Star wars clone fighter concept11/20/2022 ![]() ![]() The TIE Vanguard was specifically designed to serve as an upgraded version of the TIE/rc. That said, the TIE/rc was not the only TIE designed for reconnaissance. The TIE/rc has a few EU appearances, one of the more notable being Before the Storm (by the way, if a forgettable mid 1990s book is your more noticeable appearance, you’re not a very memorable fighter). I’ll level with you, I’m not even sure I can make out the difference in appearance between the rc and ln, but the wiki had it, so here we are. While it lacked a hyperdrive, it could be sent ahead of a fleet to relay information back while remaining undetected by the enemy. At the cost of a laser cannon, it gained enhanced sensors and communications equipment. ![]() The TIE/rc was designed to specialize in reconnaissance. The Light Duty only appeared in Star Wars: Galaxies, where it was introduced because I guess you couldn’t be trusted with a freakin’ TIE Fighter when you first started out as a pilot, you clod. They were usually reconditioned TIE Fighters, having lighter armor and armaments to have them serve better as training ships for novice pilots. If the TIE Light Duty looks pretty much identical to the TIE Fighter to you, well, that’s intentional. ![]() As such, TIE Fighters often won through sheer force of numbers, using swarm tactics to their advantage. However, the lack of those systems makes it both more maneuverable and incredibly cheap to produce. It lacks life-support, a hyperdrive, and shields. Compared to the X-Wing, and most other variants on this list, the TIE/LN is pretty abysmal starfighter. Though the TIE Fighter was named in real life due to its resemblance to a bow-tie, in the Star Wars galaxy they’re named for their Twin Ion Engine propulsion system. The TIE/LN is the most common variety of TIE. I’ve also gone and underlined the title of every CANON starfighter here, again, because I’m a pal. The TIE/rb, TIE/fo, TIE/vn, TIE/D Defender Elite, TIE Striker, and TIE Reaper have all been added since initial publication, with some new blurbs added to other TIEs as well. UPDATE: Cause I’m a pal, I’ve gone and updated this article as more TIE variants have come out. ![]() There’s a lot of ships to go through, so let’s get started. I decided to include every variant used by the Galactic Empire (which means no Mining Guild TIE Fighter or Chiss Clawcraft) that had been visually portrayed, which means that a few variants only ever mentioned in passing don’t show up. A few don’t even have actual appearances rather, they’re described in reference guides. Some had so few appearances that they never even got an official designation (which, considering how I own a three volume Star Wars Encyclopedia and Wookieepedia is sitting at over 100,000 articles, is frankly goddamn amazing). Here’s the thing: a lot of these variants only ever had one or two appearances. I thought I would go through the movies, Legends, and Rebels and put together a list of the various TIEs out there. You can spot a bunch of varieties in the films, but when all is said and done there are an awful lot more to keep track of. The thing is, though, that I barely began to scratch the surface of all the different TIEs out there. In that piece, I talked about a few different versions of the TIE Fighter, all from sources other than the movies. Last week’s piece on X-Wing Miniatures inspired me to do some more articles about starfighters. ![]()
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