Wherefore Singularity Engine? Blame the [Star Wars] thread.

Gvzbgul

The B stands for 'best'.

Blake T

The B stands for Blake.

I made them.

Blake T

You guys should see the next design.

I call it a T wing

TankHammer

As long as it isn't as awkward as the J-Wing.

Elbasunu

A ship designed for Flight School training, the SCH-Wing

DarkPrimus

MrMonroe wrote: »

No, the letter designation is just a series number, with most of the alphabet having been discontinued. The A- and X- Wings' onomatopoeia are just a coincidence.

RZ-1 "A-Wing"
T-65-B "X-Wing"
BTL-A4/BTL-S3 "Y-Wing"
A/SF-01 "B-Wing"

Doesn't check out.

Librarian's ghost

Considering they don't even use the same alphabet it is even more ridiculous. It is best not to try to think about it. They were named that way because they sounded cool. That is the answer.

Mysst

the B stands for barge

as in, how it flies

Owenashi

So, this is pretty big.

CBR.com wrote:

Even if have you’ve already watched the animated Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion in its repeated airings on Disney Channel and Disney XD, they now have a big reason to tune in Oct. 26 for the ABC broadcast: Disney has announced the special presentation will include an additional scene featuring Darth Vader.

“We wanted to do something special for the ABC broadcast,” Executive Producer Dave Filoni said in a statement. “We’ve added a scene which gives audiences insight into the Inquisitor and includes a cameo by Darth Vader voiced by the distinguished actor James Earl Jones.”

Librarian's ghost

My older brother got one of those middle road LED lightsabers for his birthday and my two year old nephew immediately took off swinging it around.

So then I started looking at the more expensive habsro lightsabers with the metal handles and the removable blades. Luckily the one I'd much prefer, Luke's original Lightsaber, is I guess out of production and way more expensive on amazon so I managed to avoid that expense.

BlankZoe

Watched Rebels

it seemed okay

a little too similar to Season One of Clone Wars but considering how that show shaped up I am happy to give it the benefit of the doubt

the animation and model quality is a definite step down from Clone Wars though (I know CG shows benefit from long runs because it lets them build up a model library and what not but still)

I watched the little trailer for the Clone Wars The Lost Adventures DVD and it was just so much nicer looking than Rebels

DJ Eebs

it's called the b wing because it's 10% worse than the a wing

Muggins

Blankzilla wrote: »

Watched Rebels

it seemed okay

a little too similar to Season One of Clone Wars but considering how that show shaped up I am happy to give it the benefit of the doubt

the animation and model quality is a definite step down from Clone Wars though (I know CG shows benefit from long runs because it lets them build up a model library and what not but still)

I watched the little trailer for the Clone Wars The Lost Adventures DVD and it was just so much nicer looking than Rebels

I still can't stand the character designs.

nightmarenny

For serious I think the B-Wing is supposed to be short for bomber. Which is obviously a quick fix sort of thing but whatevs.

Nocren

timspork's ghost wrote: »

My older brother got one of those middle road LED lightsabers for his birthday and my two year old nephew immediately took off swinging it around.

So then I started looking at the more expensive habsro lightsabers with the metal handles and the removable blades. Luckily the one I'd much prefer, Luke's original Lightsaber, is I guess out of production and way more expensive on amazon so I managed to avoid that expense.

Parksabers.com

Bright, more durable blades that are removable. Comes with free belt/clip. Available in many styles (Annakin, Luke, Vader, Obi-wan (episode 1&3), Assoka, Windu and some custom designs) and colors (red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange) and even lengths (24 or 36 inches).

Downside: no sound effects, $120 average price and a 8 week crafting time.

Mysst

Nocren wrote: »

timspork's ghost wrote: »

My older brother got one of those middle road LED lightsabers for his birthday and my two year old nephew immediately took off swinging it around.

So then I started looking at the more expensive habsro lightsabers with the metal handles and the removable blades. Luckily the one I'd much prefer, Luke's original Lightsaber, is I guess out of production and way more expensive on amazon so I managed to avoid that expense.

Parksabers.com

Bright, more durable blades that are removable. Comes with free belt/clip. Available in many styles (Annakin, Luke, Vader, Obi-wan (episode 1&3), Assoka, Windu and some custom designs) and colors (red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange) and even lengths (24 or 36 inches).

Downside: no sound effects, $120 average price and a 8 week crafting time.

ultrasabers.com has sound options and a more varied selection for lower-end sabers

Weaver

If you want to make fun of a rebel fighter, the y-wing is right there

in the death star trenches

getting shot down from behind

while having a rear facing gunner with an ion cannon

TankHammer

Weaver wrote: »

If you want to make fun of a rebel fighter, the y-wing is right there

in the death star trenches

getting shot down from behind

while having a rear facing gunner with an ion cannon

That's the incompetent gunner's fault, not the ship.

The ship was doing its best.

Mysst

there weren't any gunners, though! totally should have been, I mean it's not like they couldn't scrounge up like a tech or something to sit back there

Lord_Asmodeus

Man everyone's favorite ships so far have all been fighters, personally my favorites are the iconic and badass Imperial Star Destroyers

TrippyJing

My favorite ship is the...pffft...Darksaber...

Lord_Asmodeus

To be fair the dark saber was if nothing else a cool idea (and it looks pretty cool) basically just "hey, why couldn't you just build the giant ass laser without the space station around it?"

TankHammer

I never read Star Wars books as a lad but one of my friends was a huge fan. I remember him talking about the Suncrusher and how awesome that sounded to 11-year-old me.

Librarian's ghost

Mysst wrote: »

Nocren wrote: »

timspork's ghost wrote: »

My older brother got one of those middle road LED lightsabers for his birthday and my two year old nephew immediately took off swinging it around.

So then I started looking at the more expensive habsro lightsabers with the metal handles and the removable blades. Luckily the one I'd much prefer, Luke's original Lightsaber, is I guess out of production and way more expensive on amazon so I managed to avoid that expense.

Parksabers.com

Bright, more durable blades that are removable. Comes with free belt/clip. Available in many styles (Annakin, Luke, Vader, Obi-wan (episode 1&3), Assoka, Windu and some custom designs) and colors (red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange) and even lengths (24 or 36 inches).

Downside: no sound effects, $120 average price and a 8 week crafting time.

ultrasabers.com has sound options and a more varied selection for lower-end sabers

If I want a Luke ESB style one with sound it ends up being wayyyy more expensive than the Hasbro one even if the quality is way better. Still way more money than I want to spend on something to spin around in my room when I'm alone.

Mysst

timspork's ghost wrote: »

Mysst wrote: »

Nocren wrote: »

timspork's ghost wrote: »

My older brother got one of those middle road LED lightsabers for his birthday and my two year old nephew immediately took off swinging it around.

So then I started looking at the more expensive habsro lightsabers with the metal handles and the removable blades. Luckily the one I'd much prefer, Luke's original Lightsaber, is I guess out of production and way more expensive on amazon so I managed to avoid that expense.

Parksabers.com

Bright, more durable blades that are removable. Comes with free belt/clip. Available in many styles (Annakin, Luke, Vader, Obi-wan (episode 1&3), Assoka, Windu and some custom designs) and colors (red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange) and even lengths (24 or 36 inches).

Downside: no sound effects, $120 average price and a 8 week crafting time.

ultrasabers.com has sound options and a more varied selection for lower-end sabers

If I want a Luke ESB style one with sound it ends up being wayyyy more expensive than the Hasbro one even if the quality is way better. Still way more money than I want to spend on something to spin around in my room when I'm alone.

that's what she said!

Elbasunu

TankHammer wrote: »

I never read Star Wars books as a lad but one of my friends was a huge fan. I remember him talking about the Suncrusher and how awesome that sounded to 11-year-old me.

It's almost like an 11 year old wrote it.

(i kid because I love. I ate those books up)

Librarian's ghost

Mysst wrote: »

timspork's ghost wrote: »

Mysst wrote: »

Nocren wrote: »

timspork's ghost wrote: »

My older brother got one of those middle road LED lightsabers for his birthday and my two year old nephew immediately took off swinging it around.

So then I started looking at the more expensive habsro lightsabers with the metal handles and the removable blades. Luckily the one I'd much prefer, Luke's original Lightsaber, is I guess out of production and way more expensive on amazon so I managed to avoid that expense.

Parksabers.com

Bright, more durable blades that are removable. Comes with free belt/clip. Available in many styles (Annakin, Luke, Vader, Obi-wan (episode 1&3), Assoka, Windu and some custom designs) and colors (red, yellow, blue, green, purple, orange) and even lengths (24 or 36 inches).

Downside: no sound effects, $120 average price and a 8 week crafting time.

ultrasabers.com has sound options and a more varied selection for lower-end sabers

If I want a Luke ESB style one with sound it ends up being wayyyy more expensive than the Hasbro one even if the quality is way better. Still way more money than I want to spend on something to spin around in my room when I'm alone.

that's what she said!

When I read it before posting I even thought that but decided to roll with it.

Gvzbgul

My favorite.

My favorite small ship is the Y Wing, but that's because it had an ion cannon in X-Wing VS Tie Fighter. And I loved the A wing because it was fast.

Sterica

I like the Executor because I have a small penis IT'S SO COOL.

AtomicTofu

pffffffffft

Lalabox

AtomicTofu wrote: »

pffffffffft

Mate

your ship's melting a bit there mate

might want to look into that

Melding

int he rogue squadron games i was an ace with a Y-Wing. you needed shit dead? Y-Wing. Needed a good time? Y-Wing. Needed an all around craft capable of handling and mission type? TIE Interceptor.

007ctrl_room

this thread really makes me want to play rogue squadron again

GreasyKidsStuff

I don't think any SW game was as much fun for me as when you get swarmed by TIEs at the start of the Battle of Endor mission. That just summed of space battles and being able to play it was awesome.

Mysst

I liked playing the V-wing but then I am a super fan of Macross-style missile barrages

Jasconius

not all Y-wings had a rear gunner

but Y wings could be pretty great in some games yes

I've never played a game where the B-wing really panned out as a viable ship. I'd always rather have an X-wing if I needed torpedoes

In Galaxies, the B-wing was notable for having the highest mass-supporting superstructure in the game, but there wasn't any content to make that worthwhile

honovere

How would you even implement the main feature of the B-Wing, the rotating cockpit, into a game in a reasonable way?

Mysst

you can't, it was terrible

Jasconius

its actually not supremely hard. there has been a game that did it, can't remember which one

you just make the cockpit your 0,0,0 coordinate of the object... if you rotate on that then you'll get rotation on the cockpit

most games don't bother though, since you'd need special camera code and cockpit code to not half-ass it

Weaver

b-wing was basically the f-35 of the rebel alliance