I personally would like to think the spunky Mon Cal is still out there, b/c we need a Rebel admiral with a pair of brass reproductive organs like him.

I have it on good authority that Raddus didn't need that Hammerhead Corvette to perform the ramming tactic. He easily could have achieved the same effect with his brass reproductives if he had been in range.

He had to call in the Hammerhead because they using his brass reproductive organ to knock down TIE fighters that got too close to the bridge.

Raddus could be sitting in some remote imperial prison.

Chuck Norris and Admiral Raddus play Ping-Pong with the universe.

I personally would like to think the spunky Mon Cal is still out there, b/c we need a Rebel admiral with a pair of brass reproductive organs like him.

I have it on good authority that Raddus didn't need that Hammerhead Corvette to perform the ramming tactic. He easily could have achieved the same effect with his brass reproductives if he had been in range.

He had to call in the Hammerhead because they using his brass reproductive organ to knock down TIE fighters that got too close to the bridge.

Just occurred to me that if General Hera and the Ghost were assigned to Raddus' fleet we may still see more of him in Rebels coming up. We are just two years away from the battle on Scarif in the Rebels show.

Can see his card being, when your ship is subject to a ram, your opponent must takr two damage cards or take one damage card face up.

Or rebel version of motti, rebel small and medium add 1 shield to all zones, large add 2. So a mc80 with 6 shields all around.

I personally would like to think the spunky Mon Cal is still out there, b/c we need a Rebel admiral with a pair of brass reproductive organs like him.

I have it on good authority that Raddus didn't need that Hammerhead Corvette to perform the ramming tactic. He easily could have achieved the same effect with his brass reproductives if he had been in range.

He had to call in the Hammerhead because they using his brass reproductive organ to knock down TIE fighters that got too close to the bridge.

The brass reproductive organ WAS the bridge. The ship has a scrotum.

I wanna see him comand assault frigates.

I was honestly not impressed by Admiral Raddus the first time around. I liked him a lot because he was blue, which is my favorite color, and and a Mon Calamari which is my favorite Star Wars alien species but not so much for his character. The second go around I realized how badass and awesome Raddus is. In a movie full of awesome characters he may be my favorite.

Someone mentioned Raddus couldn't afford to not fight because he knew full well that the Empire would do to his homeworld with a Death Star if they didnt fight. Not to oversimplify or take light of a serious moment in history but It reminds me a lot of the predicament of African Americans in the US during the Civil War. The Northerners could afford to talk about peace with the south to end the war sooner but African Americans had to fight if they ever hoped slavery would end. I'm sure there are many other examples throughout history that Admiral Raddus reflects but that stuck out to me the most especially after watching Lincoln recently.

Honestly the Mon Calamari are the coolest rebels between Raddus and Ackbar.

Just occurred to me that if General Hera and the Ghost were assigned to Raddus' fleet we may still see more of him in Rebels coming up. We are just two years away from the battle on Scarif in the Rebels show.

Anyone notice the lack of a certain Admiral Sato? Of course we only saw a fraction of everyone involved but I get the sense that what we see in Rogue One is the entire rebel fleet up to that point hence Bail Organa's line "We've finally brought our forces together" or something along that notion.

Can see his card being, when your ship is subject to a ram, your opponent must takr two damage cards or take one damage card face up.

Or rebel version of motti, rebel small and medium add 1 shield to all zones, large add 2. So a mc80 with 6 shields all around.

"All rebel ships gain additional shields that can be allocated to any combination of hull zones to a maximum of 6 per zone at the beginning of the first ship phase. Shields can not be repaired/restored/transferred above the values printed on the ships card."

Small - 2 shields

Medium - 3 Shields

Large - 4 Shields

28 Points

This provides an initial boost with a lot of tactical flexibility while limiting crazy repair shenanigans. Raddus could make Nebulans great again!

"Oh, sorry, we've got to break up, sorry, we're British,"

What? I assume you are American.

Put up, shut up is the very essence of being British. There is a saying that brits have a stiff upper lip.

In America, when someone has a stiff upper lip we politely tell them to go see a doctor, it might be cancerous, assuming they have health insurance and can see a doctor.

Well, to be fair, here in America that is a big assumption, since we lack a single-payer healthcare system (universal health care) and as such have millions of uninsured (let alone all of the underinsured) Americans, and we have privatized insurance companies that are notorious for attempting to deny coverage and will take those denials to court, presenting a legal cost many American families cannot afford to even initiate. It's, in my opinion, inhumane that despite spending more per capita on health than any other country in the world (2-3 times as much as most other developed countries) we have some of the worst health outcomes. As evidence, for instance, in a 2011 study the US Paid $8,508 per capita on health care whereas the UK paid only $3,405. The US was 11th (out of 11) in Overall Ranking on health care, while the UK was 1st (out of 11).

Turns out not giving your people access to basic health care and privatizing health insurance and pharmaceuticals makes for very expensive, very crappy, and generally inaccessible care. Couple that with American lifestyles and it's why the US so often falls into the bottom portion of countries on health outcomes via international comparisons (the comparison of things like infant mortality, where 5.8 per 1,000 infants in the US die, putting them behind all European countries except for Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia). According to the WHO, the US is ranked only 31st in Life Expectancy, 37th in Infant Mortality, and 34th in Maternal Mortality. All of this despite spending the most per person on health care of any country, and often spending more than two or three times as much as other countries that enjoy far better health outcomes.

Objectively speaking, the US has a terribly inefficient health care system, since we pay a huge amount for generally little returns. It would be one thing if we had the crappy health metrics and outcomes we did and spent far less than other countries, or if we spent what we did but had far better outcomes than those other countries. But, the undeniable fact is that we pay a ton and get little in return, so we have a very inefficient system. A lot of that inefficiency comes from all of the overhead costs that are required in our privatized multi-payer system: it stakes a ton of infrastructure, resources, and staff to navigate all of the records and billing between patients, offices, service-providers, and insurers.

Hey while I'm generally in agreement that our healthcare system in the US is a mess that most of us have been whisper-campaigned into thinking is just fine (being the spouse of a family practice doc I get to hear a lot of different perspectives on the matter, for what it's worth), I'm not sure bringing what is often a political argument into a forum post about everybody liking a blue CGI fish man is appropriate.

The appropriate response Snipa is:

Rule Brittania, Brittania rules the space waves!

Hey while I'm generally in agreement that our healthcare system in the US is a mess that most of us have been whisper-campaigned into thinking is just fine (being the spouse of a family practice doc I get to hear a lot of different perspectives on the matter, for what it's worth), I'm not sure bringing what is often a political argument into a forum post about everybody liking a blue CGI fish man is appropriate.

It's not, but everyone likes Raddus because he's not only an action-taker, but he's an action-taker who's big risk paid off and gives us Star Wars. What more is there to say on that topic? That we like his eye color? That his blue skin was a neat touch? Even those things belong in the Off-Topic and not General forum, since they have nothing to do with Armada.

That being said, there's a side discussion going on (and an important one at that for those who live in America), and given that it's an issue most Americans are poorly informed about, I took an opportunity to perhaps offer some data and information to those who might not otherwise come across it.

It's not a political issue, though. Objective measures and evaluations of our health care system here in the US is that it's undeniably inefficient: far and away we pay the most for health services and we score very low on health measures. Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green -- you can't deny that. Most of these evaluations are done by international groups with no dog in the US' political fight. It's an objective question how much money per capita the US spends on health. It's also an objective question, for instance, what life expectancy, infant mortality, etc. are within the US.

Where it gets political is whether or not people think our inefficient system could or should be improved, and if so, why the right means towards improvement should be. That our system sucks and costs a lot is a matter of fact, though whether we think it is worth improving or could be realistically improved is a question of debate (and one I won't get into, of course).

Rule Brittania, Brittania rules the space waves!

Hey while I'm generally in agreement that our healthcare system in the US is a mess that most of us have been whisper-campaigned into thinking is just fine (being the spouse of a family practice doc I get to hear a lot of different perspectives on the matter, for what it's worth), I'm not sure bringing what is often a political argument into a forum post about everybody liking a blue CGI fish man is appropriate.

It's not, but everyone likes Raddus because he's not only an action-taker, but he's an action-taker who's big risk paid off and gives us Star Wars. What more is there to say on that topic? That we like his eye color? That his blue skin was a neat touch? Even those things belong in the Off-Topic and not General forum, since they have nothing to do with Armada.

That being said, there's a side discussion going on (and an important one at that for those who live in America), and given that it's an issue most Americans are poorly informed about, I took an opportunity to perhaps offer some data and information to those who might not otherwise come across it.

It's not a political issue, though. Objective measures and evaluations of our health care system here in the US is that it's undeniably inefficient: far and away we pay the most for health services and we score very low on health measures. Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green -- you can't deny that. Most of these evaluations are done by international groups with no dog in the US' political fight. It's an objective question how much money per capita the US spends on health. It's also an objective question, for instance, what life expectancy, infant mortality, etc. are within the US.

Where it gets political is whether or not people think our inefficient system could or should be improved, and if so, why the right means towards improvement should be. That our system sucks and costs a lot is a matter of fact, though whether we think it is worth improving or could be realistically improved is a question of debate (and one I won't get into, of course).

Any national poke was meant to be playful and affectionate. If anyone wants to bring more to the discussion beyond that, be my guest. But the intended focus was Raddus, and what he can bring to Armada.

The appropriate response Snipa is:

Rule Brittania, Brittania rules the space waves!

Uh...what?...who said that?...

Did someone say space whales...?!? (said with an old mans voice)

I have a small hope that Raddus jumped aboard the Tantive IV and Leia let him off at the next destination. Of course, he's also just as likely as to remained aboard ship and bought Leia the time to escape.

Thing is, we don't see Raddus die, so he hasn't necessarily done so. It makes sense to bump him off because Ackbar rises to replace him... there's so many neat characters that I wish could have stayed a little longer. General Merrick looked like he had a few stories to tell, AND there's someone at the Yavin Award ceremony standing behind Leia that could have been a Merrick in recovery from Scarif. Oh well.

I think it's a good bet we'll see the 75 soon... if for no other reason than because it's a canon ship, and canon ships usually float to the top of whatever FFG is going to do next. The only reason wave 0 was an exception is because some ships (medium Rebels, Medium-Light Empire) didn't exist in canon yet.

I think the original plan was probably to have Ackbar voiced by Erik Bauersfeld, but then he died in April. Instead of replacing his voice, they created a new character who is definitely an homage to the original.

In the old star wars, Ackbar was a servant to Tarkin during this time. Maybe they left Ackbar out for now to do a story about how he became a rebel.

And yes Raddus was a bad ass, ALL Mon Cala are bad asses and should get their own movie. Granted I'll be alone in the theater all 20 times I go see that movie, but still, they need their own movie.

I have a small hope that Raddus jumped aboard the Tantive IV and Leia let him off at the next destination. Of course, he's also just as likely as to remained aboard ship and bought Leia the time to escape.

Thing is, we don't see Raddus die, so he hasn't necessarily done so. It makes sense to bump him off because Ackbar rises to replace him... there's so many neat characters that I wish could have stayed a little longer. General Merrick looked like he had a few stories to tell, AND there's someone at the Yavin Award ceremony standing behind Leia that could have been a Merrick in recovery from Scarif. Oh well.

I think it's a good bet we'll see the 75 soon... if for no other reason than because it's a canon ship, and canon ships usually float to the top of whatever FFG is going to do next. The only reason wave 0 was an exception is because some ships (medium Rebels, Medium-Light Empire) didn't exist in canon yet.

I think the original plan was probably to have Ackbar voiced by Erik Bauersfeld, but then he died in April. Instead of replacing his voice, they created a new character who is definitely an homage to the original.

I really doubt it, as it's very easy to find a replacement voice (especially since dead-for-20-years Peter Cushing plays a large role in Rogue One, so dead actors isn't a discount from story-important characters appearing.)

Ackbar would have made far less sense here because it would have made the Star Wars universe feel much smaller and because he would not have been able to die in the battle (like Raddus did). You'd then also have to explain why Ackbar isn't anywhere on Yavin IV during a New Hope, why he's not Echo Base in Empire, and why he's suddenly back in Return of the Jedi.

I highly doubt Ackbar was ever intended to be a character in Rogue One.

"Oh, sorry, we've got to break up, sorry, we're British,"

What? I assume you are American.

Put up, shut up is the very essence of being British. There is a saying that brits have a stiff upper lip.

Many also have bad teeth.

Ackbar would have made far less sense here because it would have made the Star Wars universe feel much smaller and because he would not have been able to die in the battle (like Raddus did). You'd then also have to explain why Ackbar isn't anywhere on Yavin IV during a New Hope, why he's not Echo Base in Empire, and why he's suddenly back in Return of the Jedi.

I highly doubt Ackbar was ever intended to be a character in Rogue One.

One of my beefs with Star Wars as a setting is how everybody meets everybody else. Seven films about the Skywalker family, all the named bounty hunters keep teaming up, etc. I'm all in favour of new blood.

Many also have bad teeth.

Er... anyway, go fish-men!

Raddus could be sitting in some remote imperial prison.

He could even be

Raddus could be sitting in some remote imperial prison.

He could even be

one of the released brainwashed captives featured in the second Aftermath book.

I'm sure he'll feature heavily in the 5th and 6th seasons of Rebels, for better or worse.

I wouldn't be surprised if Season 5 of Rebels focuses on the Yavin Base HQ and some of the characters there, leading up to the Battle at Scarif, with Season 6 possibly following the Ghost crew around post Battle of Yavin.

I was honestly not impressed by Admiral Raddus the first time around. I liked him a lot because he was blue, which is my favorite color, and and a Mon Calamari which is my favorite Star Wars alien species but not so much for his character. The second go around I realized how badass and awesome Raddus is. In a movie full of awesome characters he may be my favorite.

Someone mentioned Raddus couldn't afford to not fight because he knew full well that the Empire would do to his homeworld with a Death Star if they didnt fight. Not to oversimplify or take light of a serious moment in history but It reminds me a lot of the predicament of African Americans in the US during the Civil War. The Northerners could afford to talk about peace with the south to end the war sooner but African Americans had to fight if they ever hoped slavery would end. I'm sure there are many other examples throughout history that Admiral Raddus reflects but that stuck out to me the most especially after watching Lincoln recently.

Honestly the Mon Calamari are the coolest rebels between Raddus and Ackbar.

Wasn't Dac is full rebellion during this time period? I remember reading somewhere that the Death Star's next target after the eliminating the Rebel's HQ base was going to be Dac. Now if I could just remember where I read it...

Dac could take on the whole empire by himself..