First things first--- the game is about to really start. We've all been playing from 71% complete starting point edition. The new factions should bring the game into its own in a variety of ways. I really believe that.

At just a little over the 6 month mark, we will have 3 total waves now in 2.0 released rotation. That's 22 ships (approx. 7 per wave.)

Wave 4 will bring us another 8 ships in. After that the factional breakdown will be as follows;

Rebel 5 (no carryover ships)

Imperial 5 (no carryover ships)

Scum 6 (no carryover ships)

Resistance 4 (leia's transport two ships, 6 total with carryover Starfortress & Salvaged Falcon)

First Order 3 (4 with carryover Upsilon)

CIS 4 (new faction)

Republic 4 (new faction)

If we stick with a conservative estimate of a wave every 10-12 weeks, it is entirely feasible that we get two more waves before end of the year, potentially 14 more ships. It's quite possible that of those 14, 3 will be repackaged Upsilon, Starfortress, and Salvaged Falcon to bring all Hyperspace under banner. That leaves 11 at minimum, maybe as much as 14 if we're lucky. Let's play up to 17 though---including the aforementioned repackaged 3!

2 (4?) Rebel; RZ-1 A-Wing & Rebels Squadron Pack-----Rebels finally get their filler AG3 interceptor, and 2nd large base (Hera 2.0 HST alt art pilot card portends this) Attack Shuttle & Sheathipede campaign as a set = total 7 (9?)

2 Imperial; TIE/rb & Lambda?---Brute because it's a fun "curveball" ship to fill the bruising void, and Palp's Lambda, finally. = total 7

2 Scum; YV-666 & Quadjumper?= Big base crew carrier for Jabba and Illicit influx total 8 but let's combine Escape Craft in Lando Expansion and call it = total 7

2 Resistance; T-85 (we know Poe is getting the new hotness to replace Black One) & Some New Ep9 Ship= total 8

2 First Order; TIE Echelon (Disney gonna get their Galaxy's Edge awareness, book it) and I just don't know ship but it'll be something bomber-y = total 6

2 CIS; Jango's Firespray & Droid Tri-Fighter? = total 6

2 Republic; V-Wing & Actis? seems like they still need a large base ship though. = total 6

It's all conjecture, obviously. I'm sure there's also a potential extra CIS ship (HMP Droid Gunship?) they could throw in to bring CIS up to 7.

Point being, it's not out of the realm of possibility that the current ship count for Hyperspace by end of 2019 could be 43 approximate ships on the lean side.

At that point, does Extended fall off? I think it has to be limping by that point.

Thanks as always for reading my bored ramblings!

In July we get a new hyperspace season, which potentially means an exciting new ship pool.

CIS has 3 in Wave 3, plus the Hyena. Should be at 4 as well, after wave 4.

Quadjumpers are $6 on Amazon. Those so aren't getting re-released. TIE Bombers are also dirt cheap, along with Upsilons.

UNLESS THE POINT IS TO KILL THE INVENTORY.

See FFG is just streets ahead on this stuff.

15 minutes ago, XPav said:

Quadjumpers are $6 on Amazon. Those so aren't getting re-released. TIE Bombers are also dirt cheap, along with Upsilons.

UNLESS THE POINT IS TO KILL THE INVENTORY.

See FFG is just streets ahead on this stuff.

TIE Bombers are addons only. While not expensive you still have to buy something else to be able to add them to your order.

2 minutes ago, Hiemfire said:

TIE Bombers are addons only. While not expensive you still have to buy something else to be able to add them to your order.

Like.... a QuadJumper? FFG is everywhere, doing HFT on model spaceships.

By the end of Wave 4, resistance has 6 with carryover Falcon and Bomber. The 4 is just for that which is in 2.0 packaging

2 hours ago, SpiderMana said:

CIS has 3 in Wave 3, plus the Hyena. Should be at 4 as well, after wave 4.

Updated!

I almost objected to The Resistance having six, but the shuttle and shuttlepod are two ships so I'm just stupid. Don't mind me.

6 hours ago, Captain Lackwit said:

I almost objected to The Resistance having six, but the shuttle and shuttlepod are two ships so I'm just stupid. Don't mind me.

It’s all good - same as the Scum Falcon + escape pod really. Two-in-one.

I'm guessing we will see the Tie Advance Prototype and the Shadowcaster in the same wave as the VCX...which could potentially be wave 5 judging by the prize pool.

I really hope we don’t see a CIS firespray for quite some time. There are enough other ships to at least get through the end of the year with a pretty varied setup. Trifighter SHOULD be the wave 5 ship if they keep with the wave 4 setup of high release count.

I think the Republic will likely get the LA-AT before it gets the V-Wing and Actis. It's got the Aethersprite and N-1 for that zoom-y niche, and its only crew slot so far is on the ARC. The CIS seems likely to get it's Sheathipeade sooner than later, as well, as the Infiltrator feels like more of a tank disguised as a support ship.

That would be a shame for me. I'd certainly understand, but the Actis is one of my favorite Republic ships, and the V-Wing was one I had forgotten about, but I recently got attached to almost instantly. I do hope the tri-fighter shows up for the Separatists soon.

This breakdown is definitely interesting.

The ETA-2 means more Jedi options and those missing from the delta like Yoda so I see it this year to align with clone wars tv series renewal/finale and they are a major movie ship in prequel 3