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Re: A couple stupid SW questions...
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 9 Jun 2000 22:46:29 GMT
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http://www.star-wars-resource.freeserve.co.uk/starfight_tech/e-wing.html
No pic, but info on the E-Wing
Adam
In lugnet.starwars, Andrew Tyrone writes:
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> Nathan McDowell wrote:
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> > In lugnet.starwars, John Robert Blaze Kanehl writes:
> > > No flames please = )
> > >
> > > I consider myself a SW fan, but by no means do I know as much as many of you...
> > >
> > > What is the purpose of the B-wing and A-wing? (vs. the X-wing and Y-wing)
> > >
> > > I realize the x-wing is a mainline fighter and the Y-wing is a bomber...Are
> > > the A+B wings just updated versions of those types, fighter +bomber?
> > > (I thought I saw someone say the Awing was adept at combatting
> > > Tie-interceptors, I believe)
> > >
> > > DO all of the rebel fighters have hyperdrives?
> > >
> > > Thanks for baring with me...
> > >
> > > John
> > > (who loves that there are virtually no wheels in the SW theme universe!)
> >
> > My understanding was that the B-Wing was the heavy, heavy, heavy duty fighter
> > that could take a lot of damage from fighters and take on up to smallish
> > capital size ships in combat. The A-Wing was the hit and run type fighter or
> > the convoy escort type fighter, either way it was just designed to be fast as
> > all get out and pack lighter armament than the other rebel fighters. All the
> > rebel fighters have hyperdrives but only the X-Wing and the Y-Wing have
> > Astromech droids, the other two have onboard computers that do the trick,
> > apparently. The Expanded Universe has the E-Wing and the V-Wing and maybe some
> > others, but I really don't know about that... =)
> >
> > ~Nathan
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> Hey I've never seen an E-Wing. Could someone link me to a pic? =)
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> --
> Agent 0007
> AIM: Agent O0O7
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