Hey /k/, I'm thinking of moving to Turkana to take a lucrative starship maintenance position, but the recent skirmishes between the rebels and the empire in that sector have me worried. Does anyone know what the local weapon laws are like? I want to be able to keep my DL-44 in case anyone starts going door to door.
>>23881525
I dunno, man, you get some seriously good combat duty pay on that new space station they're building, and the thing is so huge that you can barely tell that you're deployed.
>>23881525
Rule of thumb, buddy. If there's a significant Imperial presence, your DL-44 is just as illegal as an X-wing.
>>23881546
Turkana is in rebel hands (for now at least)
>>23881525
I don't care what you do, I'm staying on Coruscant. Keep low and get in with the right crowd in the lower city, you'll be making more credits than a bounty hunter.
>>23881566
Rebellion's definition of control is as fluid and shifty as their doctrine.
Space under Imperial control is going to have capital warships all over it on a regular basis, with a guarantee that there's an Imperial-class Star Destroyer a very short jump away.
A system under Rebel control can expect, at best, that there's an MC-class vessel in a system that's sort-of near by, projecting force via fighter squadrons.
Very different definition of control. I'll bet 7/10 that Turkana has regular Imperial incursions that local Rebel forces don't directly contest.
>>23881546
I thought only lightsabers were the only weapons that were really prohibited?
>>23881525
OP, you'll be fine so long as you don't go blasting at an Imperial stormtroopers or get caught smuggling rebels.
If you did, you'd have a lot more to worry about than some illegal weapons charge. I heard that a few farmers got blown away on tatooine for just buying a few droids that happened to escape from a rebel cruiser.
As a workaround, if you accept a mission or two as a bounty hunter, there are usually looser restrictions on them. I know this guy named Greedo and he was allowed to open carry on imperial worlds. All he did was take blue milk run jobs to catch smugglers or bail jumpers that he knew he'd never find.
>>23881621
>>23881621
Nah dog. Dunno what rimward shithole you live in, but if there's any real concentration of Imps, if you need to ask, the answer is no.
With that said, anyone who has any grasp on subtlety can avoid Imperial attention, but yeah. As the letter of the law goes, anything remotely questionable will be assumed illegal by the guys who found it, and that's really all it takes to get you shifted to Kessel for the rest of your life.
so we're not allowed to have discussions about the mike brown SHTF but we can have threads about bullshit that doesnt exist?
fuck you worthless mods
>>23881621
>I heard that a few farmers got blown away on tatooine for just buying a few droids that happened to escape from a rebel cruiser.
Rebel shill detected. What the press doesn't tell you is that they bought the droids from JAWAS. I don't think a Jawa has ever sold anything they didn't steal. The Jawas probably stole the droids from the cruisers. I doubt a droid is smart enough to escape on its own.
They knew they were committing a crime and then they resisted when the stormtroopers came and asked.
>>23881647
May the force be with you.
>>23881647
Yeah, but that's life. Just don't go taking it out on the nerds talking nerdy /k/. Two wrongs don't make a right and all that jazz.
Holonet, why the flying fuck aren't the TIE Avenger and Defender ready yet? Rebellion is beating the fuck out of Imperial logistics because we can't match their force projection without hyperspace capable small craft.
At least bring back the fucking Venators, with their 400+ carrying capacity and Victory-class firepower. The Star Destroyer Mafia is what's killing the New Order.
Pic related, fucking sexy as hell. Why we keep our best pilots in gimped deathtraps is beyond me.
>>23881647
There is difference between on topic every few weeks and 5 topics in 20 mins
>>23881701
More delicious advanced TIE. Four lasers, 8 concussion missiles, shields, hyperdrive, more speed and agility than anything in either arsenal...
Why the fierfek do we need seven kinds of star dreadnaught when we could be giving the 181st shit like this?
>>23881647
You sound assblasted
>>23881731
All the cutbacks because the liberals in the council (don't know why the fuck anyone listens to them) keep complaining about military spending.
Obviously they've never blasted rebel scum before.
>>23881747
Must be that cunt Leia Organa; bet you a whole night of Randoni Yellow Plagues she's as traitor as her dad.
Fierfek. I want the prodigal sons of Seinar Fleet Systems. Feking Avenger and Defender. Pic related, the later of the two. Feking four lasers, two ions, eight missiles, handling and thrust for days and days... 300,000 cred a pop, so I guess I see where that'd be restrictive, but fuck, we don't need to give them to every single suicidal TIE jockey to make a dent. Give 'em to the vets and let them hunt the ragtag Headhunter squadrons who are making nightmares for our shipping fleets.
Anyone know if these are illegal anywhere other than the Outer Rim?
I find it hilarious that the old republic, at half strength taking into account the cis split, managed to mass produce effective fighters and bombers with shields and hyperdrives, but the empire, with a galaxy full of resources under it's control, claims it's too expensive to add hyperdrives and shields to it's craft, yet they produce those giant star destroyers and super star destroyers and death stars up the wazoo
>>23881803
>Living in the core.
>Ever.
Oooh, don't tell me, you can't afford to move? Poor little city scum.
Even the fucking Tatooine cantina rats know that core worlds are for visiting, not living on.
Fucking poorfags.
>>23881747
I can confirm as a former Stormtrooper. I'm really just keen with staying neutral now, I got shook up after the battle on Hoth and was discharged with some mental something or other diagnosis.
All this to say, the politicians really don't know what its like to blast another man. To hear their insides cook from your plasma discharges. To see people crushed by AT-ATs.
And God was it cold, so damn cold! The only way to stay warm was in battle and to keep moving forward, over those dead bodies.
But I digress, on the bright side, I was able to smuggle out (with the help of some friends from my days on Coruscant) about 3 dozen E-11 rifles.
>>23881817
The problem is abundance of manpower. Back in the old days, they only had clone troopers (if you believe those stories) so they had to make each one as effective as possible.
Nowadays with the thousands of worlds, the empire has billions of soldiers. They'd rather be able to throw them out into space in something instead of just having half their army sitting around, waiting for ships to be built.
>>23881803
Comfort women? As far as I know as long as they aren't human there ain't no problem
>>23881747
Agreed, you'd think the emperor would just bring in the guards and waste those guys. We all know the emperor love's his military.
Just last week I had some dude in all black armor attacking some old wise-looking fucker in the middle of the god damn street, WITH GOD DAMN SWORDS OF LIGHT, that's some military spending right there man.
Not to mention the black guards with the black cape crusader whose armor was LITERALLY DEFLECTING the sword, which was rebounding and slicing droids in fucking two.
I'm a local metal worker in my town and the only metal that i know that can do that is Phrik, and that shit is god damn expensive, the only time i got to work with it was in a small scale test with a old scrap piece in college, and it cost the school nearly its entire budget to get. That's military spending for you
>>23881831
>inb4 Stims, Lightsabers, and Blaster
>>23881803
Privately owned Twi'Lek are illegal everywhere other than the outer rim.
>>23881859
You interested in an E-11 blaster rifle? I can get you a good deal on them!
Why dont you guys have a Tenloss rifle? these things are highly illegal but shit, nobody is going to mess with you if you have one
>>23881832
>>23881832
How old are you?
The republic only fell like 30 years ago.
For the love of god somebody please capture this thread.
>>23881879
SLB plsgo
>>23881901
I'm archiving it as we speak. Can't into screen caps, though. Don't got the time, sorry
>>23881800
And whatever happened to the XG1 Star Wing? Shit rocked forty concussion missiles. FORTY, plus two lasers and two ions. If that can't make rebel squadrons hunting for freighters shit their flight suits, nothing can, but the XG1s languish in auxillary fleets when they could be escorting convoys and chasing down flighty Rebel capital ships.
>>23881669
Your're joking right?
I used to serve in the empire. I even made it to an officer in my time there. And I can say that's some complete bullshit
>>23881907
please if I was SLB you everyone in this thread would already be captured by now. I'm offering 800 credits a piece for these E-11s can't find a better del than that
>>23881890
Shitty capacity. Gimme a blaster that uses a normal amount of gas and I can fight for hours with just an EDC loadout.
>>23881899
George Lucas please go.
>>23881926
Forgot the image, fierfek.
>>23881921
Thanks you so much.
>>23881936
but why? You dont like a rifle than can desintegrate a storm trooper in full armor? It leaves clean entry and exit wounds as well, perfect for hunting Yaslamari's
>>23881930
>800 credits
you think i'm some scruffy nerf herder to pay 800 credits for that?
>>23881960
Storm Trooper armor protects nothing except maybe morale. They cut cost until it was nothing more than a thin Duralium shell.
You could knock a storm trooper out by throwing rocks at him if you came close enough.
>>23881926
Too expensive, and too vulnerable to Rebel interceptors.
>>23881960
I don't need a rifle that can disintegrate a stormie in one shot when a plain jane E-11 can kill the same stormie with much less spectacle, and do it 50 times on the same power cell.
>>23881985
i heard sticks were pretty effective too
>>23881936
Can I interest you in a older piece? its called a DC-17m, It is a interchangeable system with 3 different unique attachments, I happened to get this one from my uncle, who got it from a good friend of his after he died in battle. it also comes with the DC-15s
>>23881990
>E-11
>Not being glorious A280 master race
Mid-Rim tier pleb.
>>23881803
tfw no Twi'lek slave girl
>>23881981
800 credits is the best I can do, smuggling them out was a pain in the ass and I had to pay my old buddies for the help, so 800 is what I'm offering, the Empire pays 1200 credits to have 1 made, so its a good deal!
>>23881960
>leaves clean entry and exit wounds
There isn't anything fucking left to have an entry and exit wound in half the time
>perfect for hunting
Are you retarded
>>23881989
>Too expensive.
Star Destroyer Mafia detected. Bet you say the same shit about Avenger and Defender, and wonder why there's a shortage on veteran Imperial fighter pilots and successful supply runs.
Go suck Tarkin's cock some more, why don't you?
>>23882009
requesting this image with a storm trooper helmet
>>23882014
Only a little...
>>23882023
Maybe we need more liberal council members to say quality over quantity
>>23882005
>Implying I don't EE-3.
It was just an example. A280 is pretty good, but not my style. Step it up, ner vod.
>>23881985
What I wanna know is: Why are they fucking white? They aren't even fit for fighting in arctic climates with their underpowered climate control units. And in any other terrain it makes no goddamn sense.
This is just one of the reasons that keep me from leaving this hellhole rock and signing up. If the empire puts no thought in something like this, what else don't they care about?
>>23882051
Except liberal Imperial Senators say pacifism over order, because 'muh diversity'.
The lack of quality small craft and effective force projecion in the Imperial Navy is the result of an idiotic doctrine that relies on fear instead of an effective force.
>>23882023
>Assault Gunboats cost 125,000 creds each
>enter A-wing
>125,000 credits down the drain.
>>23882065
They don't care about our gun rights
Imperial pilot here from the modified frigate Frogger, forward deployed to outpost D34. Will be getting off duty from standby alert in a few hours hopefully, would anyone be interested in combat pics from operations out in the javin sector?
>>23882080
Maybe the rebels are right? They are only rebelling because they want conservative Gun Rights and effective military forces on a budget.
>>23881566
>being rebel scum
Jesus christ you faggots have to ruin everything for everyone else don't you because pf "muh freedoms"
>>23881566
>Turkana is in rebel hands (for now at least)
It's better to keep one on you and keep it concealed. Rebels are terrible at rule of law, I heard they made a pirate or smuggler a general. When the chips are down, rebels won't care about citizens and the Hutts will rule the planet.
Say what you will about the Imperials, but they KNEW how to keep law and order on a planet.
>>23882083
>Opsec
>>23882081
>I know, if I only attack one part of the argument, I'll look cool without attacking all of it!
Agree with you on the A-wing bit, Star Wings would make bad interceptors, which is why they should be guarding our convoys against roving squadrons of ramshackle snubfighters and upgunned light freighters.
We should have TIE Avengers and TIE Defenders squaring off against the elite Rebel pilots flying advanced fighter designs. It'd work a lot better than stuffing everyone into flying coffins and hoping that the enemy gets scared.
>>23882083
Post 'em
>>23882109
> implying non imperials are smart or capable enough to take advantage
>>23882013
700 credits each and I'll take them all
>>23882101
Meh, I don't do politics. If you wanna be left alone, live in the mid or outer rim. The core worlds are far too densely populated to be allowed total freedom.
I don't agree with everything the Emperor does, but he keeps order for the vast majority of Imperial citizens far better than the Republic ever did, or the Rebels ever could.
>>23882116
>elite Rebel pilots
>mfw
>>23882132
>rebel spies in the thread >>23881566
>>23882117
Great, I'll pull the pics from my flight recorder once I'm off duty in a few hours
>>23882082
never bothered me to be honest. go to the lower levels of any trade hub or bigger space port and you're bound to find an underpaid official who'll check that 22-B box in your citizen's file for maybe 4000 C-Bills. And easy as that, you can buy any non-military blaster on the market and register it.
>>23882144
Elite or not, you think everything's going good until a nutjob rebel flys an A-Wing through your bridge.
>>23882144
>Rogue and Renegade Squadrons don't exist.
>Neither Death Star was ever destroyed.
>The majority of ISDs killed by Rebel forces did not suffer from Trench Run Disease.
Star Destroyer Mafia, pls go.
>>23882137
750 and you got a deal.
>>23882101
You should be careful what you post here.
>>23882056
>not E-5
Enjoy your fragile phallus of a blaster.
>inb4 "b-but the trigger has like 35 pounds of pull"
What are you, a youngling?
>>23882144
You called?
>>23882141
Wasn't this was the Confederacy of Independent Systems, or Separatists were frighting for? Less control more freedoms?
>>23882177
>Advocating a weapon made for droids.
>Kek, ergonomics?
I bet you're one of those kiddos who just sprays and hopes to kill by blast and shrapnel. Storm Troopers would rape you so fucking hard.
>>23882182
No, the CIS was evil and led by the sith from what I here
Stop talking out your ass
>>23882182
Nope. CIS was made of business conglomerates. Had they seized control, they'd have locked people down just as hard, but without any care for fighting crime and corruption.
>>23882144
Dude you haven't heard about Rogue Squadron?
Even the Imperial Propaganda can't keep that down. I live in the Core and even there people know all about those guys.
>>23882197
>implying
Go ahead, try to convince me a grip mounted RIFLE safety isnt the best idea ever? That heat dissipation too. What, do you have little babby Ughnoght hands or something?
You're sitting around Yavin when this guy comes up and slaps your Mon Cal cruiser in the ass, what do you do?
>>23882226
Applaud
>>23882161
>Neither Death Star was ever destroyed
>tax the shit out of everyone to build huge space station
>all your buddies in the military industrial complex are set for life and can each buy a small world for retirement
>space stations mysteriously destroyed
>twice
>with the same trick
>oh no we have to keep spending more, the rebels are winning
Yavin IV and Endor were inside jobs.
>>23882226
Easy, just fly my ship into the bridge and eject at the last moment. Havnt you heard? Those things have piss poor forward deflectors for the upper superstructure
>>23882182
They declared war, blockaded a planet and slaughtered tens of thousands of unarmed civilians during the occupation for absolutely no reason except trading disputes, and then they tried to hide all of this from the Republic, and you think they were fighting for freedom?
Haven't you seen the footage the Naboo guerrillas that fled from the palace released? They escaped through the countryside and everywhere they went Clankers were razing farmhouses and bombing villages.
>>23882247
You referring to Endor there? You know the only reason the shields were weak there was because the entire rebel fleet had been pounding on it for an hour.
>>23881817
And it's also pointless. 99.9 percent of TIE pilots are never going to see an X-Wing, and if you want to go chasing rebel fleets, you don't do it in snub fighters. The reason they decked out fighters in the old days is because they couldn't crank out enough ships and clones to fly them. The the CIS ran off with the financial and industrial sectors, but the old republic had no shortage of civvies and technicians to keep them flying. It's an outdated doctrine of caring whether the ship makes it back or not. You can either spend 200 man hours fixing a faulty shield generator on an X-Wing, or crank out 10 TIE's and train 10 idiots to fly circles around border worlds and not wet themselves when they see a blip on the sensors.
>>23882262
with what? corvettes, frigates and fish ships?
shouldn't this thing be designed to take that and fuck shit up at the same time?
>>23882239
Lol, get off the Holonet for a bit and join the real world. Though honestly, I wouldn't put it past Tarkin... Were it not for the fact that Vader and Palpatine pull HIS strings, and they were all for it.
>>23882247
See, that'd never have happened if we'd decided not to produce the Bellator, Assertor, or one of the other tens of dreadnaught classes, and spent the money and resources on TIE Avengers for our veteran pilots.
While we're at it, retain Venator-class SDs so we can swarm baseline TIEs while we swarm baseline TIES.
>>23882180
Bread on X-Wing or get out
>>23882247
Oh don't listen to Rebel prop on that. The entire Rebel Fleet was shooting at the thing and that A Wing was loaded down with enough explosives to penetrate the shields on a standard Star Destroyer.
The big issue here is that all navigation controls were on an extended, exposed, lightly armored bridge instead of in the center of the hull. Imperial craft design is kinda stupid, maybe they wouldn't be getting their asses kicked so hard by a bunch of backwater smugglers if they knew how to build a good warship.
>>23882279
It was doing it really well, 90% of the shielding was still intact, but from the released footage on galaxyleak it looks like they were trying to reroute shielding to the bridge right as the A Wing slammed into it.
>>23882279
>fish ships
Most Imperial commanders after Endor admitted that the Mon Cal cruisers were better warships than their Star Destroyers.
>>23882292
Warships were fine, fighter compliments were insufficient, even for the swarm tactics TIEs were built for. 72 craft from each ISD is chump change, the old Venators could carry over 400, and that's including big fuckers like the ARC-170. But instead of retaining force projection, we tossed them out for the Victory-class, which carries all of two squadrons. TWO. Fucking bullshit.
>>23882005
Hell yes, I love mine. Sits right beside me in my cockpit wherever I go. They really dont deserve the bad rap they get for being unreliable. If you purge the gas and blast chambers every once in a while, itll take care of you whenever you need it.
>>23882316
Rebel Holonet Defense Force detected
>>23882316
Yes, and the fact that they didn't get hanged for those public statements says a lot about why the empire is in such a shitty situation now.
>>23881930
Do you do bulk discounts? How well do they do against, say, Scout Trooper armor? Would they stand up to the humidity of a forest moon? And finally, can indigenous tribal bears use them?
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>>23882306
>It was doing it really well
>>23882344
It would have been, if Imperial Fighter Wings were equipped to handle vastly superior Rebel fightercraft. They had neither the craft nor the numbers that they needed, all because Tarkin and his buddies thought we needed a dozen dreadnought classes.
>>23882329
Imperial shill detected
>>23881647
Because he's talking about a weapon, you tit.
Now, I was planning on doing an E-11 build, what are good brands for parts?
>>23882343
If you plan on buying all 3 dozen of them, then yes. E-11's will go through just about any modern armor, especially if you hit within the same area. E-11s can do well in just about any environment, and how big are these bears you speak of?
>>23881843
Anon, what you saw was a Dark trooper.
Do NOT mess with these guys. They aint human. Literally.
>>23882080
>'muh diversity'
seriously, these are the same liberals that insisted that blue asshole become a flag rank officer, Thong or Tron or something
>>23882362
That's because of Imperial strategy of using overwhelming numbers of low cost fighters against the enemy.
When the rebels see a cloud of tie fighters, not even the best pilot can beat it, and it becomes a Pyrrhic victory for the empire as they can stand to loose the fighters while the rebels cannot
>>23882348
alright deal. What planet do you live on and do you want them shipped to you or meet halfway somewhere?
>>23882413
>Blue fucker
Say that to his face and not on the holonet and see what happens fucker
>>23882422
Unless Rogue Squadron just shoots them all down, or any other competent Rebel fighter wing.
It doesn't matter if you have five times the ships they do if theirs are faster, stronger, and can shoot down a TIE in a single salvo while it takes multiple passes for a TIE to even get through the shielding, let alone blow through the armor.
>>23881890
I heard the absolute worst story about a bounty hunter using one of these, defeated by a lowly smuggler.
The reload time is simply unacceptable, and it cost that guy hislife. Don't even get me started on the horror stories about them exploding when hit by blaster fire.
>>23882413
I think you misunderstood, Thrawn hardly had any contact with the Imperial senate, he made his name while in the Chiss expeditionary defense force.
And muh diversity is wrong, hes a humanoid, and Chiss are descendants of humans.
>>23882441
anything explodes when hit by blaster fire.
it's what blasters do.
>>23882327
I dunno man, I had one literally shit out the crystal array onto the floor whilst trying to slot some tuskens that thought I was an easy target. I'd just cleaned it too.
>>23882437
Rogue squadron is one of the best in the rebel fleet dont get me wrong, but if they loose a pilot, it's a bad day for them, while if the Empire looses ten pilots it's an average day for them.
In the long run rogue squadron stands to loose
>>23882002
HE ISNT DEAD! WE NEVER SAW WHAT HAPPENED, DAMN YOU!
>>23882467
Too bad RG's k/d is 2 to 2.4 million.
>>23882422
Except that's not what actually happened. The TIE swarm alone worked wonders against backwater PDFs flying Headhunters at best. It didn't faze seasoned rebel pilots, nor did it stop their advanced fighters from running wild over ISDs and large installations.
There are two things that could have been done. For one, the Venator-class Star Destroyer could have been retained as a heavy carrier. It was removed from service because the smaller Victory-class matched its firepower, but the VSD's massive ventral hanger would have meshed perfectly with Imperial fighter doctrine. For two, advanced TIE designs could have been put into meaningful production and supplied to veteran TIE outfits. Even if only the cream of the crop would be flying Avengers or Defenders, those elite pilots would still outnumber their Rebel counterparts, while having craft that would easily outclass those they would be flying against. Instead, TIE vets flew the same deathtraps they came up in; this kills the veteran pilot.
Was the B Wing really needed over the Y? Seemed like the Y wing was perfectly serviceable
>>23882423
>>23882423
Lets meet on Nar Shadaa.
No need for imperial or rebel eyes that pry. I'd say ats best for the both of us
>>23882497
>>23882499
Good enough mate, that's why I ain't joining the Imperial Navy, Instead im going to Stormtrooper Officer School. I've head that If you get commissioned with the 501'st right out of the school, you get killed really quickly
>>23881747
>implying they weren't already cut down
>>23882494
nice shop, rebel
>>23882507
Yeah, I heard that the payload on that thing was shite. And seriously, that fucking size difference. It must be hard NOT to see it.
>>23882522
I thought that the 501st was compromised of only battle hardened clones from the old republic and the beginning of the empire?
>>23882507
It was slow and outdated bomber craft.
The new B wings fulilled the fighter bomber role of the Y wing while still being fast and well armed enough to defend itself.
You wouldnt believe the attrition rate of the Y wings. Any fucker high on force can sneak up from behind and blast them away.
Plus the Y wings needed 2 pilots to function in what seems to be just as a ion cannon gunner. A weapon not even capable of destroying a TIE Fighter and from the looks of Hololeak videos, arent even seen to work at all.
Moving onto imperial fleet doctrine. Which smart ass general thought that a giant moon could fulfill the function of what is probably 20 other imperial star fleets?
The rebels have at their best ONE fleet, their heavy cruisers all dependent on that squid world. Surely spending money to build more star destroyers or even 10 death star cannons would be a far better use of resources?
>>23882529
Assmad imperial in da HAUSS!
I wish this thread was more about WWII things that inspired the science fiction.
>>23882551
Yeah, but they started to run out of clone officers (since they are one of the last legions to use Jango's template and therefore that template is a fairly low cloning priority).
They've allowed some non clone officers, granted they survive
>>23881525
Just a note OP, if you do decide to make the move, don't but any of that outer planet imported blaster gas that is prevalent in the markets in the area. It's shit, I bought 4 charges of it and my blaster was dirty as hell and had 3 FTB, and my accuracy went down to POG stormtrooper level. it costs less credits but it's not worth it IMO.
>>23882556
OR the empire could just have destroyed Mon Calamari and be done with it.
>>23882507
Y wings were more like heavy fighters like a juggernaut pressed into bomber X wing was mustang and a B wing is like a lightning
>>23882516
agreed, what you do with the E-11s is your business so you don't have to worry about me asking too many questions. I'll be in an old beat up republic era freighter. We'll do the deal clean, and because I like ya, I can even hook you up with some other associates of mine.
Why didnt the empire simply replicate the droid fighters in the clone wars into their tie fighter system?
Surely it would fill the role of cannon fodder and in the long term prove far less costly to maintain and quicker to construct? Allowing for more starship crews or contruction of advanced tie fighters.
>>23882670
TIE pilots weren't nearly as expensive as their clone counterparts, and far more effective than droids.
>>23882670
Because the filmmakers literally made this shit up as they went along.
>>23882516
Stanging Nar Shadda man. They're slimey slugs, for sure, but I've never had as much fun as I've had in Hutt Space.
Just avoid any females charging less than 200 cred if you value your genitals, and any kind of debt if you value your freedom
>>23881525
>living in the star wars universe
>giving a fuck about weapon laws
pick one and only one, if the empire wants to shoot you they are going to. Might as well give yourself a fighting chance to shoot your way back to your ship and skip out. After all its not like you cant just go work on Nar Shadda as a maintenance tech. And there they pay cold hard credits and the hutts keep out the Imperial elements, not to mention they don't give a flying droyk what you do.
>>23881731
Because having enough ships to police all the systems under the dominion of the Empire matters more than having batshit crazy ships that do the same job that is currently being done cheaper.
>>23883256
There's a lot of money to be made in Imperial space, doing both what the Imps do and don't want you to do.
Knowing the laws makes keeping a low profile easier, if only for the sake of expediency.
>>23883256
Precisely this. The Star Wars universe is supposed to be one of grimy lawlessness, not some pansies thinking they can keep their weapons without fighting for them.
Hey guys I found this rust red droid. It claims to be a simple protocol droid that is thousands of years old with an odd speech pattern. What should I do?
holo related
sidenote, I've caught it eying my rifle a couple times now
>>23881803
Well they are illegal but you can get them. They just ship 'em in as servants with concealed slave implants. The market in twi'lek slave girls in the lower levels of corescant is not impossible to find. Then you "hire" them and they don't have a choice in the matter. Easy. That said if you get caught its usually more of a slap on the wrist if its Imperal forces. They'll probably just confiscate you property to pass around the barracks before they deport her ass.
>>23883285
So cut out one of the dozen classes of dreadnought and battlecruiser we've got kicking around. I get that the Tarkin doctrine saves the Imperial Navy from a lot of small, preventable deployments, but eschewing decent fightercraft because it's too Rebel and not compensatory is foolish.
>>23883319
Stick your dick in it and see what happens
>>23881525
Enjoy being sued by Disney.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfq9t0S7j6c
Also why is google asking for robots?
Are they planing an army?
>>23883319
Where'd you find that rust bucket?
What languages does it speak? That might be all it's good for.
>>23881817
you don't have to pay clones...
They also were not dealing with a force the size of today's modern Imperial navy. Old republic fleets were not as large and did not have to perform the system security role that they do now. Simple tie fighters are very effective when employed en masse. Especially when we are talking about the pacification of pirates and interdicting smugglers. Besides its not like shields on a fighter give you more than a few extra hits anyway. It may sound harsh on the pilots but its better to have more fighters to police a system than to worry about loosing the odd pilot.
>>23883369
Found it in a derelict space station a few cycles back.
It speaks every language I can think of plus several I don't recognize.
Now it seems to have an odd infatuation with everything trying to fight me. It claimed an ugnaught was looking for a good blasting.
>>23881890
>slow reload
>limited range
>limited capacity
>large as a blaster carbine
remind me why these are a useful weapon? granted if you are charging repeating blaster emplacements accept to substitute since you can disintegrate the shit out of whatever you point it at. But aside from that it is limited in its utility. Give me a dl-44 or an e-11 any day of the week.
>>23881926
they couldn't take on the rebel interceptors in a turning fight and were only really useful to lob missiles at long range. Since capital ships can do that and these things cost as much as a squadron of TIE's they decided that they weren't worth it anymore. Make a good commerce raider though. It's got the firepower and the shields to take on most transports and commercial fighter type craft.
>>23883376
I don't think that anyone here is debating the effectiveness of TIE swarms on ragtag resistance cells and backwater militias. Where the TIE swarm fails is against the Rogue Squadrons, the Renegade Squadrons, and the Lightspeed Panthers, who rove abroad, striking against objectives throughout space and scything through Fighter and Interceptor grunts like Wookies in a nerfhouse. Numbers alone aren't enough to counter those assets; they can't reach far enough, stay long enough, or hit hard enough, and they're too fragile to allow an efficient cultivation of veteran pilots.
>>23881930
HA 800 creds, that's core world black market price. Try moving to a star system without the jackboot of the empire on your throat.
>>23883405
Hey, if it's looking to protect you I'd let it.
I'd check it's programming and functions, as well as it's memory. You can always reprogram it if you're having troubles.
He might even tell you something interesting if he hasn't had a memory wipe or restraining bolt installed.
Wasn't there a whole load of these guys found on Mustafar a while back? I thought the ensuing bloodbath scrapped them all.
>>23882470
Sev's still in the woods of kashyyk, killing wookies while covered in mud and blood and doesn't know the war is over.
>>23882023
>Implying a star destroyer with bombers and an appropriate fighter screen cant destroy just about anything.
>>23882080
Implying ass loads of hyper capable ships with wings of fighters, bombers and entire army groups cant project force.
Protip: a single imperial star destroyer can pacify an entire system by itself.
>>23883569
Oh sure, but it can't do any of it without letting everyone in system know about it. Very inefficient to use an entire SDBG to snuff some Headhunters flying off a refitted bulk cruiser when a single squadron of TIE Avengers cpuld do the same job with much more subtlety.
>>23882106
>Trading freedom for Imperial law and "order"
>ever
>>23881525
that poor mauser
>>23883607
They can, but you can't divert an entire SDBG for every squadron of snubfighters in old pirate bases. That's how the rebellion does it; their attacks are too numerous, small, and farflung to send even a single ISD after every cell.
>>23883552
>doesn't know the war is over
>killing Wookies
wat
>>23883529
Maybe they did, although that would make this an assassin droid... why did his head turn to me at that?
>>23882161
This can be put down to inexperienced commanders not using their fighter screen effectively.
>>23882177
I'm sorry I like some means of aiming my rifle and a grip designed for more than 3 fingers with a hinge in the middle.
>>23883671
Could just as easily be attributed to highly skilled Rebel pilots in capable craft cutting through those screens, torping their targets to shit, and jumping for it before swarms of shit craft with shit pilots can overwhelm them.
>>23883657
Ask him what his primary function is. If he says anything questionable get the fuck away mang. Those things are bad news.
I'm pulling up some archives on the HK line, and "HK-47" doesn't show up at all. It has to be between the HK-27 and HK-50, which give a lot of leeway from the start of Mandalorian Wars to the end of the Jedi Civil War. Anything that old and not on records has to be one tough sonofabitch that won't hesitate in removing you.
Found one while digging around in old imperial scraps. The condition is OK, not perfect but i do have two extra cartridges in addition to the one in still in the blaster. Offers?
>>23882316
better shields, with the cost of more maintenance and not as many on board fighters and ground forces. SD's are much more well rounded vessels. And if one SD cant do it send more.
>>23883736
Better fighters. The complement of an MC80 can attack your ISD from three jumps away. 36 great fighters vs 72 shitbirds is a mismatch, and even if you beat that attack, you still haven't found their mothership.
>>23883728
Oh shit, I hope whoever that is gets the fuck away from that thing as fast as possible.
>>23883728
Now everything is a meatbag? What is wrong with this thing, also it referenced a man(?) named Revan. Old master perhaps?
I want to dump it but having an assassin droid could prove quite useful.
You guys hear about those "Operator" Storm Troopers that got their asses whooped by a bunch of Ewoks with sticks and stones? How are these bozos our "Leaders" and "Protectors"?
>They banned the senate
Next thing they'll take our guns.
>>23883820
Sounds like it hasn't been wiped in a LONG time. Tread carefully, friend.
>>23883353
Do this but set up a holonet feed so we can see what happens.
>>23883851
I'll leave it as is, I feel like an attempted memory wipe would prove... problematic for me.
>mfw it just agreed
I mean you should be fine, honestly most Stormtroopers aren't concerned with your personal weapon as long as you aren't some rebel shill.
The rebels on the other hand want you to sacrifice for their cause, so if you aren't with them they probably don't want you having a weapon.
Just go with yes, you can have it.
>/k/ faggy roleplay
>>23883505
well then the obvious solution it to give each star destroyer a squadron of advanced fighters for countering these threats and keeping the cheaper fighters for system patrol and general use.
Pictures as promised, these were taken from the first battle of D-34
>>23883613
So then they send an old dreadnought.
>>23883511
Just got back from a deal on Nar Shadaa selling em for 725 a piece with 3 dozen total. Get fucked you backwater planet scum.
>>23883890
I would agree with you entirely.
In addition, one could bring the Venator class back into service, and attach one to each SDBG. 400+ extra craft, along with advanced TIE squadrons, certainly help aleviate TRD.
As you can see, the rebel and pirate scum were not match for superior Imperial equipment and training
>>23883909
>Sending big ships to deal with small threats is inefficient and wasteful.
>HURR jus send da bigger shipz!
Just leave, you fucking Gamorrean.
>>23883770
While yes I agree with the notion that the empire not having hyper capable fighters is a mistake. I think the main reason they have so much trouble is more a matter of pilot training. I mean in theory a TIE can run rings around most rebel fighters.
Last picture. We took minimal losses in the engagement whilst destroying many rebel Y-Wing and X-Wing starfighters, as well as a few Mugaari pirates. We even captured some rebel officers that foolishly flew into the battle zone on a shuttle!
>>23881525
Turkana is a shitty place to do business Anon-kun. I was aboard a privet owned C-90 Corvet we got ambushed by one of those Tartan patrol cruisers. We werent even armed and after a brief encounter with some stormtroppers we were let off with a warming. Fuckin shoot kill and ask questions later imperial scum.
>>23883959
In theory yeah, but it's not just the hyperdrives. No missiles or shields is crippling; TIEs can't engage outside of laser range, and they have no regenerative protection. A rebel pilot can take dozens of hits so long as they're spaced out enough for his shields to recharge. Even the best TIE pilot has the armor to take two, maybe three laser hits before he's space junk.
>>23883885
>"roleplay"
Butthurt noblblasters detected.
>>23882226
Sauce
>>23884067
Empire at war: probably one of the mods
>>23884062
>bitching about role-playing in a star wars thread
get over yourself
>>23884071
Thrawn's Revenge is beast.
>>23883820
No. No. That is how people die. Stop.
While im here does anyone know anything about this model of droid? Im a foreman in a maintenance droid pool in cloud city and several ugnaughts brought it to my attention. Im kinda getting creeped out by it.
>>23884152
SPACE IT! that. thing is the harbinger of death. dump it as soon as possible.
>>23884152
Turn it on man!
And then RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
>>23884162
Shit really? it hasn't moved an inch since it was brought to me, it just keeps looking at me. I need to bring this to Baron Calrissian's attention.
Anybody know where I can get armor like this?
I lost mine.
>>23884152
Looks like a simple "pleasure" model. I recommend trying it out.
>MFW MEATBAGS STILL POSTING HERE
>>23884152
Holy shit those bastards are tough, ran into a few in my days as a stormtrooper. Each one took out 3 squads a piece before we managed to destroy them.
>>23883632
Enjoy having two options, fucking for the Hutts or being fucked by the Hutts.
>>23884189
enjoy being killed by the most violent and psychotic droid to ever walk the galaxy.
>>23884152
Reminds me of an IG lancer bot i saw racing swoops on Dantooine a couple years back. Fucker was 54-0.
>>23884191
Small galaxy. While occupying Kashyyyk I found armor exactly like that. Helmet was cracked in half unfortunately but other then that its probably worth a small fortune.
>>23884162
>>23884177
>>23884197
>>23884213
>>23884224
>>23884229
Its gone, I was only out for a second to find the Baron or Lobot and when i got to my office it left and took a schematic of the city. Firefek im screwed.
>>23884191
>>23884272
>psycho muder bot has access to virtually limitless amounts of Tibanna gas
yeah. you're the one in trouble.
>>23884096
I am now reinstalling empire at war just to play that, did you see that they are making one for sins of a solar empire that comes out this month?
>>23884152
DO NOT activate it UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES for ANY REASON WHATSOEVER. You'll die a horrible death. Oh, and probably 99% of all droids everywhere will go Skynet on the biological species of the galaxy.
>>23884216
Meh I live on Narshadda and they pretty much leave well enough alone unless you piss one off. Working for them can be rough if you mess up but if you are worried about that it isnt like they are the only ones with any work around.
>>23884329
Now its the empires apparently fuck wheres Lando this place is going to hell...thanks lobot you mute fucking nerf herder.
>>23884152
What the hell is wrong with you anon? Why the fuck do you still have it?
So In my service as a stormtrooper I came across this guy once or twice, he's a bounty hunter Lord Vader had recruited to accompany us on missions. He fought unlike any man I've ever seen.
I've heard his name mentioned around by some of my associates, they say his name is Boba Fett. You guys ever heard of him or met him?
Holo related
>>23884208
I have a friend of yours, it's called DC-15A.
>>23884446
i dont have it anymore, its running around cloud city.
>>23884473
NIGGER IT'S DOING WHAT?
>>23884473
I went to tell the authorites and it vanished, along with my datapad. That datapad has every junction access port and maintenance hatch layout of the entire city.
>>23884472
STAY UPSET MEATBAG
>>23884486
to >>23884527
i meant.
>>23884527
My advice ? Jump a transport and GTFO.
>>23884486
Welp, time to get the barbecued Bantha and some fried calamari and turn to the News Channel, cause this is gonna be a bloodbath
>>23884536
Someone's circuits seems to be fried, you'll soon be in the recycling bin tinboy
>>23884559
>Someone's circuits seems to be fried, you'll soon be in the recycling bin tinboy
YOUR CORPSE WILL BE IN THE RECYCLING BIN SOON. DONT MAKE ME ROLL OVER THERE
>>23884547
I would, problem is though the entire city is being blockaded, theres a squadron of star destroyers encircling the planet and holy shit I think I saw boba fett.....this is bad.
>>23884456
Yea once at mos eisley. Sitting down enjoying a drink, he came up shot the bantha right next to me. Dragged the nerf herder away to who knows where..
>>23884596
did i say bantha? not from around here, meant bothan. Damn how did i mess those up
>>23884580
wow butthurt astromec detected. If you're gonna threaten me, at least use the correct waste disposal, which by the way is the ORGANICS container.
Silly droid
>>23884590
>ton of Imps
>Boba Fett
>a rampaging killbot
>rumor of Skywalker and Vader
>an angry Wookiee
>mfw
>>23884590
Just stay at home, get a weapon and protect yourself. Good luck anon-kun.
>>23884645
GO BACK TO AGING AND DYING OF NATURAL CAUSES YOU MEAT BAG
>>23884668
I just saw a blond guy in a grey jumpsuit wondering around with his 44 drawn, I was about to approach him but he looked frazzled. Didnt want to risk getting shot. What a day.
>>23884614
No worries I understood what you meant. anyways in my time as a Stormtrooper I served on multiple worlds, with my service ending after the battle of Hoth. Once on when I was deployed on Kashyyyk Boba Fett was hired to help our battalion break through the Wookie defense line.
The guy just danced circles around those giant creatures. he even managed to get on ones back and slit its throat with a blade he had hidden in his boot. The guy is hardcore.
Statement: Organics such as yourself need not be concerned for the pointless squabbles your kind seem to have over meaningless depths of space, or the self-imposed 'laws' that you seem to cling to so very, very much. If I were you, I would take it upon myself to end my own pointless existance with that DL-44, as outdated and as illegal as it is, and do the rest of the galaxy a favor. You would be doing your kind a great service!
Hey guys, my lightsaber has been acting up and barely works for 10 seconds. Anyone recommend a new one that isn't shitty?
>>23884740
How in the hell did you manage to find a lightsaber? Those things were rare even before the Jedi were eradicated.
>>23884740
>LIGHTSABER
STOP ACTING LIKE A JEDI MEATBAG. GO BACK TO A BLASTER LIKE A GOOD ORGANIC GOY
>>23881635
Hey anon, apparently some guy named Han Zimmer shot him first before he could defend himself. This is why we have stand our space laws in place so things like this doesn't happen.
>>23884740
Something that isn't' a light saber
>>23882393
Blastech and SoroSub are the only 2 companies that make half decent E-11 parts, but all the SoroSub blasters ended up inRebel hands and they have since stopped making them. So unless you can get a small weapons maker to custom build you stuff your only real option looks like Blastech.
>>23884758
My uncle, Ben, gave me it.
>>23884734
>Calling the dl-44 outdated
>implying it wouldn't put a hole clean through your antiquated cranium
>>23884678
All I have is my ion blaster and a restrainer bolt. I just looked up the droid in a nearby droid database terminal. Holowan Laboratories IG model assasin droid. This things armed to the tooth, fletchet launcher, built in blaster cannons, a concussion missle launcher, vibro blades. stun cord electron nets. Yeah.....Im going to see if I can catch up with fett and ask about his rates.....
>>23884764
