This looks like an amalgamated of everything in the droid army slapped together and then painted blue. There's the body of a drop ship, the cannon of a tank, and so on

They have a female archaeologist pilot character?

I need Mel to make this ship for me pronto. I'll make a card for her that is overly-flattering and broken. Good times.

They have a female archaeologist pilot character?

She had me at "Morally Inverted Indiana Jones."

They have a female archaeologist pilot character?

She had me at "Morally Inverted Indiana Jones."

I'm an archaeologist, so my geek-out meter is basically about to blow up off the charts. And my area of study is ancient weapons technology and prehistoric warfare sooooo...yeah...

I need Mel to make this ship for me pronto. I'll make a card for her that is overly-flattering and broken. Good times.

I'd go for flattering and not-quite-broken, but yeah, it'd be nice to have her in the game.

They have a female archaeologist pilot character?

She had me at "Morally Inverted Indiana Jones."

I'm an archaeologist, so my geek-out meter is basically about to blow up off the charts. And my area of study is ancient weapons technology and prehistoric warfare sooooo...yeah...

Wait, can you talk about that? What's something cool about ancient weapons and stuff most people don't know? =)

I love swords.

Something cool about ancient weapons most people don't know? Bronze swords were developed in China to such a high degree that it took longer for the Chinese to adopt iron because their bronze casting skills were so good. That involves swords, as the Chinese cast two-handed jian, which were far longer than cast bronze swords found in other cultures.

Imperial Large Ship. It'll be amazing, with great crew options, fun pilots, and a lot of potential for some interesting new mechanics.

It does look like a heavily modified Firespray though, or am i wrong?

Yes, like someone dropped a Firespray into a garbage disposal and gave the resulting collection of parts to their 4-year old, spastic brother to glue back together, filling in the missing pieces with random Legos and bits donated from his sister's Barbie collection.

But some people find that attractive.

Something cool about ancient weapons most people don't know? Bronze swords were developed in China to such a high degree that it took longer for the Chinese to adopt iron because their bronze casting skills were so good. That involves swords, as the Chinese cast two-handed jian, which were far longer than cast bronze swords found in other cultures.

I practice with a steel jian. I've seen some of the bronze Chinese work. Some of those swords do really look fierce. Didn't know they had developed it so far.

Have you seen Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon btw? One of the women specialized in the 2 handed long jian. (Steel by that time though).

Something cool about ancient weapons most people don't know? Bronze swords were developed in China to such a high degree that it took longer for the Chinese to adopt iron because their bronze casting skills were so good. That involves swords, as the Chinese cast two-handed jian, which were far longer than cast bronze swords found in other cultures.

I practice with a steel jian. I've seen some of the bronze Chinese work. Some of those swords do really look fierce. Didn't know they had developed it so far.

Have you seen Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon btw? One of the women specialized in the 2 handed long jian. (Steel by that time though).

I actually trained in XingYiQuan and BaGuaZhang, along with two-handed jian. The first two-handed jian were bronze, and the originals are stunning. Very cool to see.

So, where is the cockpit on this thing? Is it the thing in the tail on the opposite of the TIE/adv?

I have to admit, its a blatantly confusing design. An "Ugly"?

I like the idea of it. But if I could ask for another cooler ship, I would, cuz this one doesn't look like it really went through enough scrutiny.

It does look like a heavily modified Firespray though, or am i wrong?

Yes, like someone dropped a Firespray into a garbage disposal and gave the resulting collection of parts to their 4-year old, spastic brother to glue back together, filling in the missing pieces with random Legos and bits donated from his sister's Barbie collection.

But some people find that attractive.

Comics do a terrible job of ship design. Why don't we just make a Firespray card for her instead of worrying about her ship? It'd be pretty easy to kit bash this thing as an alternative, modified Firespray too, if you need the model.

why Ark Angel instead of Archangel ?

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Just to clear things up for anyone who hasn't read the comic, that is Vaders tie advanced docked to the Angel. And while is shares some lines and design concepts of a firespray, its not a firespray. Its actually quite different.

Issue 4 is out? Oh, well I guess a new month crept by again. I'll have to pick it up this week. I feel like I just read the last issue.

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Considering they were hardly subtle with them ripping off Raiders in Aphra's introduction (FYI, Droideka as the boulder is an inspired choice).

Bought Darth Vader comic for Vader. Staying for Aphra, 000, and BT-1. Seriously, some of the best new characters in ages.

So it picked up Vader's spinning Tie after the Battle of Yavin. What exactly are you trying to add to X-wing, a Garbage Scow?

Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Considering they were hardly subtle with them ripping off Raiders in Aphra's introduction (FYI, Droideka as the boulder is an inspired choice).

Bought Darth Vader comic for Vader. Staying for Aphra, 000, and BT-1. Seriously, some of the best new characters in ages.

I don't read comics, but an archaeologist girl in Star Wars is so perfectly up my alley it's hard to resist. I'll have to show my fellow Star Wars nerd graduate students and let them geek out too.

Pick up Darth Vader #3 to test the waters. I mean, you get female Indy, who is into old weapons. The fusion of HK-47 and Threepio. And R4-B11 (the salvaged astromech upgrade) loaded with more weapons, with Chopper's homicidal tendancies applied to organics.

Fabulous!