Ornithopoda Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Greetings all, I'm not sure if this has already been covered before, but I've heard some new players recently make the complaint that the ships in GSF don't look very 'Star Warsy'. When looking at the default starter ships, I can see where they're coming from (I'm looking at you Rycer). However, when you go through all of the playable ships in the game, there are actually ships that parallel most of the classic Star Wars fighters. This is the list that I've come up with: Republic X-Wing = Clarion (particularly with quad lasers and power drive) Y-Wing = Quarrel (specifically with barrel roll for real Y-Wing looking engines) A-Wing = Flashfire B-Wing = Sledgehammer Z-95 Headhunter (as it appeared in The Clone Wars series) = Novadrive Empire Tie Fighter = Sting Tie Bomber = Razorwire Tie Interceptor = Blackbolt Let me know if I missed anything, or there might be better options. It's also worth noting that most of these ships actually fill more or less the same roles as their classic counterparts (using X-wing vs Tie Fighter as a reference of course). Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemarus Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I've always felt that the Mangler and Jurgoran were inspired by the Assault Gunboat's appearance: http://fractalsponge.net/gallery/Starfighters/XG1%20StarWing%20Assault%20Gunboat/slides/g1.jpg (does this site belong to *our* Fractalsponge?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danalon Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (does this site belong to *our* Fractalsponge?) It's linked in his signature, so I'd say yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjeffw Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) Then of course you have the Imperial scout ships, which mimic the spherical cockpit and solar panels of the classic TIE fighters. For these I would go with: TIE Fighter = Blackbolt TIE Interceptor = Bloodmark TIE Advanced = Sting TIE Bomber = Legion/Razorwire (sorta) Empire Tie Fighter = Sting Tie Bomber = Razorwire Tie Interceptor = Blackbolt EDIT: somehow missed these when I read the first post, but I feel my comparisons are still valid. Edited February 4, 2016 by jmjeffw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlavivsAetivs Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) I always thought of the Clarion as the equivalent of the ARC-170 Starfighter: http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/1/11/FT-7B_Clarion.png/revision/latest?cb=20150802151751 http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/theclonewiki/images/0/02/ARC170.png/revision/latest?cb=20130321201528 And yeah the Novadive (Not Novadrive... geez you people should know this) looks like the Z-95 Headhunter. ~ Eudoxia Edited February 4, 2016 by FlavivsAetivs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danalon Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) Not a "classic" ship, but the Ocula/Skybolt reminds me of those Jedi starfighters from the prequels. Edited February 4, 2016 by Danalon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlavivsAetivs Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 The Delta-7 Aethersprite? http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/7/79/Jedi_Starfighter_EpII.png/revision/latest?cb=20150722030412 Or Eta-2 Actis? http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/8/8f/JediInterceptors.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20071031031348 ~ Eudoxia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ornithopoda Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Well, looks like there were some good ones out there that I missed after all. Good call on the Assault Gunboat, I didn't even think of that. Definitely some good matches from the prequel movies that I hadn't thought of too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danalon Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 (edited) The Delta-7 Aethersprite? http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/7/79/Jedi_Starfighter_EpII.png/revision/latest?cb=20150722030412 Or Eta-2 Actis? http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/8/8f/JediInterceptors.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20071031031348 ~ Eudoxia The second one. An egg with wings. Edited February 5, 2016 by Danalon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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