• VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    TIEs specifically don’t because the Empire is wasteful, stupid, and arrogant.

    Well, also because the TIE is a light fighter built for both speed and mass production, which meant stripping out everything other than engines, guns, and controls. Similarly fast fighters with more features seem to have been made in comparatively small numbers and were issued specifically to either elite Imperial pilots or Jedi depending on the era.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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      7 months ago

      Yeah, thats what the Empire said but when you’re losing dogfights with 2:1 odds or better because all your pilots get clapped in one shot and never have a chance to gain experience against an outgunned and outmanned insurgency your strategy is just bad.

      We know that was the rationale but we also know they were hilariously wrong.