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Chris StarShade
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The link you provided voiced the theory and then also voiced how unlikely the theory was.
I have the technical manuals that are considered official.
You merely have another unofficial web-site run by a fan.
The solar panels ARE solar panels, not shield generators. Just another way the Empire tries to save money.
Funny that the rebels by the expensive ships and they don't have the creds, and the Empire buys the cheap ships despite their excess of creds...
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i imagine that shields and hyperdrives would increase the expense if a fighter. if you have few fighters in general, you want to maximise the effectiveness of what you have, so you include shields. also, the rebels have few large ships, so the fighters need to be able to get themselves to the battle. the imps want to be as cost effective as possible, since they produce so many fighters. maybe they did a cost/efficiency study, and shields weren't worth it in the long run. also, the imps have plenty of ships to ferry the fighters around in, so the fightes don't need a hyperdrive unit.
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EdipisReks
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quote:I have the technical manuals that are considered official.
You merely have another unofficial web-site run by a fan.
well if that's the case then why don't you just go away? afterall, this is just another unofficial web site run by fans.
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quote: Funny that the rebels by the expensive ships and they don't have the creds, and the Empire buys the cheap ships despite their excess of creds...
Yes, but the Empire also has several billion more ships than the Rebels.
Look at the end of Return of the Jedi. There's a good bet that 99% of every rebel ship that existed at that time is fighting at Endor. And I'd bet good money that most of the Imperial Fleet isn't there, especially since all they (thought they) had to do was hold the Rebels while the Death Star picked them off.
Disregarding the question of whether Stormtroopers (and by implication, TIE Fighter pilots and others) are clones, the Empire clearly has very little regard for human life. It also has a large number of resources, and seems to adopt an "outnumber them" approach. The rebels meanwhile have to protect each and every pilot and ship, and it therefore makes sense for them to spend more on each one where possible.
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Since the SWTC site was brought up, I feel compelled to point out that it was written by a very intelligent, well-educated person, Curtis Saxton (who has a doctorate in astrophysics). In addition, the latest cross-sections book was written by him.
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i have a gold idol of curtis saxton that i smoke large amounts of mary jane to as own personal sacrifice to the maker of a very entertaining website.
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Da_bang80
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quote:Originally posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim: The idea behind the TIE fighters not having sheilds was that the Empire had such little regard for human life that they didn't care whether their pilots got blown up or not. The TIEs were cheap, quick, mass-produced craft. You can always draft more pilots...
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Much like the Japanese "Zero" from WWII. it was a bare-bones aircraft, hardly any armour, or safety devices (like self sealing fuel tanks) they were fast and manueverable. and like the TIE Fighter, they were expendable.
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Da_bang80
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One more thing! http://www.theforce.net/swtc/tie.html#cockpits websites like this are a little too inacurate for anyone to get any useful info. i've known that the panels were solar collectors for a very long time. a bit longer than the moron running that site has been at it. the internet can be a very bad source of info.
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TIE Fighters don't have shields, because there is not space to put in the generators...
And the 'the moron running that site is actually also the person resposible for the Episode II cross sections book...
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Cartman
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quote:Originally posted by Da_bang80: ...i've known that the panels were solar collectors...
I suggest you read up on your physics books, as well as the section of the site I linked to that explains in great detail why those panels CAN'T be solar collectors.
quote:TIE Fighters don't have shields, because there is not space to put in the generators...
I distinctly remember flying T/F's and T/I's that were upgraded with shields in the Balance of Power addon. It isn't a matter of available space, but rather one of budget.
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Da_bang80
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quote:Originally posted by NightWing: TIE Fighters don't have shields, because there is not space to put in the generators...
And the 'the moron running that site is actually also the person resposible for the Episode II cross sections book...
I'm glad you didn't say: "the moron running the site was actually me"
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Well you also have to keep in mind that most of the stuff the Rebellion had was stuff stolen from the Empire such as the Nebulon-B escort/medical frigate or Imperial hand me downs like the Corellian Corvettes or stuff they just threw together like the Assault Frigate which was a Dreadnaught that was stripped down and some new weaponary was added
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