>maximize target profile
>have to land upside down like an asshole
dafuq is the point of this fighter design?
The designer really hated thrust vectoring?
It's not a fighter, it's a cargo ship with some heavy armament
>>29276229
It's a movie about space wizards defeating evil through the power of love and shiny energy swords and THIS is the problem you have with its realism?
>>29276288
exactly
i mean even as a purely offensive weapon it couldn't even be used in a kamikazi attack...
>>29276303
>>29276229
The designer really hated thrust vectoring?
>>29276229
The design was inspired by a street lamp outside of Industrial Light and Magic
http://www.starwars.com/news/from-concept-to-screen-slave-i
>>29276320
Lolol actually no, I'm wrong. My own link directly refutes my assertion.
>>29276303
hmph...id like to know where you learned this
>>29276312
yes
the basis of fiction is plausibility in the context that it inhabits. no fighter pilot in their universe would willingly pilot that thing
>>29276326
thanks, i dont even have to click
>>29276303
plus why the fuck would you want a cargo ship that landed upside down? unless your storage compartments are all shaped to contain a very specific container design...
>>29276229
It looks like a face with silly ears and that's pretty dope, I guess.
>>29276373
Oh fuck you now I can't unsee it
>>29276229
>>29276229
>maximize target profile
At 10,000+ miles of distance between combatants in vacuum, profile isn't a substantial part of combat
And with no air resistance shape has virtually nothing to do with efficiency of flight, as long as its movers can generate thrust in the intended direction, and it can fire weapons in all notable directions,m it's as good as any other ship.
things like "upside down" don't really matter all that much when you have artificial gravity like they do in Star Wars.
>>29276335
Probably by watching the fucking movies? You know like the part where Boba Fett tells them to put Solo in his cargo hold? We know what Fighters look like in Star Wars and Slave 1 is too big to be one.
>>29276229
About as stupid as the B-Wing design.
>Keeps pilot in the center at all times allowing for "advanced flight maneuvers"
>Weapons are way out from center-mass, making it absolutely terrible at infighting despite it being armed for in-fighting
>Being armed for in-fighting, yet classified as an assault fighter
Like, did they put any thought into that?
>>29276416
you could put those same guns on the ends any normal figher and fire in any direction
plus at 10,000+ miles firing a laser, that moves in a straight line at a finite speed, at a moving target would make it pretty fucking useless at that range too
i mean maybe you theoretically have an advantage against ground based radar but then you remember you're supposed to be a fucking spaceship
>>29276420
>Probably by watching the fucking movies?
implying the movies are remotely as good as the old EU
>>29276450
its way worse than the b-wing through because their profile could be considered still "thin"
this thing is just a big flying dart board with you sitting in the bullseye
you people are all helpless
>>29276553
/thread
Just check your autism at the door from time to time and get the fuck over it
>>29276373
Holy fuck Rickey, when did you figure out the internet?
>>29276553
Have that exact drawing and hundreds more in the closet.
>>29276229
>>29276303
It's not a fighter or a cargo ship. It's a patrol ship that can be used as prisoner transport. It's basically a cop car.
>>29276312
Ever heard of believability within the context of high fantasy? You give them the things that make their universe unique, the things they explicitly make a point to separate from standard reality, but everything else should operate within the practicality and rules of standard reality
You're talking about a universe created by a man who thought Jar-Jar was a good idea. You're lucky any good content came from it at all.
>>29278773
>>29277221
this guy gets it
>>29276229
>>maximize target profile
It is equipped with shields. So fuck your profile it is generator power that matters.
>>29278773
Jar-Jar is more adorable than this.
>>29276229
>applying 'science' to Star Wars.
>>29276320
The article might debunk it, but I am positive that Lucas/Mccallum or one of the other producers told that story on the Empire director's commentary track
>>29276229
The design is comfy and genius.
The cell for high priority targets is located in between the two main laser cannons.
If you try to blow up the ship's cannons you risk killing the prisoner.
>>29278773
Jar Jar was a good idea because he was supposed to be Palpatine's sith master, the true Phantom Menace.
But fags like you made Lucas pussy out and instead we got the Dooku shit.
>>29277141
I remember that book. It triggerred the engineer in me, but I loved it.
Pls post the Naboo starfighter and its retarded tail/charging socket
>>29278977
>implying
the only thing wrong with him was that he desperately needed an inhaler.
Patrician ship coming through
>>29276229
It's a cop car, not a fighter.
>/k/ - Weapons
>>29279801
And anime and other autistic bullshit that 4chan in general carries.
>>29276229
There's already a star wars thread up please don't get our fun threads banned by having so many up at once.
>>29276473
nobody implied that, quit being autistic
>>29276586
Underrated post
>Lucas
>in charge of choosing good designs
Dexter Jettster is a thing for a reason.
Star Wars sucks.
>>29276450
It's an anti-capital craft that can double as a heavy fighter.
>>29276303
It's a Firespray-31 Patrol and Attack craft, it's an interceptor.
>>29277221
>disorient your prisoner before landing
It actually makes sense.
Still, the blm movement would throw a hiss fit about this after what happened to freddie gray
>>29276450
The pilot is actually way out from center mass in a gyroscopically stabilized cockpit. That middle bulk is an engine or something and the entire ship rotates around the cockpit.
The point is shit writing
>>29276229
The Firespray's actually a prison transport and guard vehicle. Not a fighter.
>>29279551
>dem comfy ass bomber runs
Helly yeah, nigga.
Did slave 1 exist before lucas said so, or can blame be placed on the EU?
>>29276553
How autistic /k/ gets is baffling, even without this image they want to criticize Star Wars on practicality.
Retards, all of you.
>>29286303
Aside from the jedi fighters and buzz droids, shit was better when things were made with plywood, kit bashing, and creativity.
>>29276565
get over it? Anon, it's my autismal inability to "get over it" that makes me fit in here
>>29277022
fucking autist tried to make a point without sauce and look . . . went nowhere
>>29277141
good. BUT . . . do you have your copy of the Ultimate Visual Dictionary? Hard cover? First edition?
>>29286303
It's not baffling at all
saying
>How autistic /k/ gets is baffling
is like saying
>how many turds are in the sewage treatment plant is baffling
anon, you're sucking on the shit-filter. The board is unlimited shits randybobandy
>captcha select candy
>>29276373
It's a tribute to the movie Dumbo.
>>29276553
>>29287220
Frig off ricky
>>29276229
>>29276303
>>29276360
It's neither a fighter nor a true cargo haul, but a mid-range interceptor and prison patrol craft. The "cargo", if any, are incapacitated prisoners. It's designed to transport said prisoners to and from penal colonies and shoot down escape or infiltration attempts.
>>29276553
>fires two kiloton energy bolts
>two kiloton
So esentially he has a semi auto weapon capable of destroying swaths of a city with each shot.
Is every ship to ship weapon in the kiloton range? Because in that case literally every other person owning a ship is carrying around weapons of mass destruction capable of incinerating cities.
>>29276229
for dat bass yo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utFRqsT61-k
>>29289174
10/10
>>29279362
Thats horseshit. Jar jar was meant to be doofy and appealing to children from the start, even in the concept art.
He actually started out with a dorky pet/sidekick named blarth, or blarf or something that "was very clumsy and constantly seeking attention and affection who tended to get underfoot a lot and cause distaster despite his good intentions"
In otherwords the annoying slapstick comic relief sidekick almost had an annoying slapstick comic relief sidekick of his own.
>People taking things from Star Wars seriously
It's a nice serie but many aspects,like for example the design of most vehicles, are utterly ridicolous
>>29289253
JA JA BINKS A GONNA SUKK SUM LIZERD DIKKK
>>29289156
It is. Star Wars energy weapons are described as delivering serious amounts of energy (although it's all localized). Capital ship weapons are measured in megatons.
>>29289299
Gee its almost as if they were designed with toy sales in mind or something.
>people forming an emotional attachment to fictional series.....
Is exactly what said series marketing is designed to do, people spend more money when they think they have personal connection to the charecters and objects.
>>29276360
The pilot is Australian
>>29289299
>drake posting
>>29279376
Sorry to disappoint but half of the books are in Spanish and half in English, and stats are a bitch.
>>29287220
If it's the silver one below, then yes. With Yoda and Solo's pictures.
>>29279356
And if you want to kill the prisoner you can also take out the ships cannons easily.
>genius
>>29276229
It's not a fighter, it's a patrol craft
>>29277221
>Port Hueneme
Ayyy, I lived near there when I was a kid, good times.
>>29290749
I love it
>>29279551
I need a video game where I can be comfy and zip around in this thing doing WW2 style bombing runs.
>>29277221
its canon designation is the firespray 31 pursuit special and it was stolen from the prison moon Oovo lV buy jango fett
>>29291622
I wish they left in the old pre-Legends pre-prequels canon that it was custom made for Boba Fett by KDY, as told in the bounty hunter trilogy.
He was easily the coolest character and it was almost entirely due to the mystery surrounding his character, and they thought it was a good idea to show his face, make him a babby clone, and make his dad the origin of all his cool stuff. Do you wear the exact same clothes as your dad? didn't think so.
>>29291848
yeah they really didn't handle boba fett well in the prequels
but that is kinda par for the course for those movies
