Why doesn't the U-Wing have same arc as YV-666? If you look at the trailer there's a gunner firing from the side of U-Wing.

From the images I've seen it looks more like an anti personel cannon, same a s the blaster from the begginning of TFA good against troops, not so much against ships

Also we haven't seen what that last crew does, and it looks like he's the door gunner from trailers.

So he might allow shots out of arc. We'll see.

My guess? FFG does not get a sneak peak at the new Star Wars movies.

So they don't necessarily know if the U-Wing has a turret, or if Poe should be PS 9.

Why doesn't the U-Wing have same arc as YV-666? If you look at the trailer there's a gunner firing from the side of U-Wing.

You tend not to have the doors open when flying through space. Probably because of the drag or something.

You hardly need it with the ability to pivot on the spot.

You tend not to have the doors open when flying through space. Probably because of the drag or something.

Yeah, vacuum is such a draaaag .

You hardly need it with the ability to pivot on the spot.

You tend not to have the doors open when flying through space. Probably because of the drag or something.

Yeah, vacuum is such a draaaag .

Maybe the midichlorian stream

However, inertia could do bad things with you and an open door in space!

You hardly need it with the ability to pivot on the spot.

You tend not to have the doors open when flying through space. Probably because of the drag or something.

Yeah, vacuum is such a draaaag .

Vacuum really sucks.

Well, there is no vacuum in space in Star Wars. That aside, AP weapons aren't very useful against other craft.

Well, there is no vacuum in space in Star Wars. That aside, AP weapons aren't very useful against other craft.

What are you actually talking about? There's demonstrable vacuum various times.

Well, there is no vacuum in space in Star Wars. That aside, AP weapons aren't very useful against other craft.

What are you actually talking about? There's demonstrable vacuum various times.

Yeah, like that time that Han and Leia had to put on their vacuum suits and go through the airlock of the Falcon to go clear mynocks off the hull while they had set down on an asteroid.

I mean it was just like that only they didn't have vacuum suits and they just walked down the ramp of the Falcon.

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Pretty sure the inside of a space worm would have atmosphere. They're lucky it wasn't full of liquid.

Well, there is no vacuum in space in Star Wars. That aside, AP weapons aren't very useful against other craft.

What are you actually talking about? There's demonstrable vacuum various times.

Where? I can't think of a single time in Star Wars where space has been a vacuum, but I can think of several where it clearly was not.

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Pretty sure the inside of a space worm would have atmosphere. They're lucky it wasn't full of liquid.

Atmosphere needs gravity to attract it and magnetic fields to shield it from blowing away. Neither worms nor asteroids have enough of either to acquire and maintain an atmosphere. In star wars space is just a cold, unbreathable (to humans) gas.

Where? I can't think of a single time in Star Wars where space has been a vacuum, but I can think of several where it clearly was not.

Revenge of the Sith. When Anakin blasts the shields protecting the docking bay on Grievious's flagship, the atmosphere gets sucked out into space until the blast doors slam shut to seal it. Later when Grevious cracks the viewport on the ship, he gets sucked straight out into space (although being a cyborg this does not greatly inconvenience him.

I think that all the scenes where we apparently see inhabitable areas open the vacuum are in fact protected by forcefields (in fact, I think that they are all docking bays).

Atmosphere needs gravity to attract it and magnetic fields to shield it from blowing away. Neither worms nor asteroids have enough of either to acquire and maintain an atmosphere. In star wars space is just a cold, unbreathable (to humans) gas.

I have various fluid and gases inside my body that do not bear much relationship to the atmosphere around me. The gas inside the space slu could have been generated by it metabolising whatever it ate (most asteroid I assume). The gravity of the asteroid is around 1G or else the crew would bounce around when they left the Falcon. That is enough to retain an atomsphere. A magnetis field is only required to retain an atmosphere if there is a significant solar wind to erode it. The Asteroid belt in ESB does not appear to have a star nearby enough for this to cause a problem.

The atmosphere inside the slug is certainly extremely convenient but not totally against the laws of physics.

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Pretty sure the inside of a space worm would have atmosphere. They're lucky it wasn't full of liquid.

But they didn't know they were inside a space worm, did they?

They put on their masks and just walked outside their ship expecting that they were simply in an open tunnel on an asteroid. IE., they were expecting to be exposed to space, and only dressed for an unbreathable atmosphere.

Where? I can't think of a single time in Star Wars where space has been a vacuum, but I can think of several where it clearly was not.

Revenge of the Sith. When Anakin blasts the shields protecting the docking bay on Grievious's flagship, the atmosphere gets sucked out into space until the blast doors slam shut to seal it. Later when Grevious cracks the viewport on the ship, he gets sucked straight out into space (although being a cyborg this does not greatly inconvenience him.

Same thing would happen if you opened the door of a jet at a few thousand feet.

Doesn't mean you are in space.

(IE., the 'space' in Star Wars IS lower pressure than typical ground-level, sure, but obviously only on the 'uncomfortable' level for humans. Not breathable, but definitely not a vacuum. Very like a moderate-altitude aircraft flight, actually, which isn't entirely surprising since so much of Star Wars is modeled on WW2 aircraft combat...)

Yeah for LAND WAR Games I will be adding a 180 arc on the sides for anti-troop gunners, unless they have a good rule for this not yet shown in their previews. get it right FFG.

I'd like to see a ship that has side arcs only; no front or rear.

That was o e hell of a derailment. So to try and get back on topic, allow me to give my thoughts on the suggestion in the OP:

LOL, no.

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Pretty sure the inside of a space worm would have atmosphere. They're lucky it wasn't full of liquid.

But they didn't know they were inside a space worm, did they?

They put on their masks and just walked outside their ship expecting that they were simply in an open tunnel on an asteroid. IE., they were expecting to be exposed to space, and only dressed for an unbreathable atmosphere.

Where? I can't think of a single time in Star Wars where space has been a vacuum, but I can think of several where it clearly was not.

Revenge of the Sith. When Anakin blasts the shields protecting the docking bay on Grievious's flagship, the atmosphere gets sucked out into space until the blast doors slam shut to seal it. Later when Grevious cracks the viewport on the ship, he gets sucked straight out into space (although being a cyborg this does not greatly inconvenience him.

Same thing would happen if you opened the door of a jet at a few thousand feet.

Doesn't mean you are in space.

(IE., the 'space' in Star Wars IS lower pressure than typical ground-level, sure, but obviously only on the 'uncomfortable' level for humans. Not breathable, but definitely not a vacuum. Very like a moderate-altitude aircraft flight, actually, which isn't entirely surprising since so much of Star Wars is modeled on WW2 aircraft combat...)

Well atmospheric scanners are rather common. And either could the Falcons magnetic field have Bern extended like its artifical gravity most likely had been or the respirators have their own forcefields around the wearer. Actually the chestpieces of X-Wing pilots are to generate a field saving atmosphere around the pilot in case he has to eject.

(IE., the 'space' in Star Wars IS lower pressure than typical ground-level, sure, but obviously only on the 'uncomfortable' level for humans. Not breathable, but definitely not a vacuum. Very like a moderate-altitude aircraft flight, actually, which isn't entirely surprising since so much of Star Wars is modeled on WW2 aircraft combat...)

Sorry but there is not one shred of evidence to support your assertion and multiple cases where it is patently not the case.

Again in Revenge of the Sith when the flagship is falling out of orbit, Obi Wan warns that they are entering the atmosphere. The outside of the ship starts to heat up with friction. If there was any kind of atmosphere in the space where they had been fighting, there would have been frictional heating there too.

My hope for the U Wing was that it would have a primary arc and the base set up as for the Shadow Caster's mobile arc - then it would have 2 crew slots, and come with two Limited crew that are U Wing only - Left Door Gunner and Right Door Gunner - that allow you to use the relevant arc(s) for some attack - maybe primary weapon, maybe secondary weapon, I didn't get that far.

And yeah, I know, open to space or whatever. We're talking about a world in which hangars are open to space with only shields to keep the air in, and pilots have personal force field bubbles to keep them alive if they eject. I'm sure we can work out some justification for having a door gunner IN SPACE.

This picture is from Episode IV.

Gunners shooting lasers out of the those windows. There is no obvious foce field on the windows, but we can assume there is one.

There is absolutely no reason why a U-wing couldn't have one on the side door that allows shooting out.

I will give another argument which is not fluff based: It would not be balanced.
You could field a blue squadron pathfinder with hera/FCS/title, and just sit in one spot, covering all of the map with 180 degrees arc, then U turn when the enemy goes around the arc.

+ for the ship to have such wide arc, it would have to have a worse dial, which goes against fluff of the ship.

Cheers

I will give another argument which is not fluff based: It would not be balanced.

You could field a blue squadron pathfinder with hera/FCS/title, and just sit in one spot, covering all of the map with 180 degrees arc, then U turn when the enemy goes around the arc.

+ for the ship to have such wide arc, it would have to have a worse dial, which goes against fluff of the ship.

Cheers

Hence my suggestion of the arcs being crew cards - so you can't do this.

Printed arcs would interact with too many abilities at this point. A crew that allows attacks outside of arc (maybe even a bonus attack) makes a lot more sense.