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[Juggernaut1985]

*slowly raises hand*

[Teradyn_pff]

Yes yes, I was referring to Legacy of War primarily. You guys have already modelled a few ships that should have been in the game from the get-go.

[Naja]

Yeah, the very presense of such units and characters like Mara Jade, Veers, the AT-AT and AT-ST, the A-Wing, the Mon Calimari Cruiser, the Nebulon B Frigate, and the Interdictor Cruiser (none of which were to be seen in Episodes I-IV) proves that the removal of the SSD and others was less of a matter of canon and more of a backdoor for a sequel. It's very pick 'n choose, sad to say. I don't blame the gents at Petroglyph for it, though. Probably was those moneygrubbing shit heads at Lucasarts.

[JanGaarni]

Err, the Tech Tree don't work that way, Naja.

 

It's not about when you see them first in the movie, but when they were deployed in Star Wars Lore.

 

The only ones deployed after ANH from the list you provided, is the Interdictor and the A-Wing.

[Zer_Teron]

Well, the Interdictor and A-Wing are in it so I can only hope for the TIE Defender *prays*

[Garbageben]

Anyway, as others have stated, an SSD would be pretty hard to balance in the game considering the rebels didn't really have anything to compare it to (other than the bulwark cruiser). With the DS all you had to do was do the trench run, but with an SSD it would be a lot harder to kill, because there is no easy way to blow it up.

[Makwu]

Well, the Interdictor and A-Wing are in it so I can only hope for the TIE Defender *prays*

 

Tie defender definetly wont make it in. As the SSD was in developement during ANH, the defender was in developement during ROTJ. But if the SSD didn't make it, the defender wouldn't even make it if they were to take the timeline all the way up to ROTJ.

[Naja]

Anyway, as others have stated, an SSD would be pretty hard to balance in the game considering the rebels didn't really have anything to compare it to (other than the bulwark cruiser). With the DS all you had to do was do the trench run, but with an SSD it would be a lot harder to kill, because there is no easy way to blow it up.

 

Yeah, but the Rebs and Imps have radically different styles of play. While the Empire was sitting there with its thumb up its ass for God-knows-how-long waiting for its completition, the Rebels could in fact gain superior economy and numbers by taking more planets and building up a superior force of heavy cruisers that - while incapable of 1 on 1 combat against an SSD - together, could well in fact destroy it.

[Foshjedi2004]

Well, the Interdictor and A-Wing are in it so I can only hope for the TIE Defender *prays*

 

Tie defender definetly wont make it in. As the SSD was in developement during ANH, the defender was in developement during ROTJ. But if the SSD didn't make it, the defender wouldn't even make it if they were to take the timeline all the way up to ROTJ.

 

 

Defender: researched up to ESB. Introduced Pre-Endor in small numbers due to Zaarin's rebellion.

[Garbageben]

Well, the Interdictor and A-Wing are in it so I can only hope for the TIE Defender *prays*

 

Tie defender definetly wont make it in. As the SSD was in developement during ANH, the defender was in developement during ROTJ. But if the SSD didn't make it, the defender wouldn't even make it if they were to take the timeline all the way up to ROTJ.

 

 

Defender: researched up to ESB. Introduced Pre-Endor in small numbers due to Zaarin's rebellion.

Yeah. I remember in the book "Isard's Revenge" that Wedge was wondering how the battle of Endor would have gone if TIE defenders had been there in sufficient numbers. If it hadn't been for Zaarin... it would probably have been ugly.