Deep Space FaWtL

[Freehold DM]

Sissyl wrote:

*comes flying after the scattering X-wings in a TIE defender*

A B-wing the most powerful fighter? Pfeh. Let me teach you about firepower...

casually sets y wing turret to target incoming fighters

[Aranna]

The B Wing is an actual Bomber... I think it wins on that payload too.

[Crusinos]

~kssh~
It doesn't need to win on payload.
~kssh~
It just needs to hit your engines.
~kssh~
TIE wins that way.
~kssh~

[Aranna]

Nah... if you enter my front arc you die instantly. And freehold's turret can pick off any Ties trying to sneak around out of arc.

Besides even if you fire a bomb you have no targeting I can simply move my fighter out of the way and it misses.

[Crusinos]

Or I could just use a TIE/sa and blow you out of the sky from outside of your targeting range with a salvo of guided missiles :p

TIE/sa bombers were why the B-wing wasn't used in larger numbers by the Rebels.

[Freehold DM]

Crusinos wrote:

Or I could just use a TIE/sa and blow you out of the sky from outside of your targeting range with a salvo of guided missiles :p

TIE/sa bombers were why the B-wing wasn't used in larger numbers by the Rebels.

no, it was because they were difficult to fly and expensive, according to X-wing novels.

[John Napier 698]

Aranna wrote:

I love the B Wing. The most advanced heaviest hitting fighter out there with the strongest shields. Designed to go toe to toe with capital ships.

Isn't that the truth! I cheered during Jedi when a bunch of B-Wings took out that Star Destroyer.

[Crusinos]

Freehold DM wrote:

Crusinos wrote:

Or I could just use a TIE/sa and blow you out of the sky from outside of your targeting range with a salvo of guided missiles :p

TIE/sa bombers were why the B-wing wasn't used in larger numbers by the Rebels.

no, it was because they were difficult to fly and expensive, according to X-wing novels.

According to Essential Guide to Warfare, the TIE/sa was also used by the Empire to counter B-wings. They launched guided missiles into the B-wing's flight path. The B-wing's maneuverability made them easy prey for this tactic.

[John Napier 698]

Except that the Y-Wing's turret holds the Ion Cannons. The Laser Cannons are mounted in the nose. A good solid hit from the Ion Cannons will leave other ships drifting, once the shields go down. ( God how I miss playing X-Wing on the PC. )

[Starship Captain Yesterday]

All I know is my toy Y-Wing was the beezneez.

Otherwise I invested heavily in Robotech toys.

[John Napier 698]

Starship Captain Yesterday wrote:

All I know is my toy Y-Wing was the beezneez.

Otherwise I invested heavily in Robotech toys.

I got the X-Wing for Christmas in '77.

[Freehold DM]

Starship Captain Yesterday wrote:

All I know is my toy Y-Wing was the beezneez.

Otherwise I invested heavily in Robotech toys.

hate you.

So much.

[John Napier 698]

You shouldn't. It didn't last long. The spring that separated the wings broke after a few days. <grumble, grumble, piece of junk>

[Raven Moon]

I had an x-wing back in the 70s but I really want the ARC 170, A-wing and the new Falcon now.

[Tacticsalien]

My "big" thing back when was an inherited (more or less) Captain Power ship and two action figures.

Anyway, this makes me wonder if action figures will be made from Starfinder.

That would be... awesome. XD

[captain yesterday]

I got my Y-Wing at a garage sale but everything else I earned by helping with the butchering and doing chores for an old blind man down the road that insisted on calling me Jerry.

[Freehold DM]

captain yesterday wrote:

I got my Y-Wing at a garage sale but everything else I earned by helping with the butchering and doing chores for an old blind man down the road that insisted on calling me Jerry.

Dammit Jerry, give me that y wing! I need it!

[John Napier 698]

Freehold DM wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

I got my Y-Wing at a garage sale but everything else I earned by helping with the butchering and doing chores for an old blind man down the road that insisted on calling me Jerry.

Dammit Jerry, give me that y wing! I need it!

I think I remember seeing a Y-Wing at a Comic store here in Pittsburgh. I'll check to see if it's still there.

[captain yesterday]

Mine's long gone, I think I gave it to a younger brother.

[Freehold DM]

captain yesterday wrote:

Mine's long gone, I think I gave it to a younger brother.

Jerry. Bring me your younger brother.

[captain yesterday]

captain yesterday wrote:

I got my Y-Wing at a garage sale but everything else I earned by helping with the butchering and doing chores for an old blind man down the road that insisted on calling me Jerry.

What I realized about this statement while walking the dog is, thirty years later, every winter I shovel the sidewalk for an old lady down the road that insists on calling me Steve.

[Freehold DM]

captain yesterday wrote:

captain yesterday wrote:

I got my Y-Wing at a garage sale but everything else I earned by helping with the butchering and doing chores for an old blind man down the road that insisted on calling me Jerry.

What I realized about this statement while walking the dog is, thirty years later, every winter I shovel the sidewalk for an old lady down the road that insists on calling me Steve.

Dammit, just when I was going to reenvision Rick and Morty with you as Jerry Smith.

Well now I can reenvision American dad with you as Steve Smith.

Mm. They're both Smiths.

With hot wives/moms!

Maybe I should leave off impersonating NobodysHome and start impersonating you.

Or you know just kidnap your wives and make you fight through hordes of minions to get them back.

[Tacticslion]

You know, Freehold, it occurs to me: you should really watch Farscape. It has a character or two that may be relevant to your interests.

[Freehold DM]

I like Farscape. Or at the very least it is okay/tolerable. I miss the blue plant priest lady.

[Crusinos]

Freehold DM wrote:

I like Farscape. Or at the very least it is okay/tolerable. I miss the blue plant priest lady.

She was cool. I'm sad with how they ended her story.

[Wei Ji the Learner]

Maybe it's my down-to-Earth practicality, but even though they are 'technically' obsolete I'd stick to a Z-95 or a Y depending on the role I was looking for.

They seem the sort of spacecraft that could handle duct tape, baling wire, chewing gum, cardboard, etc. in the repair process better than all the Imperial 'high-performance tinfoil' and the A/B wings that are super-sophisticated deathtraps...

[John Napier 698]

B-Wings, being technically bombers, really needed an escort for protection. Perhaps a pair of X-Wings or Y-Wings, or some mix thereof, to take care of the Tie/sa fighters.

[Freehold DM]

B wings aren't technically bombers- they are bombers. It was the y wing that was multirole.

[Limey Of Barsoom]

You kids, with your Z-Bombers and Tights Flighters. In my day, we had solar-powered fliers powered by Radium Brains, and we liked it!

[VOTOZ]

Starfaring modifications complete.

[John Napier 698]

Freehold DM wrote:

B wings aren't technically bombers- they are bombers. It was the y wing that was multirole.

Quite so. True enough. They still needed escort fighters. Any opinions as to the best fighter to overcome the Tie/sa?

[Crusinos]

John Napier 698 wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

B wings aren't technically bombers- they are bombers. It was the y wing that was multirole.

Quite so. True enough. They still needed escort fighters. Any opinions as to the best fighter to overcome the Tie/sa?

Standard X-wing will do it. Or anything maneuverable. TIE/sa is a beached whale in space.

[Aranna]

~grins~
Rescue me brave escort pilots!
So I can blow the enemy Star Destroyer into pretty fireworks.

[Syrus Terrigan]

maneuvers to execute flawlessly timed A-wing slash

Whose Star Destroyer are we blowing up today??

[Crusinos]

Syrus Terrigan wrote:

maneuvers to execute flawlessly timed A-wing slash

Whose Star Destroyer are we blowing up today??

Mine.

Don't aim for the exhaust port. Some jerk tried that last week and the missile blew up early. We still haven't found a repair team willing to brave the wreckage and reopen it.

[John Napier 698]

Syrus Terrigan wrote:

maneuvers to execute flawlessly timed A-wing slash

Whose Star Destroyer are we blowing up today??

Perhaps one of High Admiral Teradoc's ships instead?

[Syrus Terrigan]

I was just curious, really -- I'm just here to blow up enemy snubfighters . . . .

[Crusinos]

Have fun!

The Expendables may be a bit tough. For some reason, they're angry about their name. The Cannon Fodders are displeased as well, but they learned to live with it.

[Starship Captain Yesterday]

I've learned today, I don't know s%*~ about spacecraft.

gets out old timey aeroplane with gatling gun, adds plastic bubbles over seats.

[Wei Ji the Learner]

Starship Captain Yesterday wrote:

I've learned today, I don't know s$&# about spacecraft.

gets out old timey aeroplane with gatling gun, adds plastic bubbles over seats.

...Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more...

The bloody Red Baron, he was rollin' up th' score!
Eighty men died trying to end that spree
of the Bloody Red Baron, of Germany!

[John Napier 698]

Hey! That was my kill! Quit hoggin' the battlespace! Sheesh!

[captain yesterday]

Now I want to listen to Tori Amos' Not The Red Baron.

Which, in turn, makes me want to listen to Mr. Zebra.

[Tacticsalien]

DANGIT!

Farscape was just removed from Netflix!

>:(

[Freehold DM]

Damn!

[Sharoth]

I am glad that I own Farscape on DVD.

[Freehold DM]

You look familiar....

[Dominar Rygel XVI]

Tacticsalien wrote:

DANGIT!

Farscape was just removed from Netflix!

>:(

Yotz!

[Raven Moon]

Crusinos wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

I like Farscape. Or at the very least it is okay/tolerable. I miss the blue plant priest lady.

She was cool. I'm sad with how they ended her story.

She was the female warrior in Road Warrior. (the 80s movie) I had a crush on her as a kid and a kind of crush on her as a blue alien while I am an adult.

[MageHunter]

Tacticsalien wrote:

DANGIT!

Farscape was just removed from Netflix!

>:(

NOOOOOOOOOOOO! I was just about to rewatch it!

I guess setting my wallpaper to pictures of Scorpius will have to suffice for now...

[Tacticslion]

Erk!

Lack... of... Farscape... withering...

C'moooonnnnnnn, Netflix, this is, like, the future! Gimme somethin' good to watch! XD