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Mamatried Commodore
Joined: 16 Dec 2017 Posts: 1850 Location: Norway
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:58 am Post subject: Starfighter compliments for almost any ship |
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I was playing around with the idea of a Raider Corvette (with the right side hangar large enough for 2 TIE seen in battlefront) capable of holding a full squadron, by using ISP-6 Imperial Shuttle Pods
http://rpggamer.org/page.php?page=3531
Found these D6 stats, and the size of 2.2 meter should allow these foldable? things to fit almost in your left pocket.
What a surprise, the single corvette all of a sudden seems to explode, and a dozen tiny starfighters swarm space around it attacking the enemy along side the mothership |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 14152 Location: Reynoldsburg, Columbus, Ohio.
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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2.2 meters? That's smaller than an A-wing. _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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Sutehp Commodore
Joined: 01 Nov 2016 Posts: 1797 Location: Washington, DC (AKA Inside the Beltway)
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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garhkal wrote: | 2.2 meters? That's smaller than an A-wing. |
2.2 meters? That's smaller than Chewbacca. _________________ Sutehp's RPG Goodies
Only some of it is for D6 Star Wars.
Just repurchased the X-Wing and Tie Fighter flight sim games. I forgot how much I missed them. |
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Mamatried Commodore
Joined: 16 Dec 2017 Posts: 1850 Location: Norway
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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Is shown as a micro micro lamda lookalike
2.2 m length, height looks about the same.
Making the wings collapsible is not hard to do, now you have what 2x1m 2x1.5 or something.
This could even be incorporated into ship hulls, adding full squadrons.
With the given speed ( that I think is a bit much) and the twin blaster, and shields this is the dream to have in your own TINY feighter
This is speeder scale |
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Kytross Line Captain
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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I had that toy when I was a kid |
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Mamatried Commodore
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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Kytross wrote: | I had that toy when I was a kid |
I did too.
as I remember my stormtrooper figure was actually taller |
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Wajeb Deb Kaadeb Commodore
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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2.2 meters? Eh, that's about the size of a womp rat, ain't it? |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 14152 Location: Reynoldsburg, Columbus, Ohio.
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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Basically i am saying there's no way that a ship could be that small and be combat effective. HECK Rebel snowspeeders, are bigger than that. _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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Mamatried Commodore
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:25 am Post subject: |
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I almost agree.
I could see them as something close to "ultralites" though I would most likely downgrade the guns and hull/armor, maybe give it a max speed of 4, making what it seems to be...an ultra ultralite |
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Zarn Force Spirit
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CRMcNeill Director of Engineering
Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 16272 Location: Redding System, California Sector, on the I-5 Hyperspace Route.
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:31 am Post subject: |
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I'm hesitant to make starfighters that small without engineering in some serious drawbacks. The closest I got was the Defense Pod, a standard escape pod that had been converted into a makeshift fighter. _________________ "No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.
The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index
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Kytross Line Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 8:40 am Post subject: |
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It has a serious drawback, it's speeder scale. It does 1D starfighter damage. |
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CRMcNeill Director of Engineering
Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 16272 Location: Redding System, California Sector, on the I-5 Hyperspace Route.
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Kytross wrote: | It has a serious drawback, it's speeder scale. It does 1D starfighter damage. |
Ah, so it really IS completely useless.
I can only assume the stat-writer arrived at that Scale and Length via a 1/1 comparison of the Kenner Toy with Kenner Action Figures, a ratio system that falls apart the second it’s compared to the toy versions of ships that appeared in the films.
Personally, if I were to use the ISP-6, it would serve as the basis for something else, like a multi-passenger orbital shuttle, perhaps. As for the stat linked in the OP, you would get better value for the cost and cargo space by installing a laser turret. _________________ "No set of rules can cover every situation. It's expected that you will make up new rules to suit the needs of your game." - The Star Wars Roleplaying Game, 2R&E, pg. 69, WEG, 1996.
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Kytross Line Captain
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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It's useless as a starfighter, yes. Though the scale difference makes it incredibly difficult to hit.
I wouldn't say it's useless though. It's a one man speeder that can not only break atmosphere, but can travel to nearby planets, ships and space stations. It's a very interesting design, clearly built to be a starship on a miniature scale.
Kind of like a motorcycle. Motorcycles have been used in war, but no one would ever consider them able to fill the roll of a humvee or a tank or mobile artillery. |
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garhkal Sovereign Protector
Joined: 17 Jul 2005 Posts: 14152 Location: Reynoldsburg, Columbus, Ohio.
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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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Kytross wrote: | It's useless as a starfighter, yes. Though the scale difference makes it incredibly difficult to hit.
I wouldn't say it's useless though. It's a one man speeder that can not only break atmosphere, but can travel to nearby planets, ships and space stations. It's a very interesting design, clearly built to be a starship on a miniature scale.. |
But where's it getting the engine thrust/power needed to be orbitally capable, when larger airspeeders don't? _________________ Confucious sayeth, don't wash cat while drunk! |
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