So my poll in the other thread created an interesting conversation about which of the meta ships in 1.0 people wanted to be good again, but even more interesting was the discussion of just "which pilots do you want back?"

So I wanted to ask. If you could only bring back 5 of the pilots who aren't in the game anymore, who would they be, and why? How would you bring them back? What would their abilities be?

You can answer the poll if you'd like, so we can see which are more popular and so you can see a list of who's gone. Note thy this is more about the names of the pilots and the theme than specifically abilities (Keyan's ability still exists, but he doesn't, so he's on here. Maarek isn't in a Defender anymore, but he still exists so he's not on here).

https://strawpoll.com/6fbpc866

Unless my eyes deceive me, "Backstabber" is conspicuously missing from the list. Without him, you can't run Vader's trench run posse. He's number one. Still working out the others.

The only pilots I miss are Royal Guard and... Uhhh...

I don't think we lost many generics.

6 minutes ago, Parakitor said:

Unless my eyes deceive me, "Backstabber" is conspicuously missing from the list. Without him, you can't run Vader's trench run posse. He's number one. Still working out the others.

Ahh, I always miss one...

4 minutes ago, Kaptin Krunch said:

The only pilots I miss are Royal Guard and... Uhhh...

I don't think we lost many generics.

Yeah, some Rebel ones like Guardian Squadron Pilot, and then there's one less Striker generic option, etc... the generics we lost are mostly the ones nobody ever used anyway

While I didn’t vote for him, I want to give an honorable mention to Thweek. As others have said, I can’t imagine his ability would work in 2E, but dang was he fun. Once ran Thweek with Advanced Sensors and copied Jake Farrel’s ability. Premovement focus into banked BR was fabulously fun.

"Hobbie", Wes Janson, and "Backstabber" are my first picks because they were in the movies. I really like defensive ships, and the Decimator could sure use one, so Captain Kenkirk makes the list, too. My number 5 is Lt. Lorrir, but really only because of his ability. He was kind of a weird choice for a character because he wasn't even a member 181st.

All the non-limited elites that got dropped. Yes, I know a whole bunch of ships gained elite options, but still....

Fel's Wrath needs more votes.

I miss the jokes of relevancy.

I have a weird affection for Tetran Cowall because I flew him when I started, when all I had was a core and Imperial Aces! Also, I think his backstory's interesting - he's an actor ?!

I also put down Kir Kanos and Carnor Jax, Tycho Celchu, and Wes Janson (really Hobbie too).

I'd definitely vote Backstabber if he was there, just to fly Vader's group from ANH. As for others Keyan Farlander, as the protagonist that this game is loosely based on/named after I would really like to see him back. And then being a fan of Rogue Squadron, Wes, Hobbie, and Tycho are my main votes for others to be brought back.

Wes, Hobbie, and Tarn.

I am still a bit salty FFG removed them...just a bit...

...okay quite a bit.

Why is Juno Eclipse one of the options? Do those that want the character back just not like that the ability was swapped over to Foslo?