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Star Wars: The Starfighters of the Republic
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2024
- Spacedock breaks down the strike craft used by the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.
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Regarding the Z-95 Headhunter. I wanted to keep this video to 6 ships to match the CIS one so I left it out. I'll probably circle back to that ship if/when I do a Rebel Alliance breakdown video.
Good to know.
Quick question, will you included the R-41?
Or is that not a contender, since they were only used when the Rebels didn't have X-Wings?
Kinda feel that’s okay. I believe Z95’s were already in production prior to war and also I believe they were used as a less expensive ARC-170.
In legends material there was more ships as well like the NTB-630 (which was a garbage craft in Republic at war) and an airspeeder version of the arc 170
Surely an airspeeder doesn't qualify as a starfighter?
I forgot how much weight I've lost since the Clone Wars
you also lost the ball turret
You ook good, but I liked the turret.
@@BoostedMonkey05 So... Does that means the Y-wings have no balls now?
@@CHEF-55457 yes. They literally have to cower behind their fighter escorts
Isn’t that most bombers? Also the Y wing is the Star Wars equivalent of the Fairly Swordfish
I still REFUSE to believe the clone wars only lasted 3 damn years
There bringing it back to finish off Ashokas storyline, etc
You mean fill in the gaps. She's still around post-Endor due to stuff Rebels showed of her. I do agree it'll be nice to see her participation in the Mandalore Campaign though.
Because they are adressing the flaws.
But I still like to think that the companies like Kuat, Rothana and other military manufacturers were using their influence in the senate to get new contracts and in the process get more credits from the republic.
+Kacper Marciniak Rothana = Kuat. RHE is a subsidiary of KDY. :) That aside, very likely. Influence and attempting to demonstrate loyalty to the incoming regime.
When you can travel around the entire galaxy faster than people in the 20th century could travel around the planet, wars don't usually take all that long.
The ARC-170 is probably my favorite Star Wars fighter, period.
My only issue with it is the main cannons are too far apart to be much use outside of strafing runs on large targets. 12.5 meters long, the wing span is as long as if not longer than the length of the ACR-170. So at best a 12.2 meter gap between their mounts.
@@corwinhyatt519 I imagine the cannons are slightly articulated to better find their range, like they do in the OG Battlefront 2.
@@corwinhyatt519 IIRC the guy in the middle position adjusted the convergence to maximize the effectiveness.
Don't have a source at hand but i'm fairly sure, the wing mounted cannons were gimbaled and able to move a couple degree!
+ Mit Whit Gaming, Angel Marin, Seth90TOF: Okay, I can see that. Not sure the gimbaling is worth the added mass of the mechanisms and control systems for it. Still, it is a good heavy fighter despite that one issue.
V-Wing: described as a fast and nimble dogfighter
My memories from Battlefront II (the original better one): Slow bomber with essentially a shotgun, next to useless against fighters.
Episode III was just released then, so a lack of lore is to blame.
when no Y wing
Battlefront II is stupid
The ARC-170 always reminds me of the P-61 Black Widow from late in the Second World War.
trr94001 It’s directly based on the P-61, the fuselage layout is almost identical.
trr94001 I never made that connection and I’m a WW2 aviation nerd
I think the Z95 Headhunter was probably the best balanced fighter of the war. Considering it was still in use after the fall of the Empire in some militias (even up to the Vong crisis in Legends).
The protagonist of Jedi Academy uses a Hyperdrive modified Z-95, it may be dated but it’s still very reliable not to mention easily modified (I remember seeing a Z-95 that was modified with X-Wing style S-Foils!).
Love how the later A Wing is conceptually a Delta 7B but with light shielding and avionics for the use of mere mortals.
A very limited hyperdrive too (two mid range jumps before it needs to be recalibrated at a carrier or base).
Ironically the V-Wing is shown making a hyperspace jump without a ring in Revenge of the Sith, while escorting Palpatine's shuttle.
Presumably these were a slightly altered variant for exclusive use by the Emperor's escorts, but no statement on them has ever been made.
I mean, I understand that Delta-7B allowed people to use a full astromech as opposed to a hardwired unit, but I am still confused as to why they decided to place droid directly in front of the pilot's line of sight...
Gotta give that cockpit some kind of armor.
Jedi Space Magic
Plo Koon really made the Delta 7B a real Je-die Starfighter!
Pudlord Tynan man, too soon...
Come on, man....
:(
The exit is over there →
Pudlord Tynan lol. Most unfortunate.
I laugh only to hide my sorrow.
Fun fact: the Y-Wing is the only Starfighter model that was reused by the Rebel Alliance/New Republic.
I had Lego sets of almost all of this. I had the original ARC-170 set which came with the Droid Tri-fighter, and later got the V-Wing, and the Delta-7B _Aethersprite_ - class starfighter. Both my ground and space battles were very one-sided lol.
The ARC-170 is basically the Stuka of Star Wars.
Nope, that would be the Y Wing. In the Clone War series, during the second battle of Geonosis when the Y Wings come they even make a stuka sound as an easter egg.
Or the Dauntless SDB U.S. Navy dive bombers, if the Third Reich reference makes you uncomfortable.
My favourite is the Arc-170 by far!
my favorite on this list is the actis-class light interceptor.
EDIT: it’s also tied with the V-wing
The ARC-170 is easily my favorite fighter, real or fictional, of all time.
Oooh! Do Bomber comparisons! Listening to your description of the Y-Wings Twin Linked Dorsal Gun Turret reminded me of the many guns on the Marauder Bombers (Warhammer 40K.) I'd love to see different bomber comparisons across multiple universes!
the ARC-170 was actually first used in 22BBY at the defence of kamino
ARC-170 also probably my favorite also, strong overall multirole aircraft.
Oh yeah, the A-wing, my favourite CIS tie-fighter!
Were the Z-95 and ARC-170 used at around the same time? Watching the Clone Wars, it seems like we only ever see one or the other, never both being used at once. The Z-95 is more of a dedicated fighter, as opposed to the ARC-170's heavier ordnance and bombing capabilities, so they definitely wouldn't be used exclusively apart from each other. Personally, I prefer the ARC-170. Looks way better, bigger guns.
The Z-95 and ARC-170 were used at the same time, and often in tandem, but we don't really see that in TCW. Maybe in the new seasons!
Jonathan Parker budgeting issues?
Headhunters and ARC-170s are seen being deployed simultaneously in the new trailer = ua-cam.com/video/Y6WcmKRvHpk/v-deo.html#t=1m24s
Z-95s are seen in TCW starting from season 4 or 5, but that caused the exclusion of the V-wing from the series.
Z-95 should be a pre-clone wars non-hyper drive light fighter used in planetary defense. the ARC-170 was developed based on the Z-95 and incorporated more powerful shields and weapons and built as an assault bomber/fighter with a hyperdrive
leaving the T-65 X-Wing to be a refinement of the two designs to create a more balanced all-round fighter/bomber
All three designs are built by Incom
The ARC-170 is my favorite Republic starfighter.
Would love to see it in a Mando-era live action. Perhaps Cob Vanth has one?
man this guy has a very zen voice. I mean im watching this after work and this is very relaxing to watch and listen to. thank you for that
I heard long ago that Y-wings have ion cannons but that was just a legend
The Z-95 Headhunter was also a really good airframe.
Dude, I clicked on one of your videos, and now I feel like I'm just browsing your whole dang library. What have you done to me? X'D
The Clone Wars era ships simply look cooler to me compared to the GCW/Original Trilogy era.
i love v wings
No just no, nothing beats the original
@@marckrieger3277 actually he is right, everything about the prequels jus looks so much bettr. All original things jus look like some battered down old tech, even in the movies it jus looks like legit toys put into a movie with horrible cgi making everything look very crappy tbh
Boskov01 Well it is on an era that was a lot more romanticized than the rag tag utilitarian age of the Empire. Cooler looking and mostly better performance wise craft compared to cheap, easy to use but glass spheres of the TIEs or the poorly maintained Rebel-wings
@@alejandrocervera2978 Talking about crapy cgi, the prequels have more then enough.
See the Torent s ship that was a Design flaw from the start, but the republic had millions of disposable clones and ten thousands of jedi to save theire asses. The rebells didn't had that luxury. Much lesser ships, pilots and supply theire ships had to work ore they loose. Thats why they had the best ships.
Just look which republic fighters didn't look like crap. Yeah That are the ones straight out of the ot with some small changes.
You should do:
Battleship Halberd
Great Fox
Arwing
I love the Arwing. They feel as personal as an X-Wing but also as replaceable as a droid fighter.
The Great Fox would be really cool.
Ew. Furries
Maybe a three-in-one overview of the Arwing, Wolfen, and Great Fox! I'm not sure there would be enough lore for each on it's own. Thoughts?
@@startreker20 You're probably correct, I think there is a little bit of information and backstory to the Great Fox and Arwing in the old game manual, but it's pretty limited.
The ETA-2 is the Spitfire of the Star Wars galaxy
More like the japanese Zero.
arveduilastking Naugrim True!
Great vid Spacedock! Love your in-depth vids. I like the Delta 7 and Republic V-wing.
Finally a kind of video I love: no necessary talking at the beginning and just facts no long talking about design or preferences or what ever
I like the V-Wing and kinda the ARC 170 they are interesting fighters.
"before the organization collapsed"
Was hoping to hear reports on Anakin’s custom starfighter from the 2003 micro series. Still best design to date. Amazing and informational video nonetheless
The BTL-B Y-Wing is a classic and looks better then the Y-Wings in the Rebel Alliance and the Actis is my personal favorite among the starfighters of the Old Republic.
Another great video as always,keep up the good work.
i like the V-wing, it just looks very sleek and agile looking to me
I wonder... when you do the Capital ships of the Republic, are you gonna include Legends ships like the Victory, Imperator, and Mandators?
The Victory is canon but it doesn't have much of a history. We know it was republic and empire we know Vader had some in his fleet at one point post Yavin and one battled a MC75.
Ya, the Tarkin novel brought the Victory class back into canon.
Hopefully
Could be interesting to see a video on some of the ships from Star Craft.
Ship is said loosely to include Zerg Leviathan.
2:47 FINALLY, SOMEONE BRINGS IT UP
The ARC170 And Actis Interceptor are my two favourite Republic fighters.
i remeber getting to pilot the arc170 in swg and i must say it was a fun ship.
I’ve always been of the opinion that the Z-95 was an early war ship, contemporary with the V-19, since it would seem to me that the Republic underestimated early on the importance of fleet battles (seeing the war as largely a matter of putting down Rebellions on planets they already dejure held, like geonosis) hence the V-19 was more an dual atmosphere (space+air) craft with Shuttle design influences than a out and out star fighter. In my view it’s job was to cut through a planets defense screen of star fighters once an Acclamator came out of hyperspace over an LZ, and then escort LAATs down to the surface. That requires the shuttle type design of the ship, and explains the lack of astromech & hyper drive. Then the Republic got into larger fleet battles, and its only options were to continue V-19 production, rush the Y Wing bomber into service, and buy up the already in production, commercially produced, Z-95s to fill the gap of fleet fighters. But then I never watched all of the Clone Wars series so they might contradict me, and I still think 3 years is too short a timeline for the war (its WW2 in space, and that irl lasted at least 4-5 years or more depending on who you ask).
Strega Starfighter from Philosoma. Very old school but cool concept.
I love this series/ style
Delta 7B and Delta 7s have shields or at least Obi-wan's was upgraded to have shields
4 republic starfighters made it’s awesome appearance in the new Battlefront 2: Arc-170, Alpha Nimbus V-Wing, BTL-B Y-Wing and ETA-2 Actis Light Interceptor. Why other starfighters that was in ‘The Clone Wars’ tv show never made it’s appearance in the new Battlefront 2?
Feels Like I'm Being Briefed By An Imperial Officer.
Oh, how I loved the Torrent and ARC fighters.
The republic had a great vehicle pool!
V-wing + Eta-2 = TIE class starfighters
Tri-Droids are best Space Fighter.
The v 19 is currently my first and only lego stat wars fighter , not the prettiest but it's clone pilot is awesome
Great video but I'm sure that Delta-7, especially B, had shields.
You can actually feel the contempt when he talks about the torrent.
Why did you reference but never actually talk about the information on the Z-95?
I really don't like that the Clone Wars never showed V-Wings in combat. Not even once. Those are my favorite Republic starfighters.
Question, in episode 3, you can see what looks like shields activating on the ETA-2 while joining the battle over coruscant, if those are shields being activated, what are they?
That's the fighter entering the shields of the venator
Just realised this was from 5 years ago...
Excellent video
I see youre doing a series.
I came here for the Federal Corvette at the bottom left of the thumbnail.
The Delta-7B; the A6M of the Star Wars universe.
We need a video on Mon Calamari Home One.
Aaaaah the ARC.
Eeeeeww the Torrent.
thx for this video i needed it so i can make some more lego republic micro star fighters for a game im gonna play with my brother
The V-19 looks like Terran Wraiths.
Thanks for the video
can you make videos on the fighters used by the rebels and empire.
The v19 you could take out with a Cycler rifle if you’re a good shot and that’s probably true with every ship on the List with the exception of the arc 170 granite if I can I was paying attention you probably wouldn’t get anything but what the way those things are designed and built it only takes you to the lucky once
Hey, Daniel! Great video, as always! But as long as we are on the topic of Republic fighters: in the Clone Wars series - in "The Rise of Clovis" episode - Anakin could be seen holding a model of a starfighter that looks like wierd cross between Delta and Actis. Do you know anything about it?
I don't know why the Empire replaced the V-wing with the TIE, as the V-wing, other than cost. It's basically better in every way, and certainly more cost effective if more expensive. It costs 100,000 credits to the TIE's 60,000, but one of the reasons TIEs were so cheap was because of mass production an militarization reducing costs. Besides, the extra 66% cost is well worth it for having shields, being more maneuverable and faster, and being better armed. Oh, and it also has an astromech droid. I think we all know 30 V-wings would win against 50 TIE fighters.
Those are advancements in overall technology, not ship design. The V-wing, which is still faster, is a much more sound design.
I'll give you that the TIE interceptor is a good ship, but the V-wing is much more versatile than the TIE fighter. Unlike the TIE, it has repulsorlift vanes and shields, making it much, much more suited for atmospheric combat. Its astromech droid can conduct repairs, unlike the TIE. Its better acceleration means it has a better thrust-to-mass ratio, giving it a maneuverability advantage, as both their engines are spaced around the same distance apart and away from the center of mass, giving them about equal leverage. The TIE's laser cannons may be better, but it only has two of them. The TIE pilot has a better field of view looking down, but his vision is much more restricted from every other direction. It also isn't fair to say that the TIE is easier to mod, as we don't really know how easy to specialize the V-wing was.
You're right about the anti gravity field; that does seem quite innovative, but not enough to make up for its shortcomings. Just because it can have shields does not make it better than a ship which is specially designed to have and in fact has dedicated heat sinks for its shields. As for the TIE's repair systems, I've found no evidence for them, they aren't in the cutaway, and the idea of them is completely contradictory to the Empire's design philosophy, which is to make them cheap, expendable, and near-suicidal. As for the TIE's computer, the V-wing also has onboard computers. The astrodroid aids the onboard computer, but doesn't replace it. The TIE manages to have much less internal space than a V-wing for things like computers, fuel, and power systems while having a similar target profile facing head on and a much worse one from the sides. As for the sensors and computational systems, there's no reason why they wouldn't work better on a refit V-wing (a V-wing II?). As for the the L-s9.3, it's on the TIE advanced, not the standard TIEs. The V-wing can turn faster than the TIE, physically speaking, because it has better acceleration and the engines give more leverage. The TIE's engines are pitifully close to the center of mass, meaning they give very little leverage. The V-wing isn't really any better on this, but its higher acceleration still edges out the TIE in maneuverability. Again, for a fair comparison you have to factor out differences in era technology, as there's no reason the Empire couldn't build a V-wing with better tech instead of a TIE. As for reasons to build the TIE, there are 3: It's cheaper, it costs less to maintain (engine with no moving parts), and it has an anti-gravity field in the cockpit. 40% cost reduction is a lot, but is it really worth the loss of shields, speed, and repair capabilities on almost every single fighter you have?
I get that it's technology is more advanced, but that's no excuse to make the design worse. With its poor engine placement, the only way a TIE could be a maneuverable as a V-wing is with gimbaling engines, and we know it doesn't have those because the beauty of the Twin Ion Engine itself is that it has no moving parts, making it reliable and easy to maintain. Again, the TIE has extremely limited space for internal systems; There's no way its repair capabilities extend beyond automatic fire extinguishers, with a wrench, duct tape, and prayer for the pilot. The engine (its design, not its placement) and anti-gravity cockpit are truly impressive on the TIE, but the rest of its design is quite awful. The shape maximizes the silhouette from most angles, but doesn't have the space for systems which usually comes with such a weakness. My guess is that the engine, while advanced, doesn't produce a lot of thrust, so they needed to reduce mass as much as possible to give it good acceleration. It's irrelevant to say it can have shields when it rarely does. I'm sure TIE pilots up against A-wings and X-wings will be happy to know that it _can_ have shields. As for their utility, the V-wing had the same designer and purpose as the A-wing, so a modern V-wing would likely have similar shields, enough to protect from glancing blows. It's not much, but it can mean a big difference in combat. The TIE is a poor successor to the V-wing, and a waste of advanced technology.
For speed you're absolutely wrong. Max speed in Star Wars is determined by relativistic shields, which prevent the effects of time dilation, not engine thrust, which would make precisely 0 sense. In Space, the only two things that matter for both speed and maneuverability are acceleration (thrust to mass) and engine placement (in the absence of rcs thrusters and gyroscopic stabilizers, which neither craft has). The V-wing's engines give it a maximum acceleration of 4800g to the TIE's 4100g, meaning the V-wing has more powerful engines relative to its mass. Ideally, engines used for rotation on any spaceship, given the absence of gimbaling, should be as far away from the center of mass as possible to maximize leverage. The TIE's engines, despite the ship being 6.4m wide, are both less than 1m from the center of mass; this is dreadful for maneuverability, and means that the TIE, given lesser acceleration, also has less torque for turning and is thus less maneuverable. As for armor, the TIEs have none. They literally don't have enough armor to stop a hand blaster from piercing the cockpit, much less two twin rapid fire light laser cannons. As for the radiators/solar panels, they are also unarmored and won't stop a thing, and damaging them, which is very easy to do, will unbalance the ship by shifting its center of mass, usually causing it to crash (though that tends to happen to TIEs anyway, regardless of whether they're damaged or not, though I blame the pilots and plot rather than the ship itself). As for the Battle of Yavin, you have to remember two things: these weren't normal TIEs, they were Darth Vader's personal escort and the Empire's best pilots, and the Empire also brought an entire freaking Death Star, bristling with guns. Now, the TIE advanced is a good fighter, but that doesn't make TIE/Lns suck any less. As for A-wings, they are faster, more maneuverable, and better armed than TIEs, if much more expensive, but that makes sense as, like the earlier V-wing by the same designer, they are interceptors. The X-wing is less maneuverable and slower, but it is much more durable, having a shield and astromech droid. It is better armed, with more laser cannons and proton torpedoes. It is more versatile, having a much, much longer mission duration, operational range, and being equipped with a hyperdrive. That being said, the TIE fighter, being closer to an interceptor than the X-wing's long range heavy fighter, is better in many situations, and I'd rather be in a TIE in a fight between the two. As for self-repair systems, I'm not saying they don't exist in some small form, but these thigs are not designed to come back from missions; that's Imperial design doctrine on fighters, which is why they don't have shields, in addition to saving on mass. The TIE simply has very little internal volume, which is great for mass but horrible for systems. The high surface area also gives them good heat properties, so at least they won't overheat, but this comes at the expense of a pretty crap target profile. As for its weapons, they are stronger than the V-wing's, but have a lower fire rate and are still mostly L-s1s, the Empire not being too keen on refitting their old ships. As for shields, it's better having them than not, which is why TIEs can have them and more advanced models do have them. I'm not saying that it's a horrible interceptor (it can shoot down Y-wings very well and isn't bad against X-wings either), but it's like the F-35 to the F-22: Multirole, cheaper, more versatile, and much, much worse in combat.
I love the ARC-170, I only wish that the Clone Wars gave it more justice
The ARC-170 laid the ground work for the X-wing
While the V-Wing and Actis interceptor laid the ground work for the various Tie Fighters.
So was the 'G9 Rigger-class light freighter' was like the fat half brother to the B-wing?
I say the X-Wing is a mix of the Z-95 and the ARC-170.
Well, let's just say the Z-95 interceptor had a pair of wings, the ARC-170 heavy fighter three pairs, and the multirole X-Wing two, their method upon creating a new design is kinda straightforward^^ (now imagine the Dreadnought of this family, giant wheel of death)
Also the Delta led to the A-wing
The newest fighter-bomber, the ARC-210 Asterisk Wing.
@@scorpixel1866 The ARC-170 only had one pair of wings. As the video stated, those flaps you see are simply radiators that are deployed when the ship enters an engagement to allow it to dissipate heat in order to stay in the engagement.
Moreover, the Z-95 Headhunters we see in The Clone Wars was actually a variant created specifically for clone use during the war. If you look at the traditional version...
Found out that the ETA-2 couldn't physically fit a full size astromech droid.
But movie magic made R2 seem to fit. lol
To be honest, the only ones I really like are the later Jedi interceptors.
Personal favourite: Delta-7…, Delta-7. (That, or a ridiculously-heavily-modified N1 Naboo starfighter).
*Although, I would add shields.
So how was that little surprise in Book of Boba Fett for you?
Daniel: the Delta 7 did have shielding. This is apparent in AotC when Jango is shooting at Obi-Wan.
He the delta 7b the delta 7b had no shield and the astromech was in front rather than the side.
P-61 Black Widow influence is strong with the ARC-170
In the ROTS cross sections book, it says V wings had special spherical astromechs, suppose this is legends until otherwiseconfirmed
Which is sort of funny seeing has the X-Wing in the new Disney movies have spherical astromechs.
@@MandalorV7 it's almost as if Disney is incapable of original ideas
@@sammywhite5127 Come on, hyperspace ramming was original, as was Rose ramming. You didn't say they had to be good ideas …
+casbott Hyper space ramming happed in legends, though not intentionally.
Q7 droids, wasn't it?
Honestly, the V-19 is pretty ugly. The V-Wing is a good upgrade
Funny, The V-19 and the Alpha-3 both had the moniker "V-Wing)...
Was the ARC-170 based of the P-61 Black Widow?
I luv how you can see all these similarities and like a evolution in each of the starfighters from the prequels going into the original trilogy era. But once we get to the Sequels its just lazy same old Tie Fighters and just X-Wings again.
Nice video!
ETA-2 needs a massive retrofit....I never noticed it myself until I saw it on a "Making off Video"...I think, but the Astromech Units are to big for the Wings. They would basically...well...their Lower part would be visible.
Hmm...it looks like they fixed it already.
I've heard the 170 was late in the war. Though it's seen early in the war. At the battle of Kamino and Malastare..
The latest Republic ship is the Y-Wing.
You missed my favourite republic starfighter the Z95 it was a nice retake on the classic legends design.
I allways wondered why the republic who had much more recoussces refused to install hyperdrives on most of theire fighters the alliance while beeing cut short on recoursses did a better job.
Could we see a video of the starfighters and starships of the Resistance and First Order?
awesome keep it up
Ha! “Force”-ing
The last ship does have shields if I remember episode 3 correctly
Nice to hear some real Star Wars for once.
I can't wait to get clone wars ships for star wars armada
You're wish has come true 10 years later.
@@jonbeech5158 but I'm kinda disappointed with the pricing tho :(
I really like the V-19 torrent fighter for some reason.
I do love me some Republic starfighters I would do away with hyperdrives on some and replace it with more powerful engines, shields and weapons.But starfighters like the arc 170 would basically keep the same. The y-wing on the other hand has way too many problems when it comes to maintaining the damn. I would have spent time and money on making a better bomber something like the designs that the Naboo Royal forces could have have during the blockade of their home but never really wanted since their too peaceful
I'm pretty sure the arc 170 and y-wings are the only Republic Fighters with hyperdrives as fighter based hyperdrives are too large at the time of the Clone Wars to fit on most fighters
Sammy I know I'm just saying what I would do when designing starfighter. with no FTL drives in your fighters you could make them perform better in whatever role they serve in the fleet. And since the venator is more of a carrier than a Frontline capital ship it makes sense for them to have it good Frontline Fighters with powerful weapon and shielding then hyperdrives
In the case for the ARC-170, having the hyperdrive is mainly due to the fact that it also performs reconnaissance mission. It would operate well ahead of any republic fleet with little to no support.
With the hyperdrive ships, make non hyperdrive variants used for close support with a fleet that have the space for the hyperdrive taken up with extra shielding. Wouldn't need much reengineering (may even be capable of being an aftermarket modification or even swappable by ground crew/maintenance to vary the inventory and mission profile) and could confuse enemy fighters who wouldn't expect it to survive so many extra hits.
Good for busy pitched battles with Venator support and planetary defense where they won't be jumping away.
Especially useful for Y-Wings doing precision sub system attacks that have to charge enemy capital ships and endure point defense and screening ship fire.
And confusing the enemy about the abilities of your ship by having several identical looking variants is useful, although knowing the Republic, they'd give each type a different paint job.
That's why I wouldn't do anything to the ARC
Okay, I don't care how good Jedi reflexes and senses are; no shields on their fighters was really dumb, especially with how much the Jedi went on about how "the war is stretching us thin and we're losing members at unsustainable rates". I'm actually reminded of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which focused on building a small, elite cadre of pilots but used lightly built planes that did little to protect those pilots.
Wait.... Astromech heads could be removed and it wouldn't die?.... That.... That means... R4 LIVES!!!!
The Clone War era Republic/Empire's ship and clone armor designs were my favorite of all the Star Wars eras.
With the exception of the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer, everything else about the First Order was just lazily done.
While I respect the ARC-170, I’d sooner be in an X-Wing. The lack of maneuverability and speed makes the ARC-170 an easier target to tail and tag. The rear gunner is a useful addition, but when you’re facing a pilot in a faster, more maneuverable fighter, it’s only added weight.
no headhunter? i know you mentioned it but the list just seems incomplete without it. same with the heavy planetary bombers and anti capital ship bomber they used (can't remember the names without looking them up sorry)