Emperial fighter are the only one ships of the wave 1 to don't have the possibility of traveling in hyperspace. So they come by boat. The rest will come by lightspeed

Travelling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops though, without precise calculations they might bounce into a star or ride into a supernova or hit some friendly floatees. And that would end the trip real quick wouldn't it?

Actually, it seems like The Boat has turned around, and the TIE fighters have returned to their hangars at the printers.

I'm guessing that someone in control of the website goofed and posted it as 'On the Boat' by a mistake that's been corrected, or the fighters are actually on the boat, but FFG is planning to sit on them once they get off the boat to not put them out there before the Core Set arrives.

Either way:

Noticed that this morning also. I need a life besides checking the shipping status of this game ;P I agree that there are only two possibilities. 1) The whole boat thing was a lie. 2)The not being on the boat is a lie, and FFG is pulling a fast one on us. My vote is for the second possibility since that means everything may already be here! O.o

It makes sense. Fighters that size can't get that far across an ocean on their own.

Perhaps we should investigate that small moon that seems to have appeared over FFG's headquarters.

That's no moon...