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This is a small trivia question for the devs: Since you named the Mon Cal frigate MC30c, does there mean there's an MC30, MC30a and MC30b model in SW lore? Hope this isn't the wrong forum to ask in.

If the Venator truly isn't in, then it makes no sense to finally release several promotional screenshots with that ship in them. Doesn't this constitute false advertising?

Then why do we have corvettes, why frigates? A fleet is not all about raw power, there are many layers to it and many ship-types to fulfill different job. The Venator with its massive hangar-deck would be a heavily armed carrier-vessel, for instance. And the seperation of time between the Venator and the Imperial is 1 to 1,5 years. Not that much.

It is a general warship. Keep in mind it is considered old tech, so SD's are far more powerful. That's Delphi's answer, in the same thread where he confirmed the Venator the first time.

Yes, the Acclamator II has been known about since April. (First mention in a card game). Even so, the Acclamator I is heavily armed for a transport and several of them can perform a BDZ, I think. The Acclamator II would probably be called a SD in the Imperial Starfleet, as smaller ships have been called the same. (The Demolisher in the Droids cartoon, for instance.)

Already happened. The Rebels use not only old units left over from the Republic/early Empire, but also some Imperial units: Dreadnaught-class frigates, Nebulon-B frigates, CR90 corvettes, AT-PTs, Juggernauts. Anything they can find that's not as well guarded. After Endor, they even caught Imperial-class destroyers. The Venator is, but the Acclamator isn't. In the ROTS: Incredible Cross-sections the Venator's article said that its production was slowing down in favor of the Imperator (later renamed Imperial) and Tector classes. The first Imperator was commisioned only days after the Clone Wars ended and the second participated in the Subjugation of Kashyyyk only six weeks after war's end. (Ironically, when Delphi talks about "outdated tech", he's referring to a model only one or two years older than the Imperial-class, although development through a war can rapidly outdate early models, even though the time-scale isn't big.)

I'd guess the Rebel headquarters would be Dac (Mon Calamari). It was the "heart of the Rebellion" after all and had a constant fleet-presence to deter the Empire from attacking.

Probably means it's Imperial-only in singleplayer.

They're actually writing an extra article on N-K Necrosis (the Grievous-lookalike), so we're yet to see what it truly is.

Well, the 'rare' thing is just something I put in their profiles on SW Wiki, since in the game you need some experience to finally gain them, and that makes them pretty much rare compared to most other fighters. Of course, they could be elite craft and still be common in certain parts of the galaxy...

Actually, individual facts from the game have been noted and included by LFL continuity checker Leland Chee, so parts of it are canon. Though this does not automatically make it a good game. =P It's not that strange to see remnants of CW-era technology being used somewhere in the GCW-era, as most war vehicles are from that era anyway (AT-ATs, AT-STs, AT-PTs, AT-APs, Juggernauts, 74-Z speederbikes, ISPs, Acclamators, Victorys etc.). Even the first Imperator destroyers were being tested towards the end of the Wars, so having some fighters around from that time as rare elite craft is not that unbelivable.

That they were, but in a recent re-release one of the new covers had an Acclamator on it. No, both main variants were used by the Empire, the dedicated warship seen in EAW (the Acclamator Mk. II) and the Acclamator Mk. I transport (seen in SW Empire issues 30-34 and 36). In DE I issue 1, there's a Venator-ish ship in orbit around Byss. It has an elongated rear going far behind the command tower, but otherwise resembles a Venator. Funny coincidence.

I think they've been spurred on by fans wanting more whenever they hear a unit will not be there. =P And, then there's Delphi's "Mustafar will find its place, in due time..." quote.

The Acclamator is a heavily armed troop transport, while the Acclamator II is like a heavy frigate. Both of these designs are used by the Empire due to not having any serious competitors filling in their niché, which might not be the case for the Venator. However, since its fighter-carrying capabilities exceed those of the Imperator and Victory, there could be a place for it as a heavily armed carrier. *Looks at previous posts* Whoops, there's that balancing issue... Still, having a dedicated carrier that can launch more fighters at a time, while more vulnerable than the Imperator would be fun. And probably balanced as well.

Since Delphi mentioned that Mustafar will serve its purpose in due time, and yet didn't confirm a CW-era expansion, I think the Venator and the CW worlds will show up in a post-ANH expansion pack.

If the cost of the Z-95 remains low, it might become an alternative for resource-strapped forces.

The ARC-170, Belbullab-22 and Eta-2 are all still present in the galaxy come the OT-era. Similarly to the Z-95, they are older craft rarely seen, but their inclusion as "elite" fighters available to both Imperial, Rebel and Independent factions in SW:Galaxies, means that both factions in the GCW use them as fighters, and exclusive ones at that. And, yes, as said above, the ARC-170 is a heavy fighter/recon plane, while the Z-95 is a cheap, all-round starfighter that's been around for ages (pre-TPM to beyond NR-era, I think).

I think the third person is Captain Raymus Antilles, seen in ROTS and father of the Captain killed by Vader in ANH: http://starwars.wikicities.com/wiki/Raymus_Antilles

Well, there is the 3000 yr old Invincible-class still hanging around, so it's not that unbelievable. (Nothing more than patrol ships by now, but still...) And it's been 4000 years. Someone must have recolonized it by now. =P

How hard is this to understand? From those three posts I've managed to gather that Mustafar (and by default other PT planets) will be in an expansion pack continuing the EAW timeline.

IU-logic should to be consistent, even in video-games. You're skirting the issue like so many apologists by using the "it's all fiction anyway" response. Since it's all fiction, we shouldn't really have these kinds of boards, now should we? Oh, this should be good. They are ordered to let the rebels escape so they can be tracked. They're not using their best tactics. (A better look would be the storming of Tantive IV at the start, while the initial explosion makes the guards recoil.) Since they were setting up an E-Web to punch through the hull, there wasn't much more to do other than provide covering fire, and Han's repeating blaster cannon was an unexpected element. They are mostly chasing off Ewoks. And the Rebels at the bunker are of an unknown quantity. I wouldn't rush anything if I didn't know what to expect. There were Rebels all around the bunker besides Han and Leia, you know. The Ewoks did not route them, the Empire was winning up until Chewbacca highjacked an AT-ST and started causing disarray amongst some of the troops. We also have no reason to believe Palpatine was telling the truth. Why waste your best troops catching a small Rebel party? Even if they were the best, the troops at the rear bunker did NOT constitute an entire legion. Moving and shooting. Like in AOTC, ROTS, ANH (on the Tantive IV).

No. The first Imperator-class destroyers came out mere weeks after the Clone Wars ended. The only reason many Victory-class destroyers were sold off, was that they had enough of other ship types already.

The SW Wiki has documented at least one individual who led a team of Mandalorians in the GCW. From way back in the Marvel SW era.

I would think that a concentrated bombardment of a small area of a shield would cause it to weaken in that spot for a short while, allowing troop transports and landing craft to get through, possibly bombers to bring down the generator(s) on the inside as well. However, stronger ray & particle shields, like the one covering the Forest moon of Endor and the DS II, would require a tactic similar to the one used by the Rebels (infiltration and sabotage), if time and speed was the issue. The NR also used this tactic to bring down Coruscant's massive shields when the planet was liberated.

The final version of Forgotten Hope for BF:1942 came out after three years. You can never be too big. ;P