ISD's vs VSDs vs Mon Cals

[ADarkJedi44]

But Thrawn is suggesting removing TIEs in favor of anti starfighter weaponry. Therefore the X-wings or whatnot could move in, fire tops and quickly get out....

[Mad78]

I think we can all agree on this: the ISD is very powerful but without its fighter escort it is not very effective.

[ADarkJedi44]

Yep, Rebel fighters are just too dangerous with their proton torps....

[Mad78]

But fighters without any heavy weaponry will surely have some problems.

[Trejiuvanat]

Which is why fighters with warheads were not a common sight, some elite squadrons would be equipped with them, but unless the mission objectives demanded it, I don't think they would have warheads.

[ADarkJedi44]

Attacking an ISD would certainly be a mission objective to demand warheads...

[Trejiuvanat]

But that's not a common objective.

Fighters are meant to use against fighters, or for hit-and-fade attacks. B-Wings, Y-Wings and K-Wings, and their Imperial Counterparts do have those objectives, but they require escorts.

[ADarkJedi44]

It's not common and all, but I do belive it was what we were discussing

[Mad78]

Its true. Fighters are for fighters and caps are for caps.

[Grand_Admiral_Thrawn]

But Y-Wings, B-Wings and K-Wings aren't fighters, they're bombers.

 

I suppose having a strictly capp ship navy would be a bad idea, no matter how good the anti-fighter power of the caps is. Jus think how bad WW II would have been if the allies only used AA guns, and not fighters.

[ADarkJedi44]

Japan would have PWNED us! AA guns or whatnot are nice and all, but they don't make up for a lack of fighters...

[Mad78]

And you have to add the costs. It often comes out cheaper to build fighters.

[Grand_Admiral_Thrawn]

That's true. The empire could build thousands of TIEs for the cost of a single ISD. Pluss, those TIEs would take less manpower to man than the ISD.

[Mad78]

I still think they should have put an ejector seat of some kind.

[ADarkJedi44]

Yep, but the Empire's faith in capitol ships. Would you be more afraid of an ISD or a thousand or so TIEs equipped with hyperdrives?

[Mad78]

ties

[Trejiuvanat]

Thousand TIEs cannot terrorize a population as an ISD can. But an Impstar isn't that scary without TIEs.

[Grand_Admiral_Thrawn]

Really? I don't think I'd want to go up against a Star Destroyer no matter what... well, unless I was in an Eclypse Super Star Destroyer.

[Mad78]

Or an SSD.

[Grand_Admiral_Thrawn]

Yeah, or anything bigger than an ISD I guess

[ADarkJedi44]

True Trej, but if they replaced a thousand of their 25,000 ISDs with TIEs.....Well a million TIEs with hyperdrives and a bunch of ISDs would be pretty fearsome

[Grand_Admiral_Thrawn]

I'd be more concerned about TIEs with shields. THose things would be harder to take down... but I guess they wouldn't be as mobile as if they had hyperdrives.

[ADarkJedi44]

Well a few thousand TIEs would be quite fearsome no matter what....

[Trejiuvanat]

Thrawn has a point, shielded TIEs would definetely be more fearsome. A few Impstars with shielded TIEs, now that would be fearsome.

[Mad78]

Yeah, higher ranked officers would have TIE interceptors with Hyperdrive and shields.