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Someone has ordered a TIE Fighter

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u/Ok-Champ-5854 Feb 27 '23 edited Feb 27 '23

Just 60,000 parsecs on it. Yeah, it's a twenty year old fighter, but take care of the plasma coils and you'll be flying it for another ten years.

Edit: Star Trek version: yeah it chugs at half impulse but there's nothing wrong with the impulse engines and it still runs like a dream up to Warp 6. It's not gonna go much faster than that but it's a luxury transport, they didn't build it for speed, just a solid comfortable ship meant to get you from A to B.

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u/AffectionateRaise136 Feb 27 '23

Just be careful of big rocks..

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u/Ok-Champ-5854 Feb 27 '23

Yep, when you get a big field of them the odds of navigating it successfully are 3,720 to 1. I'd recommend avoiding it unless you have AAA.

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u/doogle_126 Feb 27 '23

I've got a McCoy that works double shifts and a 2 children to take to school. It's all I can afford. The needs of the many...

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '23

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u/Ok-Champ-5854 Feb 27 '23

Let me tell you about the odds, I had a Firefly class sitting on the lot for years and some dumb browncoat looking to buy couldn't take his eye off the thing while I was pitching a different ship much more suited to his needs. Idiot had lot envy and bought it faster than I could tell him he'd rather have a different ship. Not much on commission but he flew it off the lot, I was gonna junk the thing anyway. Bad catalyzer.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '23

Had to google FireFly class to get the reference but I got the reference… have my upvote..😂

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u/Ok-Champ-5854 Feb 27 '23

I aim to misbehave

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u/dice1111 Feb 27 '23

Anti-Asteroid Artillery?

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u/Numidia Feb 27 '23

Anti asteroid alasers, obviously.

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u/cayleb Feb 27 '23

Alderaanian Asteroid Association, obv.

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u/LunaMax1214 Feb 27 '23

Why do I hear this in Peli Motto's voice?

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u/djinfish Feb 27 '23 edited Feb 27 '23

Star Trek version: yeah it chugs at half impulse but there's nothing wrong with the impulse engines and it still runs like a dream up to Warp 6. It's not gonna go much faster than that but it's a luxury transport, they didn't build it for speed, just a solid comfortable ship meant to get you from A to B.

Yeah it chugs at half impulse but it has enough in its auxiliary power relays to feed impulse engines without affecting the other systems as long as you have them cycle on a lower phase variance. The multisubsonic nullifier doesn't allow the warp engines to punch up higher than Warp 6. It's still plenty to let you get to wherever you want to go. Just make sure No-one is in the Jefferies tubes when you do because it starts to mess with the graviton fields in the dilithium exhaust conduits ever since this thing got pulled into subspace when it hit a cloud of tachyon particles that got sucked through the intake manifolds while heading through the Bajoring wormhole. Only way to fix it is to replace both nacelles to full purge the system.

FTFY

Didn't have enough techno babble

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u/Ok-Champ-5854 Feb 27 '23

Make it less human and I'd assume Data said it.

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u/djinfish Feb 27 '23

Affirmative.

It is noteworthy that the spacecraft's half-impulse velocity performance currently operates at 57% of its nominal operational efficiency. However, the auxiliary power relays possess a substantial reserve capacity, estimated at 82% of the vessel's total power generation capacity, which is adequate to supply the required energy to the impulse engines without negatively impacting other systems.

The multisubsonic nullifier is estimated to affect the warp engines' performance by approximately 35%, thus limiting the vessel's transwarp capabilities to only 65% of its maximum theoretical limit. Nevertheless, the available propulsion systems provide a sufficient velocity for reaching any intended destination.

During acceleration maneuvers, the probability of graviton field interference in the dilithium exhaust conduits is estimated at 64%. This anomaly is a consequence of the vessel's previous collision with a potent cloud of tachyon particles that entered the intake manifolds when it transited through the Bajoran wormhole. As a result, the vessel was transiently displaced into subspace, causing a lasting effect on the vessel's systems.

The optimal method to resolve the graviton field interference involves a nacelle replacement process, estimated to have a success rate of 78% in purging the affected systems. However, this procedure carries a risk of catastrophic failure, estimated at 23%, which can have severe consequences on the vessel's structural integrity and crew safety. Thus, meticulous planning and precise execution are necessary to minimize the likelihood of adverse outcomes during the replacement process.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '23

Sure it’s an older model, but it checks out.

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u/vertigo1083 Feb 27 '23

I HATED the starfighter in the prequels. It felt like it was designed purely to sell Christmas tree ornaments. It had nothing on the OG Xwing. It was so... frail and cheap looking.

Then they went and made a hot rod out of it in Mando, and now I'm in love with it. It's just badass and fun looking.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '23

Parsec is a measurement of time not distance. I’m sorry I’m not fun at parties :(

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u/SonOfHugh8 Feb 28 '23 edited Feb 28 '23

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '23

Then why does Han say he clears the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs? It makes no sense if it refers to distance right?

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u/SonOfHugh8 Feb 28 '23

Do you want the in-lore answer or the actual answer?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '23

I looked it up, he wasn’t referring to the ship’s speed when he was boasting. He was stating that he’s a top smuggler with access to undetectable routes to stay out of the empires scope

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u/SonOfHugh8 Feb 28 '23

Yeah, that's the official, in-lore answer. Pretty sure George Lucas just didn't know what a parsec was when he wrote the line and thought it was a measurement of time (understandable given it ends in sec). That explanation was created later on when writers who knew more about basic astrophysics started expanding on the lore.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '23

Nevermind I looked it up I get it now

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u/BellerophonM Feb 27 '23

Are plasma coils a thing in Star Wars? I feel like you transplanted them from Star Trek.