Darklance said:
1. When was Rogue Squadron formed? I believe that there was only a red squadron as of Empire Strikes back (of which Wedge was red #2) Under what circumstances were they formed?
2. Why is there such a discrepancy in SW movement? In A New Hope, star destroyers were able to chase down the millennium Falcon. However, in Return of the Jedi we see starfighters flying circles around capital ships. Fighters also seem to be able to do this in the X-wing/Tie Fighter games I played years ago as well as the books.
3. I read Zhan's trilogy years ago and I remember at one point the Imperial Fleet is kept at bay by a planetary shield. How did this differ from the one at Hoth? Was it only a partial shield?
4.What is the corperate Sector and what is its relation with the empire?
Thanks for your help.
1) Rogue Squadron was originally Red Squadron in A New Hope. Only Wedge & Luke survived, though. But they re-appeared in ESB along with Hobbie Klivian and maybe one other guy that I think ended up in Rogue Squadron. They were later renamed in ROJ. Why? I dunno. Maybe it was a typ0, it was really meant to be 'Rouge' Squadron, and ended up as Rogue. But anyway, if you look at various different versions of the script (and versions of Star Wars - the novels vs. the movies and radio drama) they often having conflicting squadron names.
2) Because George Lucas isn't a physicist, not does he try to keep things very coherent from movie to movie. Star Destroyers should be faster than they are in RPGs, IMHO, because they clearly chased the Falcon on more than one occasion (in ANH and ESB) and gained on it. Maybe the Falcon was souped up between ESB and ROJ?
3) The Planetary shield in the Zahn novel worked the same way as in ESB. It keeps a certain amount of a planet's surface safe from orbital bombardment. So they have to land troops outside and have them march in and take out the generator. Some planets have more than one shield, presumably all over the planet they can turn on for total coverage.
4) The corporate sector was created by Brian Daley for the Han Solo adventure novels he wrote in the very early days of Star Wars. Essentially, it's a region of space that is dominated by megacorporations. IIRC, it's free of direct Imperial rule, but pays the Empire off to be 'free'. In essense, instead of the Imperials ruling the area and taxing people, they just get the money from the rulers of the Corporate Sector (called the Corporate Sector Authority, or CSA).
West End Games put out a rather thin hardcover on it about 10 years ago. (Here's a short review of that I wrote about 5 years ago...
"This is the companion sourcebook for two of Brian Daley's novels - Han Solo at Stars' End, and Han Solo's Revenge. There's a third, but it wasn't set in the Corporate Sector. (Aka the CSA - Corporate Sector Authority).
I've only read Han Solo at Stars' End. It's a pretty good book. (So was Han Solo and the Lost Legacy). So the sourcebook is pretty decent. My only real complaint, is that I would have prefered more on the CSA as a nation, with maps and such, rather than so much on it's political organization.
Anyay, this is a pretty decent book. A fair amount of decent starships (though the stats appear in Pirates and Privateers), and vehicles. I give this a B
Chapter One: Han and Chewie's Exploits - Basically a recap of the novels
Chapter Two: History of the Corporate Sector - What it sounds like
Chapter Three: The Corporate Sector - Information on the CSA, but not much. Mostly just the political structure.
Chapter Four: Security Division - Information on the structure of the CSA's police, as well as stats for typical Espos (why they are called Espos, I don't know)
Chapter Five: Stars' End - About a really high tech prison
Chapter Six: Authority Personalities - Characters from the novels that work for the CSA- stats, pictures, and backgrounds.
Chapter Seven: Personalities of the Sector - Like above but with characters that don't work for the CSA
Chapter Eight: The Fringe - Ditto, but for criminals. Most notably it features Jessa and Doc, two outlaw technicians
Chapter Nine: Starships - Stats for the Victory Star Destroyer, Invincible Heavy Cruiser, Marauder Corvette, Etti Lighter, Bulk Hauler, Trianii RX4 Patrol Ship, TIS Zeta 19, Warpod #2, Lady of Mindor Passenger Liner, Millennium Falcon, the CSA IRD and IRD-A, and the Z95 Headhunter
Chapter Ten: Vehicles - A bunch of vehicles. Mostly larger speeders, plus the ESPO Walker.
Chapter Eleven: Equipment - Some armor, some guns, some criminal items
Chapter Twelve: Droids - Stats for Bollux and Blue Max, as well as some misc droids
Chapter Thirteen: Aliens - Lorrdians (a human species), Kamarians (bugs), Lafrarians (birds), Lurrians (monkeys), Pho Ph'eahians (??), Rakririans (??), Sljee (??), Trianii (tigers), Tynnans (otters),
Chapter Fourteen: Creatures: - Howlrunners, Dravian Hounds, Dinkos, Bloodsniffers, and Ball Creatures"
), but they are not very maneuverable.
