More like he did a full stop.

Probably equipped with an illicit upgrade!

This. Obviously he was using his Inertial Dampeners.

Looked like the fighters shot more blasts when spinning...

Maybe the spinning wings have a hidden purpose like making it harder to target- of course in unexplainable, Star Wars tech fashion.

"Vortex Veil"

Mando Fighter Only. Modification.

Action: Recieve 1 Evade token. When attacking this round add one attack. die.

(Those GOLD LASERS though!)

I imagine the fwippy wings are there so that the pilot doesn't have to lurch around in the cockpit while doing those fancy spins. Wouldn't a guy get sick with all that spinning? Isn't that why Jek died or something? Had his cockpit gravity well simulators up to high or something? He couldn't actually hold it?

I dunno. B-Wings do the fwippy thing too, though I'm not sure why. Probably just cuz it looks cool. I can imagine the B-Wing pilot in there freakin out like the intro to that techno song.

My palms are sweaty, my hands are shaking, but I'm like Boom! Rotating cockpit nacelle! Boom! Rotating cockpit nacelle!

I guess it was just a stop maneuver (34 seconds in)

https://youtu.be/zBfiFsXyvdw

I think the more important thing thing here is Sabine in an A-wing

Really novel how the cockpit rotates for zero practical effect.

Without a doubt the most hilarious point in the episode was when it indeed had a worthwhile use (when Kanan was hanging on the freakin wing), and the pilot didn't use the otherwise pointless wing spin ability until Kanan had crawled past the wing. I mean, that very likely was the SINGLE time it was beneficial, EVER.

I don't think a spinning wing set with blasters is completely useless. Anyone who played a LOT of the old X-Wing games could tell you an obvious advantage.

Let's say I'm in an X wing and I'm chasing a tie fighter with Max AI. The tie is going to go through a system of climbs and dives with some rolling thrown in. The tie and the pursuing X wing can both climb or dive faster than they can bank. Once the tie is in a climb the pattern of fire from the X wing will be more likely to miss on the sides than on the vertical axes where the tie is climbing or diving. This is slightly less true with laser convergence turned on, but still holds somewhat true. Laser convergence systems also isn't in the new canon. If I could quickly rotate my s-foils into a more vertical spread my odds of hitting that tie would go up substantially. I would probably fly that way the majority of the time. It there would be times when a flat spread would accomplish more, depending on the shape an speed of the target. A tie bomber, for example, has a slow, wide profile that makes it an even easier target for an X-wing.

I think people are forgetting that typically in Star Wars, something looking cool usually takes precedent over something being functional or useful.

I think the more important thing thing here is Sabine in an A-wing

with PLOT ARMOUR EPT equipped

I don't think a spinning wing set with blasters is completely useless. Anyone who played a LOT of the old X-Wing games could tell you an obvious advantage.

Let's say I'm in an X wing and I'm chasing a tie fighter with Max AI. The tie is going to go through a system of climbs and dives with some rolling thrown in. The tie and the pursuing X wing can both climb or dive faster than they can bank. Once the tie is in a climb the pattern of fire from the X wing will be more likely to miss on the sides than on the vertical axes where the tie is climbing or diving. This is slightly less true with laser convergence turned on, but still holds somewhat true. Laser convergence systems also isn't in the new canon. If I could quickly rotate my s-foils into a more vertical spread my odds of hitting that tie would go up substantially.

Except, for all the space and energy that that ship wastes on making it so half the ship spins, you could probably just have more guns on the ship, increasing the spread in a much more practical and effective manner.

I think it's pretty arguable whether turning the ship into a giant pinwheel actually makes it look cool...

Increasing a spread is wasteful if shots are limited by a static available power. But not if shots are limited by some kind of cycle rate. Depends on what's going on behind the scenes. Tie defenders sort of did what you suggest, but their spread is even less likely to match a target shape or trajectory.

The increased spread reduces your chance to shoot precisely, but increases your chances to hit a target you can't quite track.

just pure luck that is.

but even then the damage would be minimal, compared to multiple streamed precise hits at approximately the same point of enemy ship

An interesting thing might be to give it an option to do one 3 die primary or two two-die primaries chosen on a per-attack basis, to simulate that. No idea how balanced that would be though.

Wings rotate to cause a mental debate on enemy pilots about its purpose and whether they like it or not.

So, while the enemy pilot loses his focus wondering, the mandalor blows him to pieces.

Pretty nifty trick. Now, I think I'll install rotating panels on all my TIEs...

I think the more important thing thing here is Sabine in an A-wing

with PLOT ARMOUR EPT equipped

On the ship that never got shot? Sure, pal.

It's the Gauntlet Fighter, which isn't really new.

Databank entry is weird though, because it says the ship carries 24 troopers. Which, from the picture, you can see the pilot in the cockpit for scale. There's just no way.

Oh wow. What a big mistake on their part.

Dude, like. Whoa. WTF StarWars.com? That is a "Gauntlet" Fighter but they screwed up bigtime.

That article refers entirely to The Kom'rk.

VERY different ships.

Here is a picture of the one from Rebels. Seems like a single person version of the Komr'k, which could hold lots of people.

Another possible wave 9 scum ship.

It's the Gauntlet Fighter, which isn't really new.

Databank entry is weird though, because it says the ship carries 24 troopers. Which, from the picture, you can see the pilot in the cockpit for scale. There's just no way.

Oh wow. What a big mistake on their part.

Dude, like. Whoa. WTF StarWars.com? That is a "Gauntlet" Fighter but they screwed up bigtime.

That article refers entirely to The Kom'rk.

VERY different ships.

Here is a picture of the one from Rebels. Seems like a single person version of the Komr'k, which could hold lots of people.

Another possible wave 9 scum ship.

I always liked the Komr'k ship from TCW, so if this new fighter version makes it into X-Wing I would be pretty excited about it.

I don't think a spinning wing set with blasters is completely useless. Anyone who played a LOT of the old X-Wing games could tell you an obvious advantage.

Let's say I'm in an X wing and I'm chasing a tie fighter with Max AI. The tie is going to go through a system of climbs and dives with some rolling thrown in. The tie and the pursuing X wing can both climb or dive faster than they can bank. Once the tie is in a climb the pattern of fire from the X wing will be more likely to miss on the sides than on the vertical axes where the tie is climbing or diving. This is slightly less true with laser convergence turned on, but still holds somewhat true. Laser convergence systems also isn't in the new canon. If I could quickly rotate my s-foils into a more vertical spread my odds of hitting that tie would go up substantially. I would probably fly that way the majority of the time. It there would be times when a flat spread would accomplish more, depending on the shape an speed of the target. A tie bomber, for example, has a slow, wide profile that makes it an even easier target for an X-wing.

EXACTLY!

Thank you. There were shots where that thing was CLEARLY tracking the movements of its target..!

Though (Not you) I'm confused how some of you guys are still having difficulty differentiating the various Mandalorian ships. No offense intended.

It's obvious that the Gauntlet is a single occupant vessel only.

Could have sworn I saw this exact thread a week or two ago...