The Pilots of the GR-75

By Crabbok, in X-Wing

Here is a better resolution image of the cards.

GR-75Cards.jpg

From the image you can clearly see:

Pilots:

Wes Janson

Tarn Mason * ? Spelling?

"Hobbie" - unable to read last name

Jek Porkins

Other cards:

Jan Dodonna

Another Astromech droid

Some kind of torpedo that starts with an F - maybe Fusion Torpedo (there are 2 of these)

Edit - I should have named this the "X-Wing"pilots of the GR-75 pack - because I knwo someone is gonna say "Ummm, dude they aren't piloting the GR-75

Edited by Crabbok

Hobbie's last name is Kilvan. Can't read it, just know it.

That would work, it seems to be about right.

Porkins is a 7 huh? That is a bit surprising.

so u only get one pilot for the transport?

Tarn Mison and Hobbie Klivian, both have pilot abilities that appear to deal with target locks. Looks like Flech....Torpedo. Also a new R5 unit! Lots of cool things headed our way!

Yup, I concur with all of the pilots. As for the upgrades, going from right to left on the top row:

Jan Dodonna

Another Unique (all you can see is the dot)

W______ Repa___ (weapon repair?)

Flec____ Torp____ (Flechette torpedo?)

Com___ Boun____

Exp____ Card____

Same Torp again

R5____ (Unique) NEW DROID!

____ (Unique) (Likely another droid?)

_______ (Has the droid symbol)

Tra____ B____ (Tractor beam???)

Second Row

Trea____ Tru (Unique)

Qua___ _____ (unique)

Slic (Slicer)

To____ (unique) (Judging by the art and the LCG, I'm going with Toryn Farr)

EM___ (maybe this is a EMDEE droid crew card?)

Sn___ P____ (judging by the picture, some sort of sniper)

Another of the same torp

Edited by Khyros

Can't wait tell the high res pictures come out for the cards!

There are 3 new astromechs in this set. You can see in the top row of the upgrade cards the second card has the astromech symbol in the lower left corner, and 2 cards to the left reads R5 something. The image in the middle card looks like an x-wing hanger, so I'm guessing it also is a new astromech. I can't wait to see what these three cards do.

Edited by mrfroggies

It's unfortunate that the points costs for all of the cards are covered. Regardless, it looks like Rebels are getting a lot of new stuff to work with. Awesome!

so u only get one pilot for the transport?

Considering how the ship works, doesn't seem to be much point in making more then one pilot.

Another thing to think about is the 7th card to the right on the top row is the card, shown in detail by FFG. Just for the sake of finding out what all the cards mean. Something else to think of is that Leia is a pilot card for the other large ship, does that mean that that ship will get pilot cards? Or will Leia be the only option (which seems unlikely but we have to think of every possibility). Just a few things to think about.

Wes and Jek get EPT

Hobbie and Tarn do not.

Tarn appears to be PS3. That's the lowest PS for a unique!

We sort of went over the cards a while back when the scan was kindly uploaded by a forum member. These are the cards we're currently aware of:

Flechette torpedo

Coms Booster

Slicer Tools

Treasure Trove (GR-75 title)

Quantum Storm (GR-75 title)

General Jan Dodonna

General Carlist Riekan

Toryn Farr

Shield Projector

Best guesses are then:

Expanded Cargo

Frequency Jammer

Weapon Repair

3x Droids

Well, the article states there's 24 upgrade cards (and so does the photo in it shows), so the picture in the first post is somewhat incomplete (yeah, i know it comes from the previously spoiled material :P).

Actually, the news from the Polish publisher, Galakta, practically confirmed that the pack comes with both Dodonna AND Rieekan. And wasn't Leia supposed to be in a Corvette expansion?

Still, Jek getting an APT while Hobbie's not seems strange to me. And I hope that Tarn Mison has some fun ability, with PS so low he can possibly fit nicely in 4-ship build :)

so u only get one pilot for the transport?

Considering how the ship works, doesn't seem to be much point in making more then one pilot.

Well, considering we don't know a whole lot about how those ships works, that seems like a pretty premature statement.

Considering the number of special abilities and new cards and everything the transport comes with, is it that hard to believe that pilots with different ps and special abilities is not pointless?

Still, Jek getting an APT while Hobbie's not seems strange to me. And I hope that Tarn Mison has some fun ability, with PS so low he can possibly fit nicely in 4-ship build :)

That seems to fit a little bit into a trend that seems to be part of the Imp Aces.

Lorrir and Kir Kanos seem like they 'sacrificed' the EPT slot for the ability the pilot gets. Might see that with some of these X-Wing Pilots. Kinda like Gavin and Biggs.

Well, considering we don't know a whole lot about how those ships works, that seems like a pretty premature statement.

The pilot of a Transport is pretty much just responsible for pointing it the direction they want to go, the crew are the ones doing the interesting things. So that's why it makes sense to me.

Well they need to have different pilots so they can have the ship have different costs and ps ratings, like any other ship.

And I would argue that the pilot cards probably represent the captain more than they do the navigator, so he's the one TELLING the crew what to do. :D

And I would argue that the pilot cards probably represent the captain more than they do the navigator, so he's the one TELLING the crew what to do. :D

Good point. :)

But there doesn't seem to be any other pilot cards with it. So maybe the intention is that you start with a generic transport and build up from there. Lots of addons and such to allow you to change the transport, much like the pilots do for a generic X-Wing or Tie Interceptor.

Oh yeah. Huh. I think I was looking at that thinking that some of the crew were pilot cards by mistake.

Guess it'll depend on if that picture is showing us everything in the set or not. I'm sure we'll get teased with more previews like they seem to do with different releases.

My guess is that the titles will play a large part in customising the transport. I wonder if Dodonna and Riekan are a special commander class of crew for only these capital ships as well. So that will be, what, 4 possible combinations with those 4 cards?

Also, loving the art on these cards. I currently have the Wes Janson image as my desktop wallpaper.

Edited by redxavier

Looking at Wookiepedia, that new torpedo could be the Electron Torpedo . . . But that would be an incredibly obscure bit of Star Wars if it is (it was mentioned only once, in an episode of Star Wars: Droids).

On one hand, yay fresh X-wing pilots!

On the other hand, I'll have to quit playing around with Howlrunner and un-defect to use them! D:

Looking at Wookiepedia, that new torpedo could be the Electron Torpedo . . . But that would be an incredibly obscure bit of Star Wars if it is (it was mentioned only once, in an episode of Star Wars: Droids).

Flechette torpedo. Look that up on wookieepedia. Also. Fixed the res in one of the better magazine scans. It's an F not an E.