They brought Thermal detonators for space combat?

Thats like tossing hand granates at planes - like in the very early phase of WW1 air combat.

Until the Fokkers came with machine guns ... yes that was kinda unfair and cheating.

Thermal Detonators are very powerful explosives. It's what they use for the Deadman's Switch illicit upgrade card.

It should be less powerful then a seismic.

And thinking about the fragmentation of a hand grenade (which a thermal detonator literally is) and the effects of shrapnel in X-Wing (Flechette Weapons) I came to the conclusion that

this is the Stress-only bomb to complete the set of bombs: hit, crit, ion, stress.

Cost: 1 or 2 points.

Maybe the girl in the mandalorian armor provides unlimited ammo for thermal detonators.

I don't know if this would fit her character, since I haven't watched the SW Rebels series.

But I promise to watch the SW Imperials series.

Did we really need another turret after TLT

It is an inclusion because of fluff, since the Ghost has a turret. It is almost certainly (99.9995 certain) "Dorsal Turret".

And the Phantom has a turret as well. That's why there's two copies of the card included in the boxed set.

I think Dorsal turret may have two cards because it'll be available to the other shpis. It'll probably be there to be a low cost turret that's less limited than the autoblaster or blaster turrets. If so, it'll help the hwks a lot, in my opinion.

To Rippy...^^ this would really open up the Lambda...

Maybe too good on it?

Would be nice on Lambda. Too good - depends as always on how much it costs. And if one really is allowed to field outside vcx & attack shuttle.

Vcx: Focus/TL/Evade, 6 slots, Pwt 4/0/10/6, dial contains green 4 straight, costs 40 (?) with pilot level 7.

Lambda: Focus/TL, system/cannon/2crew, 3/1/5/5, dial among the worst in the whole game, costs 27 with pilot level 8.

My gut feeling, not overpowered on Lambda.

Question however: do we really want to see rear turrets on the Falcons and Super-Dashs of this galaxy? (Warrants a new theead probably)

Lobbing handgrenade out of window, "wee I'm a bomber"...

To Rippy...^^ this would really open up the Lambda...

Maybe too good on it?

Would be nice on Lambda. Too good - depends as always on how much it costs. And if one really is allowed to field outside vcx & attack shuttle.

Vcx: Focus/TL/Evade, 6 slots, Pwt 4/0/10/6, dial contains green 4 straight, costs 40 (?) with pilot level 7.

Lambda: Focus/TL, system/cannon/2crew, 3/1/5/5, dial among the worst in the whole game, costs 27 with pilot level 8.

My gut feeling, not overpowered on Lambda.

Question however: do we really want to see rear turrets on the Falcons and Super-Dashs of this galaxy? (Warrants a new theead probably)

The Lambda doesn't have a turret slot.

Maybe the girl in the mandalorian armor provides unlimited ammo for thermal detonators.

I don't know if this would fit her character, since I haven't watched the SW Rebels series.

But I promise to watch the SW Imperials series.

This would 100% fit her character. She's really into explosives.

To Rippy...^^ this would really open up the Lambda...

Maybe too good on it?

Would be nice on Lambda. Too good - depends as always on how much it costs. And if one really is allowed to field outside vcx & attack shuttle.

Vcx: Focus/TL/Evade, 6 slots, Pwt 4/0/10/6, dial contains green 4 straight, costs 40 (?) with pilot level 7.

Lambda: Focus/TL, system/cannon/2crew, 3/1/5/5, dial among the worst in the whole game, costs 27 with pilot level 8.

My gut feeling, not overpowered on Lambda.

Question however: do we really want to see rear turrets on the Falcons and Super-Dashs of this galaxy? (Warrants a new theead probably)

The Lambda doesn't have a turret slot.

Yes, I know. I only cite someone other who started the hypothetical discussion on the Lambda. If you read carefully you see that I use the subjunctive ("would be") and actually state the slots for the Lambda.

Judging from the release picture it looks like the dorsal turret(?) will be a turret upgrade, thus the poor Lambda will most probably not be able to use it. There is the really slight possibility that it could be done over some other slot, making it available for the Lambda. Buth then it would be available for the YTs and VTs as well - thus my last sentence.

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Did we really need another turret after TLT

It is an inclusion because of fluff, since the Ghost has a turret. It is almost certainly (99.9995 certain) "Dorsal Turret".

And the Phantom has a turret as well. That's why there's two copies of the card included in the boxed set.

I think Dorsal turret may have two cards because it'll be available to the other shpis. It'll probably be there to be a low cost turret that's less limited than the autoblaster or blaster turrets. If so, it'll help the hwks a lot, in my opinion.

They brought Thermal detonators for space combat?

Thats like tossing hand granates at planes - like in the very early phase of WW1 air combat.

Until the Fokkers came with machine guns ... yes that was kinda unfair and cheating.

You have to realize that Sabine is to the medium of Thermal Detonators what Michelangelo was to the medium of ceiling paints.

Sorry for not quoting, but it would make my post ten feet long...

I believe it was called dorsal turret once on the show. Until we get the full reveal on Dual Upgrades, we could guess this turret is one of em. Turret or Cannon slot, your choice..I hope the DU will be for weapons mostly.

That Thermal Detonator is supposed to very powerful according to SW lore: should be range 1-2 with 4 attack with option to detonate at ANYTIME chosen , in my opinion.

Did we really need another turret after TLT which is the capstone of Wave 8?

There's plenty of design space left for turrets.

Something like a range 1-2 turret that throws 3 dice and let the Defender double their agility but causes uncanceled results to also double might be kind of cool.