's just not gonna happen. Nobody ever liked that thing.

I didn't like it in SWG true, because turrets aren't fun to use in that game.But I think it looks cool, and I really like a TIE with a Turret slot. So I'm pretty sure I'd love them in this game.

Nobody had respect for jedi starfighter pilots and most of the hardcore players hate the post patch still. Doesn't change the fact that the Aggressor is different and still more original than the TFA ships. Plus it has a nice little cult following, like TIE Hunters.

I remember the hate for the JSF. I could never get into the JTL metagame sadly, or even fly- because my internet had 5000 ping. It was heartbreaking because it was just as good as the X-Wing series, IMO.

Though let's be doubly real dude, TIE Hunters just should not exist, they are WAY too broken and TIE Defenders do everything they do, but more sensibly.

The Rebellion made up for both with Ultramarines level plot armor. Your argument is invalid.

Ehhh. FO has antennas, SF has a little turret and cogs. They are not hard to tell apart by touch.

The /sf has antennae (and the turret and cogs and rear window). The /fo doesn't. The only major difference between the /fo and /ln is that the ion engines are in different places. You can tell the difference by sight, but it owuld be tough by touch...

Ehhh. FO has antennas, SF has a little turret and cogs. They are not hard to tell apart by touch.

The /sf has antennae (and the turret and cogs and rear window). The /fo doesn't. The only major difference between the /fo and /ln is that the ion engines are in different places. You can tell the difference by sight, but it owuld be tough by touch...

Hull placement of systems would make that easier.

I'm tellin ya man that's just not gonna happen. Nobody ever liked that thing.

I didn't like it in SWG true, because turrets aren't fun to use in that game.

But I think it looks cool, and I really like a TIE with a Turret slot. So I'm pretty sure I'd love them in this game.

Honestly yeah the turrets sucked to use. As for it looking cool... Eh. It's just a TIE Advanced with parts rather senselessly lopped off. I was never too sure where exactly that secondary gunner sat anyway. At least the TIE/SF solved that problem rather handily.

Even IF it was uh. About as original as the Aggressor.

I'm tellin ya man that's just not gonna happen. Nobody ever liked that thing.

I didn't like it in SWG true, because turrets aren't fun to use in that game.But I think it looks cool, and I really like a TIE with a Turret slot. So I'm pretty sure I'd love them in this game.

Nobody had respect for jedi starfighter pilots and most of the hardcore players hate the post patch still. Doesn't change the fact that the Aggressor is different and still more original than the TFA ships. Plus it has a nice little cult following, like TIE Hunters.

I remember the hate for the JSF. I could never get into the JTL metagame sadly, or even fly- because my internet had 5000 ping. It was heartbreaking because it was just as good as the X-Wing series, IMO.

Though let's be doubly real dude, TIE Hunters just should not exist, they are WAY too broken and TIE Defenders do everything they do, but more sensibly.

The Rebellion made up for both with Ultramarines level plot armor. Your argument is invalid.

That sentence, in context, makes absolutely zero sense.