Star Wars: Andor

[MarkB]

Seems rather odd that no one had thought of "shotgun blast to the tractor assembly" before, nor since.

That ship design was pretty unique - in most cases the tractor beam emitters aren't so obvious, or they're mounted on well-shielded capital ships that would shrug off a blast of shrapnel. That ship was, like, at least 30% tractor beam.

And Luthen isn't the first person to think of targeting the dish.

 

[Zaukrie]

Seems rather odd that no one had thought of "shotgun blast to the tractor assembly" before, nor since.

The first time people think of obviously good ideas always seems like a head slapper. It was entertaining, that's what mostly matters to me.

 

[Celebrim]

Seems rather odd that no one had thought of "shotgun blast to the tractor assembly" before, nor since.

The tactic Luthen uses turns up in the Legends canon. Luke Skywalker does something similar to escape a trap laid by Thrawn.

 

[MarkB]

The tactic Luthen uses turns up in the Legends canon. Luke Skywalker does something similar to escape a trap laid by Thrawn.

And there are other workarounds. In Rebels, the Ghost is capable of jamming tractor beam emitters.

 

[Zardnaar]

Seems rather odd that no one had thought of "shotgun blast to the tractor assembly" before, nor since.

1991 or 92 Luke did it in Legends

 

[Ryujin]

Just for the record, I have read absolutely zero of the Extended Universe stuff.

 

[Zardnaar]

Just for the record, I have read absolutely zero of the Extended Universe stuff.

Understandable main point was it's been done before.

I don't mind them mining Legends or Easter egging it.

It's painful when they don't learn the lessons of Legends though and repeat the same mistakes.
Andors pretty good though along with Rogue One. Generally Disney has done a decent job with Droids as well.

 

[pukunui]

What board rules am I breaking or in danger of breaking?

I don't think you were breaking any rules. More just that the mods tend to close down threads when they turn into circular arguments between the same two or three posters.

That ship design was pretty unique - in most cases the tractor beam emitters aren't so obvious, or they're mounted on well-shielded capital ships that would shrug off a blast of shrapnel. That ship was, like, at least 30% tractor beam.

Yeah, that Imperial cruiser was an interesting design. At first glance, I thought it was more like an AWACS plane:

With the dishes being listening devices rather than tractor beam emitters.

 

[Celebrim]

Yeah, that Imperial cruiser was an interesting design

I was very much hoping it would fit into the small capital ship space that is so poorly explored in Star Wars, where everything seems to be 30m or less or 1000m or more. After all, you would build anti-piracy/anti-smuggling patrol ships to be cost effective, right? So you could build lots of them? I mean, you'd only need them to be big enough to daunt the average pirate or smuggler.

But no, crew of 2000+. Utterly ridiculous size for its weapons load out. And for some reason, carries two full wings of tie-fighters which are specialized interceptor/escort craft that while they are serviceable against other snub fighters, really lack the firepower to seriously hamper larger vessels of the sort pirates would operate. and aren't useful for boarding actions. So it's this weird light carrier/customs patrol craft hybrid that is uber-expensive to operate compared to what you get.

Yet another thing I'll have to massage to fit it into my D6 game. I think I'll shrink it down to 200m and give it a crew complement of about 200, and make it a tender for smaller patrol craft like the Guardian class.

 

[Zardnaar]

I was very much hoping it would fit into the small capital ship space that is so poorly explored in Star Wars, where everything seems to be 30m or less or 1000m or more. After all, you would build anti-piracy/anti-smuggling patrol ships to be cost effective, right? So you could build lots of them? I mean, you'd only need them to be big enough to daunt the average pirate or smuggler.

But no, crew of 2000+. Utterly ridiculous size for its weapons load out. And for some reason, carries two full wings of tie-fighters which are specialized interceptor/escort craft that while they are serviceable against other snub fighters, really lack the firepower to seriously hamper larger vessels of the sort pirates would operate. and aren't useful for boarding actions. So it's this weird light carrier/customs patrol craft hybrid that is uber-expensive to operate compared to what you get.

Yet another thing I'll have to massage to fit it into my D6 game. I think I'll shrink it down to 200m and give it a crew complement of about 200, and make it a tender for smaller patrol craft like the Guardian class.

Thought I was one of the last D6 loyalists lol.

The ship was in Solo movie on one of the backgrounds in the navy posters.

AMP: Robots Make a Hell of a Friend (And a Pretty Good Soldier)

AMP is a pretty engaging sci-fi short written and directed by Adam Marisett for Triton Films. It's set in a world where giant robots can be your best

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It's probably a cheap/crappy interdictor or even a precursor as the Interdictor covers the gravity wells.