Hi all,

The imps have only a generic Tie Fighter to represent air/space power, whereas the rebels have X-wings, Y-Wings and landspeeders.

If the Ties and X-wings fulfill general air superiority roles, what will be the likely role of the Y-wings and speeders? As special giant-killers (killing AT-ATs,in the case of the speeder)?

Cheers,

Matt

I envision airspeeders representing ground vehicles while the Empire uses AT-ATs for that. I'm not sure about Y-wings, but with 170 miniatures, there may still be TIE Bombers.

I suspect TIE Fighters, Xs and YS are space vehicles only and air speeders are ground units only.

I am wondering what the rebel shield generator and ion cannon give you. Do they help in ground battles or do they help in space battles? Is it possible there are bombardment rules?

Without A-Wings the Rebellion is going to struggle against Super Star Destroyers.....

Snowspeeders are likely ground units.

The Y-wings probably provide a different die color than the X-wing that makes them more effective against cap ships than against fighters or something.

The Rebellion PC game had space bombardment, so I'd assume the shields and ions can protect against that. Oddly though, they are only in rebel colors.

Who knows if we've seen all of the pieces yet either.

In the game, shield generators protected the planet from invasion. It took 2 to cover one planet, so I always built 3. If only 1 generator, a ground force could be landed.

Ion cannons were just one type of defense weapon. Ships bombarding the surface would have to get in range of defensive guns and risk damage or destruction.

Regarding y-wings, either

1. Variety of fighter types available

Or

2. Y Wings represent recon unit

Both game inspired

2. Y Wings represent recon unit

I'd like that, as this would imply more fog of war had been built into the game than simply the 'hidden rebel base' concept. You are referring to the special recon variant of the Y-Wing:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/BTL-A4_LP_%22Longprobe%22

The Rebellion PC game had space bombardment, so I'd assume the shields and ions can protect against that. Oddly though, they are only in rebel colors.

2. Y Wings represent recon unit

I'd like that, as this would imply more fog of war had been built into the game than simply the 'hidden rebel base' concept. You are referring to the special recon variant of the Y-Wing:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/BTL-A4_LP_%22Longprobe%22

That's how they were used in the PC game; the Y-wing Longprobe was the rebel equivalent of the probe droid.

My guess is the Y-wings primary role is to combat the big imperial ships like star destroyers, while the X-wings take out the TIEs.

Yes, my guess is that Airspeeders represent stonger Rebel ground forces (possibly with advantages against AT-ATs as noted above) while the Y-wings will either be anti-capital ship specialists or possibly represent older/weaker Rebel fighter forces, with the X-wing representing some sort of upgrade.

-Will

Looking at the photo of the game board that FFG has provided...

https://boardgamegeek.com/image/2737531/star-wars-rebellion?size=original

...what looks like the units' construction and combat values are featured on the imp/reb players' reference charts. While the imperial and rebel units are not quite equivalents (X-Wing v Tie; Y-Wing v Escort Carrier; Snowspeeder v AT-ST), it does seem that the Y-wing (second unit down, in the space units column, after the X-wing) is a regular combat unit (rolling one black and one red dice).

Look forward to hearing and seeing more.

Some of the images released by FFG show that Y-wings are engaged in space combat. The ground forces for the rebellion seem to be restricted to troopers and speeders. An ion cannon and shield generator will certainly help, but I imagine these will be reserved for the Rebel Base. That the empire is so much better in ground combat makes a lot of thematic sense, and affirms the asymmetry of the game.

It looks like the Rebel Alliance will have more options to produce and deploy inexpensive units (triangle) in space. X-wings, Y-wings and Medium Transports all are listed by blue triangles on the Rebels' faction sheet. This too seems thematic. There is an emphasis on the fighters for the Rebels in the OT, and an emphasis on the capitol ships/large units for the Imperials.

xwing -> sup-fighter

ywing -> atk-bomber