Red Star Viper

By Ken at Sunrise, in X-Wing

In lore, was the red Star Viper a ship of a single ace or a common design colour for... whom?

Thanks,

It was the one Asmodde Effeffgee flew.

I don't know, but it stalks the starways of my dreams.

Wasn't the Star Viper a custom request by Xizor himself and was one of a kind?

2 minutes ago, Kingsguard said:

Wasn't the Star Viper a custom request by Xizor himself and was one of a kind?

The Virago was a custom ship made for Xizor and the Star Viper was the knock off clones that Mandal Motors made since they already designed it. Might as well sell more cheap versions.

18 minutes ago, Kieransi said:

More of them show up after Xizor dies:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/StarViper-class_attack_platform

Although I can’t seem to find the red one anywhere.

Logical, it is too fast to see it easily, cause it is going FASTA!

3 hours ago, Managarmr said:

Logical, it is too fast to see it easily, cause it is going FASTA!

GO FASTA RED will not be a thing until Asmodee acquires GW.

35 minutes ago, Pewpewpew BOOM said:

GO FASTA RED will not be a thing until Asmodee acquires GW.

I think Ferrari implied this long before GW's plagiarism team claimed it.

Plagiarism? I'll have you know that our Opportunity Exploitation team takes copyright very seriously! We'll defend our appropriations with the finest legal minds!

6 hours ago, ABXY said:

I think Ferrari implied this long before GW's plagiarism team claimed it.

I think of Ferrari more for their ugly orange color. Like a slightly dirty orange creamcicle.

11 hours ago, Ken at Sunrise said:

In lore, was the red Star Viper a ship of a single ace or a common design colour for... whom?

Thanks,

If you're talking about the one in Guns For Hire, it might be Zann Consortium colours. They were a rival criminal syndicate to the Black Sun.

Starviper MkII is mentioned in Mask Of The Pirate Queen as the 'mass production version' released after Xizor's death, and Zann is one of the primary users.

29 minutes ago, Magnus Grendel said:

If you're talking about the one in Guns For Hire, it might be Zann Consortium colours. They were a rival criminal syndicate to the Black Sun.

However, the pilot card that matches the red/black paint scheme is called 'Black Sun Assassin'...

... so, perhaps not...

... unless the Assassin has adopted rival colours in order to get closer to a Zann victim....!

:ph34r:

I was thinking of getting two Guns for Hire, but if the red Star Viper is to be unique I'm not has interested.

58 minutes ago, Ken at Sunrise said:

I was thinking of getting two Guns for Hire, but if the red Star Viper is to be unique I'm not has interested.

It's not a Unique - it's a PS5 Generic (with EPT).

36 minutes ago, ABXY said:

It's not a Unique - it's a PS5 Generic (with EPT).

Sorry I meant the paint scheme.

Edited by Ken at Sunrise

Maybe it's trying to be a Royal Guard/Glaive Sqd Pilot :P

On 04/10/2017 at 10:13 PM, Ken at Sunrise said:

Sorry I meant the paint scheme.

I'm not overly keen on the red/black scheme myself - if I get more than one, I'll likely repaint.

On 4.10.2017 at 4:13 PM, Ken at Sunrise said:

Sorry I meant the paint scheme.

It's not a Unique - it's a PS5 Generic (with EPT).

2 hours ago, SEApocalypse said:

It's not a Unique - it's a PS5 Generic (with EPT).

I kind of guessed that in the FFG picture. I was asking about lore, EU, etc.

On 10/3/2017 at 3:49 PM, Ken at Sunrise said:

In lore, was the red Star Viper a ship of a single ace or a common design colour for... whom?

From the answers, other than Xizor's, it would appear that this was/is a unique craft. Not to say it wouldn't change, and definitely from FFG's release one could/should get enough for a 100 point squad or 12 of them for Epic. But still... I was thinking about lore, legend and/or EU types of material.

Thanks everyone,

On 10/4/2017 at 6:36 AM, ABXY said:

It's not a Unique - it's a PS5 Generic (with EPT).

3 hours ago, SEApocalypse said:

It's not a Unique - it's a PS5 Generic (with EPT).

Mind meld, dual accounts, ..."joke"?

What is going on here?

On 10/4/2017 at 8:36 AM, Ken at Sunrise said:

I was thinking of getting two Guns for Hire, but if the red Star Viper is to be unique I'm not has interested.

9 hours ago, ABXY said:

I'm not overly keen on the red/black scheme myself - if I get more than one, I'll likely repaint.

Repaint baby! I'm all in with two copies of G4H and going to have 4 custom painted and either 2 of them with swept back wings or maybe even articulated if i'm feeling really crafty this winter. 4BZ is alive and well baby! Sunny's Vipers? Not sure on a name yet. Already have a camo Scyk for Sunny painted up.

11 hours ago, ABXY said:

I'm not overly keen on the red/black scheme myself - if I get more than one, I'll likely repaint.

Nooooo -- *waves hand* -- you must send it to me and take my Black Sun paint scheme one instead.

2 hours ago, Sekac said:

Mind meld, dual accounts, ..."joke"?

What is going on here?

If you find out, let me know too!

:huh: