I think the FarStar CR-90 based carrier would be a great huge ship. Either as a new ship, or a carrier bay that attaches to the CR-90. The attachable bay could be 3D printed. We call this a CR-100 but I am not sure if that is even EU cannon.
It would allow rules for carrier bays and docking tubes.
The Far Star was a heavily modified CR70 corvette, so it wouldn't work as a mod to the CR90.
The Far Star was a heavily modified CR70 corvette, so it wouldn't work as a mod to the CR90.
Hm, according to Wookieepedia , she was a CR90. Does the DarkStryder Campaign say differently?
DarkStryder campaign says CR-100. Seem practical to modify a CR-90 that we have available.
The Far Star was a heavily modified CR70 corvette, so it wouldn't work as a mod to the CR90.
Hm, according to Wookieepedia , she was a CR90. Does the DarkStryder Campaign say differently?
Here's the thing: in the old West End Games roleplaying game system, they created an orthographic of the Corellian Corvette which was much stumpier than the actual filming miniature:
And unfortunately, due to Lucasfilm's canon policy at the time, this one stuck and permeated the entire EU, to the point that every instance of the CR90 was illustrated using this dumpy design. Finally, when the Star Wars Blueprints: Rebel Edition was released, they settled the problem: the stumpier ship was the common CR70 corvette, and its longer cousin was the CR90.
Here's a comparison between the CR70 and CR90:
The Far Star's deckplan clearly shows that, if it were in today's canon, it would be classified as a modified CR70, not CR90:
Potato potato... my current plan is after Gen Con build a plastic card hanger bay attachment that will attach to my C90 by magnets making it a Farstar. I may go so far as magnatizing the Single Turbo Lasers turrents so I can swap them out for Quads as well.
West End's screwups do not concern me.
Edited by RamblerThat thing looks like it could certainly hold a decent number of X-Wings, but how on earth would it hold the amount of ships listed in the Complement sidebar?
Good idea for an Epic 'aces' box, though!
Here is a link to the FarStar description from our FF SW RPG play by post campaign. It is converting material from the old DarkStryder Campaign.
http://dailydoserpg.com/rpg/farstar.htm
I think this would be popular on Shapeways if someone talented like Gosric could 3D model the snap on carrier bay.