| | 4x2ReVu: B-wing at Rebel Control Center Joseph Gonzalez
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| | The war ended more than a year ago. Ceremonies were held, medals were awarded and most of the men went home to their families, but not Aram Andrus. Sole survivor of a hundred skirmishes, he saw too many friends die at the hands of the Imperials to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing at Rebel Control Center Timothy D. Freshly
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| | | | Joseph Gonzalez <hsadm2.jgonzale@ema...ate.ut.us> wrote in message news:FoA9xw.1HE@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) dollars (...) For (...) it (...) and a (...) I have not yet purchased this model but I have examined the box in stores and it looks like a (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Mark Sandlin
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| | | | In lugnet.reviews, Joseph Gonzalez writes: <snip> (...) <snip> According to the Star Wars Roleplaying Game, ( I haven't read a thorough B-wing history anywhere else) The B-wing starfighter was designed as a heavy weapons ship whose primary function (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | (...) I'll see what I do! I'll try to make a second cockpit for my B-Wing (see the dat file here: (URL)) to hold two 'figs! Jeff (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Jason Brown
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| | | | | (...) In the X-Wing series, it had 3 ion cannons and 3 blasters (which where always changing places on the wings and cockpit, IMHO XWA had the best configuration). If you look at the official LEGO B-Wing, on each wing there is the large standard (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | (...) Yuck. I don't consider the X-wing series because it's a game, and most games change things to make them easier to program or more exciting. For instance: 1) You couldn't rotate the B-Wing's fuselage in the game. 2) A-Wings do not have (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | (...) Using any computer GAME for stats in plain silly. (...) Exactly (...) Wrong. The A-wing has two concussion missile launchers. Realize that a concussion missle would be about the size of a lightsaber blade piece (slightly shorter though) and it (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | (...) Again, it depends where you get your stats. You didn't say where you got yours, but I prefer to use the stats from the Star Wars RPG books. In the RPG, the A-wing doesn't have concussion missiles. Another consideration is that not only does (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | (...) My stats come from the "Behind the Magic" PC-CDROM. It includes production models, concept art, and a description based of the ideas of the ship from the movie. (...) I checked the CD again it says A-wing have two launchers each with a rack of (...) (25 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | | | (...) The plot thickens! Especially when you consider that Timothy Zahn (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command) said he took _his_ information from the Star Wars RPG. (i.e. Skipray blastboat, Dreadnought (maybe some other stuff (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | (...) you (...) Not really, Zahn also described turbolasers as a continuous stream instead of bolts. This is clearly overridden by the movies. Such errors are ommitted from the Encyclopedia/BTM CD. Zahn also described communications as sub-space (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | Mike Petrucelli <lordinsanity@usa.net> wrote in message news:FoDurH.56D@lugnet.com... (...) Are you sure?, I mean ALL of the SW Games excludimg EP1 ones(X-Wing and add-ons, TIE Fighter and Add-ons, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter and Add-ons, Rouge Squadron (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | (...) While the story lines of games are generally considered acurate unless overridden by higher canon, the technology is usually modified for gaming or just plain wrong. For instance X-wing vs. TIE fighter's ship info section lists a Victory Star (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) and I here I figured Ackbar got promoted the same way other Rebel leaders got promoted -- the Imperials wiped their predecessors... Steve (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Jeremy H. Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) Oh no. We're looking at the advent of an Ewok general... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | (...) I'm not sure the Mon Calamari were internal to the Empire, were they? At the very least, none of them served the Emperor, and that explains why they suddenly "appeared" among the Alliance ships. I could be wrong, however. best, Lindsay (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing (slightly off topic) Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | (...) Actually, Ackbar is said to have served the Emperor directly, and that's where he got much of his knowledge of Imperial tactics. Of course, it depends on which book you're reading... :) ~Mark (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing at Rebel Control Center David Simmons
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| | | | (...) and (...) Actually, we never have, if the visor is trans-yellow and NOT trans-antifreeze. I'm really jazzed about this! Dave (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: 4x2ReVu: B-wing at Rebel Control Center Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | (...) Well, it is trans-yellow, I thought there was trans-yellow before, but I can't find it. Scott S. ___...___ Scott E. Sanburn-> ssanburn@cleanweb.net Systems Administrator/CAD Operator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Page -> (URL) (25 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.starwars)
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