“ Age of Rebellion is, necessarily, military-oriented and the ships included in the Core Rulebook reflect that. With them, you’ll be able to fly space superiority missions in brand new X-wings, lead a squadron of B-wings against a squadron of capital ships and turn them into hot scrap, blast swarms of TIE fighters into clouds of dust with stolen Lancer -class frigates, and generally have a great time at the controls of a spaceshi p."

http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4899

We all know how much FFG likes to share between its various projects. If they've picked the Lancer as one of the things they're retrieving from the old EU for AoR, my money's on them using it for X-wing too.

Here's hoping they give it a makeover like they did the Z-95 though.

Another question though, which is what is flanking that ISD?

I also found lurking in another AoR article the following rather scary snippet:

"Also included are all-new adversary and vehicle profiles, including the T-47 sandspeeder, TIE Hunter, Viper probe droid, devlikk, and doran’enok. "

Oh god. Not the TIE hunter. Anything but that.

Mind me asking what's the problem with the TIE-Hunter?

(nope, not trolling, but I'm not so familiar with the SW universe to know everything about the ships, yet, being a total X-wing addicted, I'm interested in every detail)

The Lancer would of course work in terms of size but I personally think its quite ugly.

The Lancer Frigate's size, role and profile all fit the X-Wing Miniatures Game quite well, but...

....just sayin'.

Crusader Class Corvette would make a better fit for the imperials.

Doesn't show up in any of the movies, but as far as the EU is concerned, the Empire fielded at least 2 during the Rebellion, and the Imperial Remnant had hundreds of them. Looks like an evil CR90 the way the Decimator looks like an evil Millennium Falcon. Also like the Decimator, it isn't iconic but has a neat design with Imperial style. But any more huge ships really depend on how well the current ones sell. I didn't buy any because I only buy Imperial stuff while my bro buys the Rebel stuff. If they come out with a neat Imperial ship I'd like to have games where they go broadside against eachother. If they had released the CR90 with rules for Imperial use, I'd have bought it and repainted it Imperial Gray.

The Eidolan light cruiser has the look, but I think it might still be too big compared to the Correllion Corvette.

I think that's maybe a Vigil class corvette on the left of the ISD.

I think that's maybe a Vigil class corvette on the left of the ISD.

Much too large, the Vigil is less than three hundred meters, that thing is huge!

I believe it is an Imperious-Class Star Destroyer: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Imperious-class_Star_Destroyer

Must be equipped with a Flux Capacitor if it's an Imperious, although I doubt you'd have trouble getting it to 88.

Doesn't show up in any of the movies, but as far as the EU is concerned, the Empire fielded at least 2 during the Rebellion, and the Imperial Remnant had hundreds of them. Looks like an evil CR90 the way the Decimator looks like an evil Millennium Falcon. Also like the Decimator, it isn't iconic but has a neat design with Imperial style. But any more huge ships really depend on how well the current ones sell. I didn't buy any because I only buy Imperial stuff while my bro buys the Rebel stuff. If they come out with a neat Imperial ship I'd like to have games where they go broadside against eachother. If they had released the CR90 with rules for Imperial use, I'd have bought it and repainted it Imperial Gray.

But have FFG used them? FFG likes consistency. I was very anti-Lancer but FFG have used it in one of the RPG books.

Also, Crusader is an Empire at War ship. If FFG were taking that route, the Tartan Patrol Cruiser's literally EaW's CR-90 analogue.

Mind me asking what's the problem with the TIE-Hunter?

It's one of those TIEs.

cut the **** with the ties, we have enough.

The Tie Phantom was from Rebel Assault 2, so who knows what lols they want to throw us?

C'mon Tartan Patrol Cruiser!

That Crusader would be sweet too though...

Second the Tartan-class. It was one of my favorite units from Empire at War, and I want a model of it anyway.

Compare to some of the possible tie variants they could choose, the tie hunter is pretty cool looking.

cut the **** with the ties, we have enough.

Is that directed towards me or FFG? This thread's not wild speculation (well, it kind of is) it's based on the AoR articles on the FFG newspage, and FFG's great tendency to share the bits of canon they're resurrecting between their various SW games.

I dunno... my money is on upside-down nebulon-B: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/StarWarsRPG/age-of-rebellion/Core/SWA-open-book444-445.png

I dunno... my money is on upside-down nebulon-B: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/StarWarsRPG/age-of-rebellion/Core/SWA-open-book444-445.png

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Another question though, which is what is flanking that ISD?

Pretty sure that's a Praetor Mark-2: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Praetor_Mark_II-class_battlecruiser

cut the **** with the ties, we have enough.

Is that directed towards me or FFG? This thread's not wild speculation (well, it kind of is) it's based on the AoR articles on the FFG newspage, and FFG's great tendency to share the bits of canon they're resurrecting between their various SW games.

Nope!

I just hate that poster of all the different ties 'that we could get any wave now'. There is like one or two actual choices let, none of which we need, all of which look stupid. My worst nightmare is someone at FFG seeing that visual posted too many times and being like 'oh, thats what they want! ok!' FUUUUUUU.

@All: Tie Hunter is ridiculous btw.